Our services include traditional career development related to promotion and tenure and leadership development for those faculty members who aspire to make systematic change.
Faculty engagement is also a focus of our activities as it is the faculty who must engage to fulfill our school’s mission. Finally, improving mentorship has been a priority as there is a substantial body of evidence that shows that mentorship is important for all faculty-related outcomes throughout an academic career. For general questions, please contact us at SOMFA@uab.edu.
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Access faculty mentoring resources here.
Scott Ballinger, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pathology
scottballinger@uabmc.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Oversees all aspects of faculty affairs and development
Alecia Gross, Ph.D., FARVO
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
Professor of Neurobiology
agross@uab.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Leading and oversight of internal and external faculty recognition efforts and onboarding for research faculty
D. Matthew Sherrer, MD, MBA, FASA, FAACD
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
dsherrer@uabmc.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Leads faculty development initiatives for clinical faculty, including onboarding, mentorship, professionalism, and promotion support
Scott Austin, MBA
Senior Advisor for Faculty Affairs
scotta@uab.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Provides strategic direction to leadership on all matters relating to faculty affairs, manages and oversees content for faculty resources web page, administrates the Heersink School of Medicine Faculty Council, provides administrative support/guidance for the school’s appointment/ promotion/tenure process, responsible for continued evaluation, measure, and leverage of best practice technology and processes used for faculty affairs and professional development, serves as the administrative leader in the development of UAB Medicine and faculty engagement surveys
Kelly Moore, BS
Program Director II
kellymoore@uab.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Lead the administration of UAB Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM) faculty awards and recognition programs, including oversight of internal award competitions and nominations for external institutional, regional, and national awards and recognition programs. Responsibilities include management of nomination and selection processes, award operations, communications, application materials, and recordkeeping. Manage the administrative components of the HSOM Faculty Mentoring Program, supporting program implementation and participant engagement. Provide administrative support for both the HSOM promotion/tenure process and the HSOM Post-Tenure Review (PTR) Plan and process.
Darius Matthews, BSN
Program Manager
dmatthe3@uab.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Coordinates and develops educational programs and workshops for faculty, Manages faculty onboarding processes, including onboarding workshops and meet-and-greets, Provides administrative support for the faculty appointment, promotion, and tenure process, Provides administrative support for data collection and analysis