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ASPEN LECTURE: Mary Peace McRae, Kristin Zimmerman
January 30, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Mary Peace McRae
Associate Professor PharmD, PhD
University of Virginia
Title of talk: Components of Success Within Health Sciences-Focused Mentoring Programs
Faculty attrition is a significant concern within the health sciences. Lack of mentorship has been identified as an important barrier to career development and satisfaction within academia. Despite the evidence that mentoring is important, formal programs within the health sciences are not widespread or vary greatly in content and structure. Proper planning, execution, and assessment of faculty mentoring programs is critical to the identification of additional program characteristics for optimal faculty success. This session will outline programmatic components and structural features associated with success and provide insight for the development of faculty mentoring programs within the health sciences.
Biography
Mary Peace McRae is the Assistant Dean of Research and an Associate Professor Neuroscience at University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine. Prior to her current role at UVA, she was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy. As a researcher, educator, and administrator, Dr. McRae has held several leadership positions which have strengthened her abilities to lead and inspire across scientific disciplines and departmental lines. She has served as vice chair of graduate studies and graduate program director for VCU’s Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science where she oversaw the entire life cycle of the graduate student. With respect to research, she is an NIHfunded principal investigator studying the interplay of HIV and opioids on factors that impact antiretroviral efficacy within the brain. She has served the NIH as a study section member for numerous special emphasis panels.
Kristin Zimmerman
Associate Professor BS Pharm, PharmD BCACP , BCGP
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy
Title of talk: Components of Success Within Health Sciences-Focused Mentoring Programs
Lack of mentorship is a barrier to career development and satisfaction within academia. Formal faculty mentoring programs within health sciences are not widespread. Planning, execution, and assessment of such programs is critical to success. This session will outline features associated with success and provide insight for the program development.
Biography
Kristin Zimmerman, PharmD, BCGP, BCACP, is an Associate Professor within the VCU School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science. Dr. Zimmerman received her Bachelor of Science (2006) and Doctor of Pharmacy (2008) degrees from the University of Connecticut and completed two years of postgraduate residency training to specialize in Geriatrics (2008-2010). Dr. Zimmerman currently practices within the VCU Center for Advanced Health Management serving the primary care needs of older adults. She is a member of the Virginia Geriatric Education Center and its HRSA-funded Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program, as well as the VCU School of Pharmacy’s Center for Pharmacy Practice Transformation and the Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Program. Her scholarship and clinical activities focus on workforce development, medication appropriateness, and the de-prescribing of unnecessary medications.
The ASPEN speakers series is jointly sponsored by the Washington State University College of Nursing and Collaboration for InterProfessional Health Education Research & Scholarship (CIPHERS) to encourage discussion of scholarship and educational collaboration among the health sciences.
