Our team Ferroximend won first place in the competition, and received funding, important guidance, and invaluable feedback that has helped us to focus our pre-clinical studies and regulatory strategies in a manner aligned with translation.
The Michigan Promise began as an intentional investment in faculty development at the University of Michigan – the goal was to change the face of American Surgery for the next generation. Where better to continue, than with the residents?
The purpose of the conference was to unite students and faculty from across North America to share the work they are doing to address the lack of diversity among health care providers, exchange ideas, discover opportunities for collaboration, and reinforce why this work is so important.
C-STAR aims to create a community of surgical education researchers who come together to bring out the best in high-impact research, mentorship, and educational quality improvement.
Dr. Wang discusses her experience with the Resident Launch Team program.
Dr. Coleman discusses her military service as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Active Reserve Component of the US Army Reserve.
The Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Symposium will be held at the Michigan League from June 2 - 5, 2019.
This 1-day program on June 22nd, 2019, in Ann Arbor, MI, is designed to be broadly applicable to any mentor or mentee experience; we encourage interested faculty, residents, and students to attend.
We convened a small group of residents with balanced gender and training level to discuss our experiences with regards to cultural acceptance and inclusivity in our training program.
Dr. Meredith Barrett discusses the importance of #HeForShe, a commitment by men to ally with women against gender bias and disparity, in academic surgery.
The programs of the Michigan Promise are poised to enter the national stage through the formation of a unique multi-institutional partnership called the Promise Coalition. The Promise Coalition is a consortium of academic surgery institutions and leaders who pledge to support each individual to achieve their full professional and academic
On November 30th- December 1st, 2018, over 200 women (and men!) convened in Ann Arbor for the second annual Michigan Women’s Surgical Collaborative Leadership Conference.
Learn more about the process of creating visual abstracts at a conference.
The Michigan Medicine Department of Surgery made a commitment through the Michigan Promise to ensure that the climate and workplace environment enables all individuals an equal and inclusive opportunity to achieve excellence and increase their scope of academic potential throughout the department.
Dr. Bednar reflects on his time at the University of Pittsburgh as a participant in the Junior Faculty Exchange Program.
The second session of the Resident Development Program on 10/25/18 introduced two frameworks of leadership theory. We believe that these frameworks, or mental models, are a valuable way to learn leadership concepts that can be applied in practice.
The Michigan Promise supports the Faculty Launch Program, a three-year, team-based program providing individualized mentorship to early-career faculty members. Dr. Andrea Obi reflects on the successes and challenges of her transition from a fellow to a faculty member during her time in the program.
We conducted the second annual symposium of the Michigan Center for Global Surgery on Friday, September 28, 2018.
The University of Michigan Department of Surgery through the Michigan Promise has made a commitment to foster surgical innovation.
In the Resident Development Program, we learned that an integral part of leadership, particularly at the intern level, is trust.
