Mentor Academy

The Mentor Academy is a 6-month program that provides training and support for mid-career faculty to enhance their knowledge and skills in both research- and career-related mentoring. Mentor Academy participation is also an opportunity to share experiences and problem solve/co-mentor one another to advance their skills. The 20-hour evidence-based curriculum is adapted from one developed by the National Research Mentoring Network. Six major areas of competency are addressed:

Maintaining effective communications
Aligning expectations
Assessing understanding
Addressing equity and inclusion
Fostering independence
Promoting professional development

The Mentor Academy RFA is made available in the early fall of every year.

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2023 Mentor Academy Participants
	Bita Nickkholgh, MD, PhD Title: Associate Staff Scientist (Winston Salem Region) Department: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine bnickkho@wakehealth.edu
	Samuel Centanni, PhD Title: Assistant Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Physiology and Pharmacology scentann@wakehealth.edu
	Rita Cervera, PhD Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Physiology and Pharmacology rcervera@wakehealth.edu
	Emily Dressler, PhD Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department:Biostatistics and Data Science edressle@wakehealth.edu
	Lauren Fowler, PhD Title: Professor (Charlotte Region) Department: Physiology & Pharmacology lafowler@wakehealth.edu
	Marc Kowalkowski, PhD Title: Assistant Professor (Charlotte Region) Department:Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE); Internal Medicine marc.kowalkowski@atriumhealth.org
	Glenn Lesser, MD Title: Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Medical Oncology and Hematology; Internal Medicine glesser@wakehealth.edu
	Sean Murphy, PhD Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Regenerative Medicine semurphy@wakehealth.edu
	Caroline Reinke, MD, MSHP Title: Assistant Professor (Charlotte Region) Department: Surgery caroline.e.reinke@atriumhealth.org
	Christopher Schaich, PhD Title: Assistant Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Surgery/Hypertension cschaich@wakehealth.edu
	Ravi Singh, PhD Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Cancer Biology rasingh@wakehealth.edu
	Anna Snavely, PhD Title: Assistant Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Biostatistics and Data Science asnavely@wakehealth.edu
	Stephanie Sohl, PhD Title: Assistant Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Social Sciences and Health Policy ssohl@wakehealth.edu
	David Soto-Pantoja, PhD Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Surgery/Hypertension dsotopan@wakehealth.edu
	Andrew South Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Pediatrics asouth@wakehealth.edu
	Carla Strom, MLA Title: Assistant Director, Operations (Winston Salem Region) Department: Office of Cancer Health Equity cstorm@wakehealth.edu
	Liliya Yamaleyeva, MD, MS Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Surgery/Hypertension lyamaley@wakehealth.edu

