Faculty Recruitment and Career Development

Faculty Scholars Program

Overview

The Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs (CMCA) has provided structured faculty development opportunities for minority faculty since 2002. In 2006, CMCA became a founding member of the Northeast Consortium for Minority Faculty Development. The NCMFD is funded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and includes The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The University of Pennslyvania School of Medicine, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ-NJMS). The NCMFD is charged wit the goal to increase the capacity of the participating schools of Medicine to attract and develop minority physicians and non-physician scientists for successful careers in academic medicine.

The CMCA faculty development program is known as the Faculty Scholars Program which is designed to support junior minority physician and non-physician faculty members who demonstrate strong potential to become research scientists and to contribute to the recruitment of new underrepresented minority physicians and non-physicians. The Faculty Scholars are mentored by CMCA faculty and staff in the development of individualized research project plans, grant writing techniques, and educational programs.

Program Requirements

Contingent on funding, CMCA will provide salary support for the Faculty Scholars to ensure their focus on research and career development. Interested individuals must be a junior faculty member at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine or at one of the affiliate sites. Faculty Scholars are expected to develop an academic plan for upward mobility and advancement towards tenure in their department within seven years. Faculty Scholars are required to contribute to CMCA in the following way:

• When applicable, participate in the MSSM K-30 Clinical Research Training Program
• Participate in CMCA Professional Development Program activities
• Develop and work on a project that contributes to the mission and advances the goals of CMCA
• Be available for mentorship and guidance of underrepresented minority medical students
• Assist in CMCA outreach and recruitment efforts targeting underrepresented minority students interested in medicine

For more information on the program or how to participate please contact:

Ann-Gel Palermo, M.P.H.
Associate Director of Operations
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1035
Room 5-16 Annenberg, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10029
Tel: (212) 241-8886
E-mail: ann-gel.palermo@mssm.edu

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