Mentor and Mentee Resources | UC Davis CTSC

• Current list of Mentoring Academy for Research Mentors
• UC Davis Research Profiles - a tool to help identify UC Davis Health faculty by research topic area
• National Research Mentoring Network - a site to search for a potential research mentor
• Mentoring During COVID-19 - tips and resources for mentors and mentees

Individual Development Plan (IDP) and Mentoring Partnership Agreement

Individual Development Plans (IDPs) have been shown to increase career satisfaction and productivity by 20-50 percent and reduce conflicts between mentees and mentors.

• Individual Development Plan (IDP) – General (PDF)
• Mentoring Partnership Agreement (PDF)
• myIDP

Additional Career Development Resources

• Project Planner
• Becoming a Resilient Scientist (video)

• UC Davis Health
• UC San Francisco
• Northwestern University
• Georgetown University

Additional Resources Related to Avoiding Bias in Reference Letters

• Here’s How Unconscious Racial Bias Can Creep Into Recommendation Letters—and How You Can Avoid It
• Rethinking the Use of Recommendation Letters
• Gender Bias Calculator

• UC Davis Graduate Studies Mentor Resources
• UC Davis Graduate Studies Mentee Resources
  • Thriving in Graduate School - Join Thriving in Graduate School to learn how to cultivate well-being in your personal, academic, and professional life. This year-long program includes a weekly newsletter and frequent in-person workshops and informal events. Graduate students can sign up at any time.

• Landing a Job - Edge for Scholars Cutting Edge, April 2023
• This Is How Everyday Sexism Could Stop You From Getting That Promotion - The New York Times
• Research: Women Leaders Took on Even More Invisible Work During the Pandemic - Harvard Business Review, October 13, 2021
• Fund Black scientists - Stevens et al., Cell (2021)
• Evaluating Academic Scientists Collaborating in Team-Based Research: A Proposed Framework - Mazumdar M, Messinger S, Finkelstein DM, Goldberg JD, Lindsell CJ, Morton SC, Pollock BH, Rahbar MH, Welty LJ, Parker RA; Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Key Function Committee of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Consortium. Acad Med. 2015 Oct;90(10):1302-8.

If you find yourself confronted with a distressed or distressing student, whether it be a mentee, student in your course, student employee, etc., the response protocol linked below may assist you in determining the appropriate steps to take to support the student.

• UC Davis Faculty and Staff Response Protocol for Distressed or Distressing Students (PDF)

If you are unsure of how to assist a student, submit an Office of Student Support and Judicial Affairs (OSSJA) Student Support Referral using the link below:

• OSSJA Student Support Referral Form

Once a referral is made, the student will be assigned an OSSJA Case Manager who will reach out to the student and connect them with resources as appropriate. The case managers can request welfare checks be done on students to ensure their safety.