Faculty Factory

It has been nearly three years since we last heard from our friend Neda Gould, PhD, on the Faculty Factory Podcast. When she last joined us, it was a downright scary and uncertain time. It was March 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic was just starting to sweep across our nation and globe. This week she joins our show so we can catch up with her and learn about more helpful self-care tools, tips, and...

Joining us this week for his second ever appearance on the Faculty Factory Podcast is Daniel Barnett, MD, MPH. Dr. Barnett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. He first joined our program earlier this year for a spirited discussion about preparedness, resiliency, and the wisdom he has...

Today’s episode of the Faculty Factory is a “Best of” show that includes highlights from past interviews of our show about navigating tough conversations. Today’s “Best of” show includes highlights from the following episodes: Episode 79 – Managing Difficult Issues with Charles G. Irvin, Ph. D., DE, ATSF, FERS (Faculty Factory Snippet No. 29) Episode 75 – How to Handle Conflict with Dave Yousem, M...

When it comes to online learning and spreading education through video, smart phone tools, and social media, our guest this week on the Faculty Factory simply gets it. Peggy Semingson, PhD, is a wealth of information when it comes to these modern developments in education. We are excited to have her join our program this week to share what she has learned with our community. Dr. Semingson currentl...

Visiting the Faculty Factory podcast this week is our friend Rachel Salas, MD, MEd. Dr. Salas has plenty of pearls of wisdom for us when it comes to coaching, strength-based approaches for growth, and mentorship. “I am on the coaching bandwagon and I think it's much needed in academia, not just for faculty, but for residents, fellows, nursing students, medical students, everything,” she said. Dr....

Making her first ever visit to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week is Penny S. Edwards, MS, BS. Penny currently serves as Faculty Development Program Manager in the Office of Faculty Development at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville. As the title of today’s episode implies, there are plenty of great nuggets on relationship building and utilizing transferable skills...

We could not be more excited to welcome Cynthia Rand, PhD, back to our program this week. Many of you may remember that Dr. Rand joined us in the Spring of 2020 as we were on the initial outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic. She makes her highly anticipated return this week to chat with us about imposter syndrome and how it can impact leadership roles in academia. With a joint appointment in P...

Making her highly anticipated return to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week is Ann Brown, MD, MHS. Dr. Brown serves as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Professionalism in the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC. She first joined out show nearly three and a half years ago. In today’s reunion discussion, she utilizes a powerful lattice metaphor when discussing building a strong frame...

**As mentioned in the intro of today’s podcast, please make sure to follow the Faculty Factory on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Faculty_Factory **  The world is a far different place than it was back when our guest this week last joined our podcast roughly 3 and a half years ago. Patrick O. Smith, PhD, ABPP, joins us this week to catch up on everything that has changed, developed and remained since...

Our guest this week is Jessica Kahn, MD, MPH. Dr. Kahn brings us a powerful list outlining ten key strategies for success in an academic career. Long time listeners will know that we love lists here on the Faculty Factory Podcast and we have a great treat for our audience today. While today’s presentation is geared a lot towards more junior level faculty, there are nuggets in this conversation tha...

We are very excited to welcome Janet Serwint, MD, to the Faculty Factory Podcast this week. Dr. Serwint is Professor Emerita of Pediatrics and Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Serwint is very active in the Johns Hopkins medical community, and she is very well known around these parts – and beyond – for her mentoring work. S...

Each month, Sean Tackett, MD, MPH, and his reviewer colleagues identify 3-4 noteworthy articles from the health professions education literature and label them as “must reads.” Dr. Tackett joins the Faculty Factory podcast this week to discuss this overall initiative and the criteria that is used for the selection of these “must read” articles. With the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dr. Tacket...

This week we’re talking with Brian Clyne, MD, MHL, on the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Clyne joins us for a discussion about the ongoing journey of finding focus, collaborators, coaches, and mentors while working in academic medicine. Dr. Brian Clyne is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He has served in numerous clinical...

Joining us today for a spirited discussion on the Faculty Factory Podcast is Sylk Sotto, EdD, MBA, MPS. Dr. Sotto currently serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). Dr. Sotto is Vice-chair for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development and Vice-chair for Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion with IUSM. She also ser...

Joining us today on the Faculty Factory Podcast is first-time guest, Richard Edden, PhD. Dr. Edden is Professor of Radiology in the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Within his department, he also holds the position of Director of Post-Doctoral Fellows. “I do a lot of thinking about how post-doctoral fellows develop themselves whil...

Joining us on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week is Wendy Ward, PhD, ABPP, FAPA, FNAP. Dr. Ward has joined us many different times (today is her eighth appearance on this show) and this is the first time she has visited us since being named associate provost for faculty in the Division of Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Ward also serves as profess...

Attention all early-career faculty members out there—this one’s for you! This week on the Faculty Factory Podcast we are joined by Namandjé N. Bumpus, PhD. Dr. Bumpus brings her invaluable recommendations for navigating the early faculty years. With the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Bumpus is E.K. Marshall and Thomas H. Maren Professor. She is Director of the Department of Pharm...

A very special panel interview of the Faculty Factory is on tap for our listeners this week. Our guests today come to us from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) El Paso and Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock. This is the first ever panel interview since our show’s inception in 2019. We could not have selected a better trio! Our esteemed colleagues this week on the Faculty Fa...

Joining us on today’s episode of the Faculty Factory podcast is our friend Rashmi Vyas, MBBS, MD, MHPE. Dr. Vyas is the newest guest in our Faculty Factory reunion series. Today’s discussion touches on the art of being “perfectly imperfect” and dealing with change. “Perfection is very fluid. It does not mean the same thing to everybody and from every perspective,” she told us. Dr. Vyas is Senior A...

With a strong background in cognitive science and human performance, Mark Guadagnoli, PhD, brings his expertise and wisdom to the Faculty Factory this week. At the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Dr. Guadagnoli is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Director of Learning and Performance, and Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Neur...

Today’s interview on the Faculty Factory is short, sweet, and simply put, it radiates positivity. We are excited to have Priya Umapathi, MD, join the Faculty Factory community this week for a chat about perseverance, experiencing joy, and most importantly of all — acknowledging gratitude for Mom! Dr. Umapathi is on our Advisory Board for Junior Faculty here at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine....

An exciting, information-packed Faculty Factory Reunion episode is now available for our listeners this week with Maureen Connelly, MD, MPH. Dr. Connelly is Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Community Affairs with Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine in Pasadena, California. All things promotion and promotion criteria are the topics underpinning today’s chat with Dr. Connelly...

It’s another Faculty Factory reunion this week as Page S. Morahan, PhD, joins the program. Dr. Morahan first joined our show in March 2020. She was one of the last interviews we had before the COVID-19 pandemic shifted the landscape of our profession in myriad ways. If you are interested in listening to Dr. Morahan’s first interview with us on the Faculty Factory, you can access that episode here:...

Erika T. Brown, PhD, joins us on this week’s reunion episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast. We interview Dr. Brown about her new position with Geisel School of Medicine and much more. In September 2021, Dr. Brown was appointed the new Dean of Faculty Affairs with the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth University in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dr. Brown has many years of experience in faculty affa...

This week we’re talking with Wiley “Chip” Souba, MD, on the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Souba joins us for a discussion about the inward journey of leadership. As Dr. Souba puts it: leading yourself is the prerequisite to being an effective leader of others. “It’s a journey because it’s a lifelong endeavor, a mountain with no top. And it’s about leadership because it’s about leading yourself.” Dr...