Upcoming Events

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September 2026

Office of Faculty Affairs Grant Writing Course (GWC)

Date: June 2026 - September 2026
For faculty actively working on a research proposal for an NIH R-type of K-type grant.
Course information Here
For questions, contact program manager Morgan Mouchka

Academic Divisional Rounds

Date: Thursday, September 10, 2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: TBA
Speaker: Michael Krelstein, MD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom

PET Professional Development Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: Basics of UC Faculty Series & Promotion
Speaker: Victoria Risbrough, PhD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom

Psychiatry Grand Rounds Series

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: The Future of The DSM
Speaker: Dost Ongur, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Location: via Zoom

October 2026

Office of Faculty Affairs Senior Faculty Mentor Training (Sr. FMTP)

Date: Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, October 5, 6, & 7, 2026
Time: 12:30PM - 2:00PM
Speaker: Led by Mariana Cherner, PhD & Victoria Risbrough, PhD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom
Three-part online training focusing on six mentoring competencies and meets NIH T32 requirements for training in effective mentoring.
Associate and full professors are eligible to register.
Registration is required. Participants must attend all three sessions and complete a post-program assessment to be considered trained.
Register Here
For questions, contact hsfacaffairs@ucsd.edu

PET Professional Development Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: How to Give a Job Talk to include Self-Promotion and Networking
Speaker: Kelly Courtney, PhD, Greg Light, PhD & Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom

Academic Divisional Rounds

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: TBA
Speaker: Cory Weissman, MD, PhD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom

Psychiatry Grand Rounds Series

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: From Salience to Self-Control: Prefrontal Cortex Mechanisms, Naturalistic Measures, and Treatment-Induced Plasticity in Human Drug Addiction
Speaker: Rita Goldstein, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine
Location: via Zoom

November 2026

Academic Divisional Rounds

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: TBA
Speaker: Charles Goldberg, MD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom

December 2026

January 2027

PET Professional Development Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, January 21, 2027
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: Navigating Career Transitions Panel
Speaker: Cory Weissman, MD, Jessica Montoya, PhD, Ellen Lee, MD & William Pelham, PhD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom

February 2027

PET Professional Development Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, February 18, 2027
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: CDA Panel to include Overview of Funding
Speaker: Laura Campbell, PhD, Herry Patel, PhD, Alex Wallace, PhD & Alena Stasenko, PhD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom

March 2027

PET Professional Development Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, March 18, 2027
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: TBA
Speaker: TBA
Location: via Zoom

April 2027

PET Professional Development Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, April 8, 2027
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: Communication Strategies & Negotiating Job Offers for Women
Speaker: Sonya Norman, PhD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom

May 2027

PET Professional Development Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, May 20, 2027
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Title: How to Build Mentorship Skills as a Junior Researcher (e.g., mentoring undergraduate, master's level, doctoral students)
Speaker: Daniel Stout, PhD, UC San Diego
Location: via Zoom