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GOS ICH Mentoring Focus Group

This group is about promoting mentorship across the UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences

EdI mentoring focus group

About us

We were established in January 2018 as part of EDI, to develop mentoring across UCL institutes within Faculty of Population Health Science. 

The following institutes are members of the FPHS cross-institute mentoring initiative: Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Institute of Clinical Trial and Methodology, Institute for Global Health,  Institute of Health Informatics, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Cancer Institute. 

AIMS and OBJECTIVES

  • Promote awareness of mentorship and its benefits for mentors and mentees
  • Develop and provide training where needed 
  • Help to establish and maintain positive mentorship relationships

The scheme is open to all staff, inc. academic, research, teaching, ECR and professional services, and to PhD students from 2nd year onwards

 

Testimonials:

From a mentee in GOS ICH PPP Dept:
"The mentoring platform creates a great opportunity to connect to and learn from those outside of our projects and line managers/supervisors. I greatly appreciated the unique perspective and insights of my mentor and believe others will benefit from such relationships too."

From a former mentee and current mentor in GOS ICH GGM Dept:
"Going from a postdoc to an academic principal investigator could be a big choke. It is not always an easy transition. The mentoring from senior colleagues to junior PI appears to be very crucial in making this cobbly road smoother. I joined the ICH mentorship scheme in 2018 when I was just appointed the lecturer position in the one of the academic departments in ICH. Thanks to the ICH mentorship and my superb mentors, for walking with me through this path, for sharing with me their experience, resources, guidance and most importantly their precious time. It’s the unique mentoring that has endorsed me to have a smooth and successful transition, from a lecturer to an associate professor in 3 years. This successful experience has also encouraged me to become a mentor now at ICH to support other junior researchers in their career development."

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Contact us at ich.mentoring@ucl.ac.uk

Upcoming events

Mentor networking in person with lunch (held by GOS ICH) – 11th June 2024 12:00 - 13:00 – please register here 

Audio testimonial

Hear from a mentee in UCL ICTM who has a mentor in GOS ICH:

Links

UCL HR Learning and Development:

If you have any questions, feedback, or would like to get involved with the ICH EDI initiatives or the steering committee, please contact us via ICH.EDI@ucl.ac.uk