Mid-Career & Senior Faculty Offerings
Our goal is to offer opportunities that enhance the experiences of mid-career and senior faculty at U-M Medical School.
Career development is often focused on junior faculty. However, the literature shows that mid-career faculty are least satisfied and at highest risk for leaving their institutions. The mid-career phase is also a time when faculty are most productive in their careers.
The goal of our Advancing Professional Excellence (APEX) Program for Mid-Career Faculty is to focus on enhancing the mid-career faculty experience and provide support for them to engage in the next level of career excellence. There are a number of initiatives underway that are geared toward newly-promoted and more experienced Associate Professors.
APEX Programs
Career development is often focused on junior faculty. However, the literature shows that mid-career faculty are least satisfied and at the highest risk for leaving their institutions. The mid-career phase is also a time when faculty are most productive in their careers. This symposium is a day dedicated to the development of mid-career faculty. The goal of this annual symposium is to leverage the knowledge and wisdom of our senior faculty and to help mid-career faculty reflect upon and engage in best practices to reach mastery level in their fields.
Audience
This symposium is open to faculty on all tracks, and would best serve faculty who are at mid-career and beyond. Examples include:
- Associate Professors and Professors
- Assistant Professors who have been in rank for 6+ years and are in or beginning leadership roles
The goal of the Advancing Professional Excellence (APEX) Mid-Career Series is to allow faculty to develop peer relationships that encourage them to focus on “next phase” leadership and career goals and map out a trajectory for achieving them. We aim to enhance the mid-career faculty experience and provide support for them to engage in the next level of career excellence. This series will be ongoing and emphasize creativity, innovation, teamwork, and mutually-beneficial mentor relationships.
Are you a mid-career faculty member who would like to discuss a path forward in order to rise to the next level of scholarship (across all disciplines), education, and clinical care?
The Assistant Deans are here to help you navigate the promotion process. Meetings with the Assistant Deans may be scheduled through Lisa Turek, by email or by phone at 734-615-7955.
Assistant Deans:
- Laurel Moore, MD, Clinical Track Faculty
- Durga Singer, MA, MD, Tenure Track Faculty
- Aruna Sarma, PhD, MHA, Research Track Faculty
Mid-Career Series
Attend an upcoming workshop from the Office of Faculty Development's Mid-Career Series.
Resources for Large-Scale Grants
The U-M Medical School (UMMS) offers a comprehensive suite of resources and services to support large team grant (LTG) proposals, coordinated primarily through the Grant Services & Analysis (GS&A) unit. Please refer to GS&A’s webpage to explore LTG resources.
The LTG Core provides hands-on project management and proposal development support for large-scale proposals (typically with multiple projects/cores and direct costs ≥ $1 million/year). Services include interpreting funding announcements, developing project plans and timelines, facilitating team meetings, and coordinating proposal components.
Eligibility: Free to Medical School faculty serving as lead PI on a complex, large-scale grant proposal (first come, first served). Early engagement (6–9 months before the deadline) is strongly encouraged.
How to Request: Complete the LTG intake form
An interactive tool to help navigate available LTG resources at UMMS and beyond.
A curated SharePoint library with tailored planning and writing resources, guidance, and templates for LTG proposals.
