Office of Faculty Development

The Office of Faculty Development strives to create a thriving and diverse department with professionally happy and healthy faculty who are productive, well recognized, and respected within Washington University School of Medicine and the academic Pathology and Immunology community worldwide.

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P & I Career Development Seminars and Events

The Office of Faculty Development hosts seminars on the second Wednesday of every month from 12:05 PM – 12:50 PM via Zoom. Join us for our next event.

Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony and Reception | October 3

October 3, 2024
Ceremony: 4-5 pm in EPNEC main auditorium
Receptiom: 5-6 pm in EPNEC lobby

Faculty Lounge: Peer Check-in | October 9

Cortex Tour: Join us at Cortex to meet the faculty, learn about their work & tour the facility.

 Date: October 9th from 12-1 pm  (allow time for travel)Conference room 208

Lunch provided with registration by October 4th.Register and choose lunch selection

Diversity Book Discussion | October 15
Zoom Link

October 15, 2024
4:05 – 4:50 pm via Zoom
Diversity Book Discussion: The Loudest Duck

About the Book: The Loudest Duck
Diversity in the workplace is a wonderful thing―but it also challenges many of today’s business leaders. For managers and team-members alike, it can be difficult to navigate in a truly diverse workplace made up of people of different cultures, races, creeds, body types, hobbies, genders, religions, styles, and sexual orientations. But understanding our cultural and social differences is a major key to a high-performing, merit-based work environment.
The Loudest Duck is a business guide that explores workplace diversity and presents new ideas for getting the most business and organizational benefit from it. In the Chinese children’s parable, the loudest duck is the one that gets shot. In America, we like to say that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Comparing the two, it’s easy to see that our different cultures teach us different sets of values, and those values often translate into different ways of doing business that may subtly advantage one culture at work and disadvantage another.
In the global marketplace, it’s more important than ever that we understand and are conscious of our differences to work together effectively. It is not enough to create Noah’s Ark, bringing in two of each kind. We all bring our unconscious beliefs and personal narratives about who we are and who others are with us to work and, with diversity in place, we can no longer ignore them. Truly effective leaders can’t pretend that we’re all the same or that our preferences and preconceptions don’t exist. The Loudest Duck offers a way to move beyond traditional diversity efforts that ignore our differences and toward modern diversity practices that embrace those differences―and profit from them.
Diverse organizations require more sophisticated leadership, conscious awareness of diversity issues, new behavioral patterns, and effective tools for reaping the benefits of true diversity. This book will help you develop the skills you need and the tools you can use to go beyond what Grandma taught you to make diversity work in your business.
More than just an enlightening tale about diversity, The Loudest Duck is a powerful resource for any manager, business owner, team leader, or employee who wants to meet the challenges of the modern heterogeneous workplace. It’s not simply about accepting others―it’s about ensuring a level playing field for everyone and building an organization that gets the best from all its people.

Faculty Research Workshop | November 2

Saturday November 2, 2024

EPNEC Great Room B (No hybrid component)

Agenda to be posted soon

Executive Summary and CTIR Workshop | November 13

November 13, 2024 | 12:05 – 12:50 pm via Zoom
The program will include a 15-minute overview followed by pairing participants to peer review each other’s draft documents. You can attend the overview if you do not have a draft; however, for the peer review you will need to a draft of your documents.
Registration Required

University-Wide Career Development Seminars

All Faculty

Junior & New Faculty
Mid-Career Faculty
Senior Faculty
Chiefs & Section Heads

Send any career development programs that could be added to the above list to Janet Braun.