2022 Cohort

2022 Mentor Academy Participants
	Selwan Barbat, MD, FACS, ASMBS Title: Assistant Professor (Charlotte Region) Department: General Surgery and Bariatric Surgery selwan.barbat@atriumhealth.org
	Allison Caban-Holt, PhD Title: Associate Director (Winston Salem Region) Department: Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity a.caban-holt@wakehealth.edu
	Daniel Carrizosa, MD, MS Title: Associate Professor (Charlotte Region) Department: Solid Tumor Oncology (Levine Cancer Institute) Daniel.Carrizosa@atriumhealth.org
	Lindsey Chaudoin, MD Title: Assistant Professor (Charlotte Region) Department: Emergency Medicine lindsey.chaudoin@atriumhealth.org
	Ryan Drenan, PhD Title: Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Physiology & Pharmacology rdrenan@wakehealth.edu
	Robert Gould, PhD Title: Assistant Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Physiology and Pharmacology rgould@wakehealth.edu
	Doug Jaffe, DO Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Anesthesiology jjaffe@wakehealth.edu
	Bethany Kerr, PhD Title: Assistant Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Cancer Biology bkerr@wakehealth.edu
	Paul Laurienti, MD, PhD Title: Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Radiology plaurien@wakehealth.edu
	Shawnta Lloyd, PhD, MPH Title: Project Manager (Winston Salem Region) Department: Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity (MACHE) slloyd@wakehealth.edu
	Mozhdeh Marandi, MD, CCRC Title: Research Coordinator (Winston Salem Region) Department: Neurology mmarandi@wakehealth.edu
	Julio Mateus Nino, MD, PhD Title: Associate Professor (Charlotte Region) Department: OBGYN julio.mateusnino@atriumhealth.org
	Joan Schanck, MPA Title: Chief Education Program Officer (Winston Salem Region) Department: Regenerative Medicine jschanck@wakehealth.edu
	Yusuke Shiozawa, MD, PhD Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Cancer Biology yshiozaw@wakehealth.edu
	Nury Steuerwald, PhD, HCLD (ABB) Title: Associate Professor (Charlotte Region) Department: Molecular Biology and Genomics Laboratory nury.steuerwald@atriumhealth.org
	Roy Strowd, MD, MS, MEd Title: Associate Professor (Winston Salem Region) Department: Neurology rstrowd@wakehealth.edu
	Stephanie Taylor, MD, MS Title: Associate Professor (Charlotte Region) Department: Internal Medicine Stephanie.P.Taylor@atriumhealth.org
	Bradley Thomas, MD, FACS Title: Associate Professor (Charlotte Region) Department: General Surgery bradley.thomas@atriumhealth.org

2021 Cohort

2021 Mentor Academy Participants
	Rong Chen, PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Physiology & Pharmacology rchen@wakehealth.edu
	Christina Cramer, MD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Radiation Oncology ccramer@wakehealth.edu
	Tracy Criswell, PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Regenerative Medicine tcriswel@wakehealth.edu
	Stephanie Daniel, PhD Title: Professor Department: Family and Community Medicine and SSHP, CTSI PCER sdaniel@wakehealth.edu
	Kylie Kavanagh, VMS Title: Associate Professor Department: Pathology kkavanag@wakehealth.edu
	Kenneth Kishida, PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Physiology and Pharmacology kkishida@wakehealth.edu
	Michael McCrory, MD Title: Associate Professor Department: Anesthesiology mmccrory@wakehealth.edu
	John Parks, PhD Title: Professor Department: Internal Medicine- Section on Molecular Medicine jparks@wakehealth.edu
	Leslie Poole, PhD Title: Professor Department: Biochemistry lbpoole@wakehealth.edu
	Sharon Letchworth, PhD Department: Internal Medicine/Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Sharon.Letchworth@wakehealth.edu
	Leah Templeton, MD Title: Associate Professor Department: Anesthesiology ltemplet@wakehealth.edu
	Jillian Urban, PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Biomedical Engineering jurban@wakehealth.edu
	Rebecca Wells, MD Title: Associate Professor Department: Neurology rewells@wakehealth.edu

2020 Cohort

Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute 2020 Mentor Academy
	Kristen Beavers, PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Health and Exercise Science beaverkm@wfu.edu
	LaShanda Brown, PhD Title: Research Nurse Manager Department: Center for Healthcare Innovations lybrown@wakehealth.edu
	TanYa Gwathmey, PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Surgery-Hypertension tgwathme@wakehealth.edu
	Cara Haberman, MD Title: Assistant Professor, Section Head, Peds Hospitalist Med. Department: Pediatrics chaberma@wakehealth.edu
	Carolyn Huffman, PhD Title: Director of Nursing Research Department: Nursing cshuffma@wakehealth.edu
	Carl Langefeld, PhD Title: Director, Center for Public Health Genomics Department: Biostatistical Sciences clangefe@wakehealth.edu
	Michael Olivier, PhD Title: Professor, Director, Center for Precision Medicine Department: Internal Medicine - Molecular Medicine molivier@wakehealth.edu
	Matt Quinn, PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Pathology/Comparative Medicine mquinn@wakehealth.edu
	Ellie Rahbar, PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Biomedical Engineering erahbar@wakehealth.edu
	Lindsay Strowd, MD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Dermatology lchaney@wakehealth.edu
	Thomas Wesley Templeton, MD Title: Associate Professor Department: Anesthesiology ttemplet@wakehealth.edu
	Ashley Weaver, PhD Title: Assistant Professor Department: Biomedical Engineering asweaver@wakehealth.edu

