Faculty Mentoring

CRTEC has developed a multidisciplinary faculty mentoring structure for early career faculty. We promote and facilitate the development of a faculty mentoring committee for new investigators, consisting of two to four members who can provide a broad perspective on research and career progression, and act as sponsors for internal and external opportunities.

• For research faculty, we recommend the selection of at least one mentoring committee member who is a clinical investigator in their research area.
• For clinical faculty, we recommend the selection of at least one mentoring committee member from cancer-focused basic research, population science, and/or education.

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• For general questions and guidance on how to set up a faculty mentoring committee, please contact Dr. Rebecca Riggins, Associate Director of Education & Training.
• Research faculty are also encouraged to contact their Research Program Co-Leads:
  • Cancer Cell Biology Program
    • Gary Kupfer, MD
    • David Robbins, PhD
    • Benjamin Tycko, MD, PhD
  • Cancer-Host Interactions Program
    • Joyce Slingerland, MD, PhD
    • Yi Zhang, MD, PhD
  • Cancer Prevention and Control Program
    • Lisa Carter-Bawa, PhD, APRN, ANP-C, FAAN
    • Laura Rozek, PhD
    • Kenneth Tercyak, PhD
• Clinical faculty should also contact Dr. Stephen Liu, Director of Thoracic Oncology and Director of Developmental Therapeutics at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

More Resources

In addition to CRTEC offerings, there are many other faculty mentoring resources available nationally and across our consortium.

• GUMC New and Early Career Faculty Mentoring Program
• HMH Investigator Training and Education
• Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) Seminars and Workshops
• National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) – Affiliates of Georgetown University have free Institutional Membership to NCFDD