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Schedule an individual mentoring session and benefit from the support and expertise of experienced mentors.

Experienced mentors from various fields, including clinical practice and basic research, are available for mentoring sessions.

Are you interested in an academic career in medicine and looking for support to get started? Or are you already working in research and seeking guidance for your next career steps? 

The mentoring program offers medical students and early-career researchers of the Faculty of Medicine structured support on their path to an academic career.

Through individual mentoring sessions with our mentors, you will benefit from:

  • Encouragement in developing your next career steps
  • A non-competitive exchange and interdisciplinary networking
  • Support with research proposals and publications
  • Strategies for balancing private life, clinical work, and research

Who is the program aimed at?

Participants (mentees) may be:

  • Doctoral candidates, postdocs, and habilitation candidates at the Faculty of Medicine
  • Students at the Faculty of Medicine UZH (from Master’s level onward) with an interest in an academic career in medicine
  • Physicians at the university hospitals (USZ, Kispi, PUK, Balgrist) with an interest in an academic career in medicine

Individual Mentoring Sessions

The mentors listed on the website linked below are available for mentoring sessions. If you would like to schedule a meeting, please fill out the form below and indicate three potential mentors. We will then forward your request to one of the selected individuals. If your request is accepted, we will get back to you. A meeting will take place depending on the availability of both the mentor and the mentee. If needed and if both parties have sufficient time, additional meetings can be arranged.

List of Mentors

Registration Mentoring-Session

Schedule an individual mentoring session and benefit from the support and expertise of experienced mentors.

Personal Information

in years

What's your current position? (e.g. student, phd candidate, postdoc, resident physician, attending physician etc.)

At which departement or institute are you currently working?

Mentoring-Session

What is your reason for requesting a mentoring session? Which topics and questions would you like to discuss?

Please list three people from the list of mentors who would be suitable for a mentoring session.

Website, Flyer, Newsletter etc.

(please upload your cv)

Additional Information

Program Management

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas M. Kessler
Head Physician Neuro-Urology, University Hospital Balgrist

Contact

Hanna Janssen, M.A.
Administration Junior Staff Development and Equal Opportunity
E-Mail
044 634 48 42
Office Days: Mo, Mi-Fr

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