Fiona Wills (Associate Vice Provost for Innovation Development and Commercialization, UW) explains the resources available to research faculty, postdocs, and graduate students looking to commercialize an innovation through UW's CoMotion. She discusses all of the steps of the commercialization process, from training to startup, including different methods of protecting your intellectual property. Start by understanding your market and the novelty of your innovation by asking your customers what needs they have. Begin conversations with CoMotion early in the process to guide your decision making, utilize their resources from lab space to patent attorneys, and set a reasonable timeline to ensure your idea successfully goes from lab to market. 

Learn about and get connected to UW CoMotion here.

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Dr. Sahar Rooholamini (Pediatrics; Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Retention) walks us through the steps for recruiting faculty using equitable, mission-aligned best practices. Dr. Rooholamini shares strategies for active outreach to gather a diverse pool of applicants, delineates key qualities of an exemplary job ad, and explains the role of the search committee in leading and standardizing the review and selection process. She recommends keeping your search criteria expansive to be inclusive of potential applicant qualities that you may not have initially envisioned. Finally, Dr. Rooholamini provides advice on how to balance considerations of internal and external candidates, and encourages faculty to provide input to adapt and improve our recruitment practices at the UW School of Medicine.

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Dr. Elia Tait Wojno (Immunology; Director, Mentor Education for UW School of Medicine) provides background on the CIMER (Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research) program and gives advice for anyone who wants to become a mentor in their career. She explains how to establish shared expectations and communicate with a sense of curiosity as you create a working platform for the relationship. Finally, Dr. Tait Wojno shares three strategies for fostering inclusivity, explains how the mentor benefits from this role, and describes how to know when you are ready to be a mentor.

Learn more about CIMER here and additional mentoring resources here. Email [email protected] to get connected with the mentorship program at the UW School of Medicine.

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Dr. David Morgenroth (Rehabilitation Medicine) walks through the entire process of creating a strategic plan. Learn about the steps involved from defining the scope and inviting the right mix of voices to the table, to analyzing data, assigning tactics and finally implementation. Dr. Morgenroth encourages folks to be realistic about the timeline, maintain some flexibility once the plan is created, and above all, continuously foster the relationships with all stakeholders throughout the process to ensure your plan is a success.

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Dr. Yaw Nyame (Urology) explains how his team has succeeded in engaging in community-based health equity research and provides guidance for those seeking to do this work. PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) has resources to help you find partners, but you can also work with advocacy organizations or through conversations with your patients. Recognize power differentials between the provider and patient and empower patients to join this work in a variety of ways. Engage your community partners throughout the entire research process by educating and training them, collaborating on every step from agenda to results, and compensate them like any other team member.

Find resources at PCORI here.

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Dr. Jenny Mladenovic (President and CEO of the Center for Women in Academic Medicine and Science) shares her advice and perspective for stepping into a new leadership role. Whether at a new institution or your current one, learn strategies to set yourself up for success from the start. She provides guidance on recognizing your own biases and gaps in knowledge, seeking input from a diversity of sources, and creating a plan for the first 100 days. Finally, Dr. Mladenovic discusses how to deal with failures and importance of the relationships you make to both your own success as well as the success of your institution.

Learn about the GEMS Alliance here.

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Dr. Anne Browning (Chief Well-Being Officer, UW Medicine; Associate Dean for Well-Being, School of Medicine) discusses her new role as CWO and plans for the future of well-being at UW Medicine. She details some preliminary results from the first system-wide well-being survey and action plans, from systems-level interventions to local well-being grants. Dr. Browning also describes the infrastructure of well-being at UW Medicine and what the strategic plan holds for the future workplace well-being of our community.

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Dr. Estell Williams (Surgery; Executive Director, Center for Workforce Inclusion and Healthcare System Equity) highlights the work being done in the WIHSE program and provides advice for folks wanting to engage with community partners in educational spaces for STEM careers. Engage learners as early as third grade, understanding the diversity of their needs to ensure the best chance of long term success. Focus on sustainability of the program through publishing and grant funding, build a strong team to create evidence-based curriculum, and never underestimate the curiosity, intelligence, and growth students will demonstrate as a result of these educational opportunities.

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Keri Nasenbeny (CNO, Harborview Medical Center), joins us in this episode to provide advice on how to create high performing teams, especially in interdisciplinary spaces. Start by establishing trust and cohesion with your team, and learn strategies to set those foundations. Learn about how to create a team quickly when needed, and also what to do when a team isn't functioning as well as you hoped. For any team, celebrate the diversity of perspectives, skills, and connections each team member brings, and celebrate wins both big and small.

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Dr. Shaquita Bell (Pediatrics; Senior Medical Director, Odessa Brown Clinic) gives guidance on how to increase collaboration with clinical communities. Start by reaching out and listening to nearby community members or organizations. Ensure compensation and decision making roles for members, and target outreach events to their needs and interests. Finally, learn what to do if you make a mistake, how to continuously build trust in these partnerships, and what it looks like to successfully create solutions together.

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