Randy Brutkiewicz - Research

Randy BrutkiewiczAssistant Dean for Faculty Affairs andProfessional DevelopmentIUSMProfessor, Dept. of Microbiology &Immunologyrbrutkie@iupui.eduOFAPD Home Page: http://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/index.aspFor Research Faculty: http://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/offices/fd/resFac.html

What do we do in OFAPD?• Faculty Affairs• Professional Development• Diversity Affairs• Advancement of Women• Develop professional development contentfor individuals, groups, departments, etc.

What do we do in OFAPD?• Establish and sustain a culture that promotes facultyvitality and diversity• Plan and implement faculty development activities thatensure effective and successful recruitment, appointment,retention, and promotion of faculty• Train and educate visionary, innovative leaders who arecapable of promoting the school's mission and capitalizingupon emerging challenges

What do we do in OFAPD?• Implement a life-cycle of learning experiences that enablefaculty to achieve their highest ambitions as educators,investigators, and clinicians• Ensure consistency with the school's strategic plan andcore beliefs, and ensure optimal use of limited resourcesby coordinating school and university-wide facultydevelopment offerings• Expand participation in national and international groupsthat assist or promote faculty affairs, leadership, andprofessional development• Assist our faculty to be the best they can be

Randy R. Brutkiewicz, Ph.D.Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional DevelopmentProfessor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology(rbrutkie@iupui.edu)OFAPD Offerings for Research FacultyThe Research Faculty Development Seminarsare short (~1 hr) presentations are given by one ortwo senior faculty members, often giving a personalperspective on topics that are of great importance totenure-track and non-tenure track junior researchfaculty, such as recruiting laboratory personnel,balancing grants and kids, and other elements tofoster their success.The OFAPD website (http://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/ )has links to resources important for research facultythat include a guide to applying for grants at theIUSM, Sponsored Research Services, the Office ofthe Vice President for Research Administration, aswell as video files of previous presentations in theResearch Faculty Development Seminar Series,among others.The research faculty workshops are more extensiveinteractive activities focused on areas of importantinterest to research faculty, such as scientific writing,mock study section grant reviews, navigating the P&Tprocess for research faculty, etc. These activitiescomplement those presentations given in the ResearchFaculty Development Seminar Series.A critical component of the development of juniorresearch faculty is mentoring. Our office works inconcert with efforts by the departments and divisionsto enhance the success of research faculty on bothsides: mentee AND mentor. These activities can beeither formal or informal. The important point is thatsuch relationships assist the faculty as they move upthrough the ranks.

Specific Offerings for ResearchFaculty (RFDS):• Finding, Establishing and Maintaining ProductiveResearch Collaborations• Patenting Inventions and Other IntellectualProperty Elements• I’m a Newly-Tenured Associate Professor—NowWhat?• Dealing With Personnel Problems in theLaboratory• Diversity in Science• Getting Recognized as an Independent Scientist -Without Being a "Photon Magnet“• The Power of Professional Networking

Specific Offerings for ResearchFaculty (RFDS; con’t):• Helping Trainees Get to the Next Level• Understanding and Dealing with Grant ReviewPanel Comments• Service Contributions by Research Faculty• Mentoring Graduate Students and PostdoctoralFellows - Two Sides of the Same Coin• How to Recruit Personnel to Your Laboratory -Timing is Everything• One-on-one meetings with me

Specific Offerings for ResearchFaculty (Workshops):• “Writing from the Reader’s Perspective”• “Write Winning Grants”• “Avoiding Financial Crises: Keeping Tabson Your Grant Spending”• “Conflict Management”• Co-sponsored with the IUPUI ViceChancellor for Research, Regenstrief,CTSI, Dept. of Emergency Medicine

Randy BrutkiewiczAssistant Dean for Faculty Affairs andProfessional DevelopmentIUSMProfessor, Dept. of Microbiology &Immunologyrbrutkie@iupui.eduOFAPD Home Page: http://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/index.aspFor Research Faculty: http://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/offices/fd/resFac.html