Campus to Honor Hopewell for Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring
The award recognizes an outstanding senior faculty mentor at UCSF who has demonstrated a long-term commitment to mentoring faculty in the academic health sciences.
The campus community is invited to celebrate the presentation of a plaque and honorarium to Hopewell at an award ceremony on Wednesday, May 28 in Toland Hall on the UCSF Parnassus campus. The award ceremony, sponsored by the Chancellor's Council on Faculty Life, also will feature a keynote presentation by Janet Bickel, a career and leadership development coach and consultant. The talk, titled "Thinking Like the CEO of Your Own Career: Building Relationships and Political Savvy," is scheduled from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The award ceremony will run from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. A principal investigator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, Hopewell is a renowned expert in tuberculosis research and control. For the past 27 years, Hopewell has been helping the City and County of San Francisco control tuberculosis (TB), a life-threatening bacterial infection that predominantly affects the lungs. At the same time, Hopewell conducts research that is helping physicians around the world fight the disease. He has worked closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish and disseminate best practices and influence physicians worldwide. He and WHO colleagues developed a document, International Standards for Tuberculosis Care, which defines the core elements of TB care and has been endorsed globally. Hopewell is leading the efforts to implement these standards in countries with the world's highest tuberculosis incidence. For his efforts in global health, Hopewell was awarded the prestigious 2007 World Lung Health Award at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Francisco. He earned his MD degree from West Virginia University in 1965, and trained in internal medicine and pulmonary disease at UCSF. Hopewell joined the faculty at UCSF in 1973. In her keynote presentation, Bickel, who has consulted at more than 100 academic health centers and universities, will provide new insights into how to decipher the political terrain and build support to attain career goals. In addition, she will discuss how to manage upward and delegate downward, develop a network of collaborators, and expand the impact of being a mentor or mentee. The mentoring award was established last year when Stephen Hulley, MD, MPH, professor of clinical epidemiology, and Stephen McPhee, MD, professor of medicine, were selected as the first award recipients. Mentoring is a critical component of productivity, career advancement and satisfaction for faculty and staff. This award helps to elevate the visibility and importance of mentoring on the UCSF campus. The UCSF Strategic Plan recommends several ways to create a more supportive work environment for both faculty and staff. It recommends that UCSF:
- • develop effective mentoring programs for all
- • ensure that professional development and career advancement opportunities are transparent and available to all and
- • groom and promote the next generation of UCSF leadership
UCSF School of Medicine News, March 19, 2007 Defining Essential Elements of TB Care
UCSF Today, Feb. 10, 2006 Elizabeth Fair: Making a Greater Impact in Global Health
UCSF Today, Oct. 27, 2006 Philip C. Hopewell, MD
UCSF School of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Division Faculty