Faculty Development Sponsored Programs
This program seeks to equip academic clinical departments to train MD-only trainees and physicians of all clinical disciplines.
Applications deadlines will be announced.
For more information, please contact the program manager, Jeanne Tejada at jed2029@med.cornell.edu
The Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP) is a monthly series of workshops designed for new faculty in year two, three or four of their faculty appointment. LAMP workshops introduce participants to the fundamentals of career planning, self-management and leadership skills, including sessions with senior mentors who provide invaluable guidance. Skills acquired through this program provide early career faculty with tools to accomplish their primary career goals and lead to success as an academician. LAMP curriculum topics include promotion and tenure, presentation of work, conflict management, negotiation skills and much more.
Established through the support of a generous grant from The Mastercard Impact Fund, the Mastercard Diversity-Mentorship Collaborative aims to build upon Weill Cornell Medicine's mission of enhancing diversity and inclusion in medicine, and establish an infrastructure of mentorship that supports research faculty at WCM. The grant supports a range of diversity and inclusion programs including grants for URiM faculty, research support for primary parents, and a mentoring curriculum and visiting mentor speaker series for all faculty at WCM.
Please contact Amna Aslam at ama4015@med.cornell.edu with any questions.
This NIHfunded R38 StARR (Stimulating Access to Research in Residency) national physician-scientist training program is for clinical housestaff in residency training interested in pursuing full time investigative careers in biomedical research for positions. The broad goal of this program is to “recruit, retain and accelerate” the pipeline of physicians entering the physician-scientist workforce. This program will specifically provide residents with outstanding mentored training in fundamental biomedical research that includes up to two years of fully funded salary support at 80% effort with the concrete goal of facilitating a transition to individual career development research awards.
The objective of the Weill Cornell Medicine K Early Career Award Training (KECAT) Program is to provide grant writing training in preparation for career development (K-award) applications. The program is designed for early career investigators who are planning to apply for a NIH K-series grant or equivalent foundation career development award, and will run over a 9-month period from September 2024 to May 2025. Over the course of the program, participants will attend a series of lectures on grantsmanship and receive hands on training through discussion of previous applications. While in the program, participants will be expected to develop all components of their research proposal and will receive feedback from faculty reviewers.
Please contact Amna Aslam at ama4015@med.cornell.edu with any questions.
Please see the most current RFA for more details.
WCM/Internal Programs
This intense, hands-on program works directly with up to 10 teams of entrepreneurial scientists and clinicians to develop business plans around their Cornell-patented intellectual property. The program culminates in a final pitch competition with venture capitalist judges who award up to $100K in cash prizes. Teams must apply to be selected to participate in this program. A call for applications is typically made in the first quarter of each calendar year.
Selected faculty-led teams complete 10 weeks of rigorous instruction by life science professionals and startup experts. With the help of over two dozen industry mentors (serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and corporate executives), the teams create initial business plans by the end of the program. Past Business Plan Challenge participants have successfully raised external funding, received federal grants, or obtained industry awards for their startups.
This program is offered by the BioVenture eLab, a part of WCM Enterprise Innovation. Please contact eLab director Loren Busby at lob4002@med.cornell.edu for additional information.
The Clinical Research Methodology Certificate Program is now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 academic year. This educational program is conducted at MSKCC and is supported by the Clinical and Translational Science Center at Weill Cornell Medicine. The didactic program targets trainees and junior faculty by providing a core set of didactic lectures and interactive seminars to help train individuals dedicated to academic careers.
One-Day Symposia
- Conducting Clinical Investigations in the Modern Era: Ethical Conduct, Regulations Involving Human Subject Research, Data Management,Reporting Responsibilities, and Institutional and Cooperative Group Oversight (September 30, 2024)
- Clinical Trials Design: Phase I, II, III trials, Integrating Biological Correlates (October 29, 2024)
- Drug and Medical Device Development: From Pre-Clinical Testing to FDA Approval (November 13, 2024)
- Clinical Research in Outcomes Analysis, Psychometric Measurements, Clinical Genetics, Biological Markers, Early Detection, Epidemiology, and Chemoprevention (December 11, 2024)
Multisession Courses
- Clinical Epidemiology (TBD)
- Biostatistics in Clinical Research (Winter 2025)
- Grant Writing Workshop (TBD)
- AI Seminar
Web-Based Certification
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Requirements for Researchers in Medicine; Human Subjects Research
For more information, please contact Meghan Bohan at bohanm@mskcc.org.
The Cornell-Hunter Health Equity Research Fellowship under the Weill Cornell Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine, in collaboration with CUNY-Hunter College, is uniquely designed to deepen trainees’ understanding of health care, local and international healthcare delivery systems, epidemiology of disease, and interventions to improve health outcomes. We offer four focus areas:
- Primary Care
- Health System Redesign
- Community-Partnered Research
- Global Health
It offers a two to three-year fellowship duration, depending on prior training and experience. Eligible applicants have MD, DO, DNP, PsyD, PharmD, MBBS, MB ChB, or PhD with a strong commitment to pursuing independent research careers. Clinicians must have completed clinical training. Physician fellows will supplement their research training with up to 20% of their time devoted to clinical practice in inpatient or outpatient internal medicine. Training in academic skills including leadership and mentoring is also provided. Applicants with prior research experience or with a Master's or PhD in addition to their clinical degree are encouraged to apply; the program can be adapted to provide them with more advanced training. U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents only. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application Requirements:
1. Personal statement outlining your research interest, experience, and career goals and objectives
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Letters of recommendation
Rolling admission; early applications are strongly encouraged. Applications will be reviewed once all required materials have been uploaded to the online application. For more information, visit the website or contact the Program Coordinator, Grace Figuereo (grf7002@med.cornell.edu).
It’s the only program of its kind in the Ivy League. You’ll graduate with two prestigious degrees from Cornell University: an MBA and an MS in healthcare leadership.
Two powerhouses in graduate education—the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences—have partnered to create a dual-degree program that focuses on building general management skills and developing a deeper understanding of the healthcare industry. This two-year executive program will advance your career and strengthen your ability to drive meaningful change in healthcare.
- Two degrees in two years
- Located in New York City
- Program Format - Classes every other Saturday and half-day Sunday on the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, with residential sessions in Ithaca, NY, and the greater NYC area
Applications for the Executive MBA/MS program are accepted and evaluated on a rolling basis. For further information, and to access the pre-assessment and application, please visit Johnson EMBA Admissions.
For more information, please contact us at mbams@med.cornell.edu or visit our website.
The Faculty Advancement & Research Mentorship (FARM) program is a college-wide training and mentorship program for junior faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine. Since 2015, FARM faculty mentors have been working side-by-side with junior faculty as they write their first successful R01 or equivalent grant. The goal of this program is to support early-stage investigators in building their own fully funded, sustainable, and independent research program. Participants are provided longitudinal support from a committee of faculty mentors over the course of 12-18 months. To date, more than 160 junior faculty from 35 Departments, Divisions and Institutes, across Weill Cornell Medicine have participated in the program. Our approach is trainee-centered and considers the inherent iterative nature of the writing practice.
We are excited to announce that the application cycle for FARM 2024-2025 is currently open until September 6th, 2024. For more details about the program and how to apply, please see our most recent RFA here.
For more information, please contact:
Gordon J. Pherribo II, PhD gop4003@med.cornell.edu
Paraskevi (Evi) Giannakakou, PhD pag2015@med.cornell.edu