2019 Cohort

Tina Brinkley, PhD
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Internal Medicine – Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Email: tbrinkle@wakehealth.edu

Gagan Deep, PhD
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Cancer Biology
Email: gdeep@wakehealth.edu

Steve Kridel, PhD
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Cancer Biology
Email: skridel@wakehealth.edu

Iris Leng, MD, PhD
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Biostatistical Sciences
Email: ileng@wakehealth.edu

Justin Moore, PhD
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Family Medicine
Email: jusmoore@wakehealth.edu

Kimberly Raab-Graham, PhD
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Physiology and Pharmacology
Email: kraabgra@wakehealth.edu

Roger Royster, MD
Title: Professor
Department: Anesthesiology
Email: rroyster@wakehealth.edu

Hossam Shaltout, PhD
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Email: hshaltou@wakehealth.edu

Mustafa Siddiqui, MD
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Neurology
Email: mssiddiq@wakehealth.edu

Erin Sutfin, PhD
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Public Health Sciences – Social Sciences and Health Policy
Email: esutfin@wakehealth.edu

Bharathi Upadhya, MD
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Cardiovascular Medicine
Email:bupadhya@wakehealth.edu

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2023 Mentor Academy Participants

Bita Nickkholgh, MD, PhD

Samuel Centanni, PhD

Rita Cervera, PhD

Emily Dressler, PhD

Lauren Fowler, PhD

Marc Kowalkowski, PhD

Glenn Lesser, MD

Sean Murphy, PhD

Caroline Reinke, MD, MSHP

Christopher Schaich, PhD

Ravi Singh, PhD

Anna Snavely, PhD

Stephanie Sohl, PhD

David Soto-Pantoja, PhD

Andrew South

Carla Strom, MLA

Liliya Yamaleyeva, MD, MS

2022 Cohort

2022 Mentor Academy Participants

Selwan Barbat, MD, FACS, ASMBS

Allison Caban-Holt, PhD

Daniel Carrizosa, MD, MS

Lindsey Chaudoin, MD

Ryan Drenan, PhD

Robert Gould, PhD

Doug Jaffe, DO

Bethany Kerr, PhD

Paul Laurienti, MD, PhD

Shawnta Lloyd, PhD, MPH

Mozhdeh Marandi, MD, CCRC

Julio Mateus Nino, MD, PhD

Joan Schanck, MPA

Yusuke Shiozawa, MD, PhD

Nury Steuerwald, PhD, HCLD (ABB)

Roy Strowd, MD, MS, MEd

Stephanie Taylor, MD, MS

Bradley Thomas, MD, FACS

2021 Cohort

2021 Mentor Academy Participants

Rong Chen, PhD

Christina Cramer, MD

Tracy Criswell, PhD

Stephanie Daniel, PhD

Kylie Kavanagh, VMS

Kenneth Kishida, PhD

Michael McCrory, MD

John Parks, PhD

Leslie Poole, PhD

Sharon Letchworth, PhD

Leah Templeton, MD

Jillian Urban, PhD

Rebecca Wells, MD

2020 Cohort

Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute 2020 Mentor Academy

Kristen Beavers, PhD

LaShanda Brown, PhD

TanYa Gwathmey, PhD

Cara Haberman, MD

Carolyn Huffman, PhD

Carl Langefeld, PhD

Michael Olivier, PhD

Matt Quinn, PhD

Ellie Rahbar, PhD

Lindsay Strowd, MD

Thomas Wesley Templeton, MD

Ashley Weaver, PhD

2019 Cohort

Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
2020 Mentor Academy