Northern LITeS: Leadership for Innovative Team Science
A leadership training experience for faculty and academic leaders aimed at furthering leadership skills and promoting team science.
Northern LITeS is a structured year-long leadership training experience for faculty and academic leaders involved in clinical or translational research or with responsibilities related to academic administration or education and training programs in which clinical or translational research is involved.
In 2024-2025, Northern LITeS launches its third cohort, this time designed for selected Associate Professors in leadership positions and/or with demonstrated leadership potential. The 2024-2025 cohort focuses on Associate Professor "rising star" faculty leaders; we want to facilitate the development of a cadre of future leaders for the University, including research leaders in translational science.
The Northern LITeS program provides executive-level training and is tailored to the needs of experienced academics in biomedical, clinical, and health-related sciences. In addition to enhancing leadership skills, the program:
- Fosters team functions and science by creating a network of colleagues who serve as resources for one another across the University
- Expands opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration
- Ensures that the next generation of clinical and translational scientists receives the highest quality training for science leadership
A cohort of four teams comprised of 6-7 faculty will meet for four, 2-day sessions over the course of the year to work on a team project that addresses a real clinical or translational problem identified by University of Minnesota leadership. Teams are constructed so that new working relationships are created.
The CTSI program, managed in partnership with the University of Minnesota Vice President for Clinical Affairs, is the first sister site of the University of Colorado LITeS model. The Northern LITeS program is further customized to help increase multidisciplinary team science research activity and funding across the health sciences, with a particular focus on stimulating submission of multi-project large grants that include collaborations across multiple University of Minnesota schools.
Participating Means
Participating Means
- Completing a 360-degree evaluation process and developing a plan for using feedback from the evaluation
- Choosing a professional development goal and completing a plan for its achievement
- Benefitting from individual coaching related to personal development
- Participating in extensive assessments and training of skills for leadership, creativity, and team process development in such areas as: conflict management, communication skills, influence strategies, negotiation, change management, building team productivity, and creating environments to support and include diverse ideas and enhance scientific creativity
- Participating in team project development and receiving guidance from University leaders in shaping and presenting projects, to include optimizing potential for implementation
Fostering Team Science
Fostering Team Science
- Building leadership for the clinical and translational science enterprise of tomorrow
- Creating a network of colleagues who share a passion for this work
- Expanding opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration
- Ensuring that the next generation of clinical and translational scientists in Minnesota receive the highest quality training for working and leading in their fields
Addressing Three Key Leadership Domains
Addressing Three Key Leadership Domains
- Understanding and enhancing individual leadership behaviors and styles
- Developing interpersonal and team skills for leading, managing, and working with others across tasks and settings
- Improving process skills for increasing quality and efficiency in creative work and academic leadership
University of Minnesota Participation in University of Colorado LITeS Cohort 2017-2018
University of Minnesota Participation in University of Colorado LITeS Cohort 2017-2018
- A University of Minnesota team participated in the 2017-2018 University of Colorado LITeS cohort. Team members were determined in consultation with AHC leadership, initially with (then) Sr VP for Health Sciences and Medical School Dean Brooks Jackson and then with further joint input and discussion with the Deans of all the AHC Schools. Each AHC School Dean appointed a representative to the team, with David Ingbar and Michelle Lamere representing the UMN CTSI.
- Team members were appointed by the Deans of each AHC School and included: Jayne Fulkerson, PhD, School of Nursing; Caroline Gaither, PhD, Associate Dean, College of Pharmacy; David Ingbar, MD, School of Medicine and CTSI; Michelle Lamere, MPA, CTSI; Heather Nelson, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health; Donald Nixdorf, DDS, MS, School of Dentistry; Ned Patterson, PhD, DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Betsy Seaquist, MD, School of Medicine.
- The goals of the UMN team project were to 1) recommend ways to increase multidisciplinary team science research activity and funding in the UMN Academic Health Center (AHC), with a particular focus on stimulating submission of multi-project large grants (NIH P & U grants, USDA, NSF for example) that include collaborations across multiple UMN schools; and 2) Assess whether LITeS or a similar program should be brought to the UMN AHC
- A final report with findings and recommendations was delivered to Dean Tolar and presentations were made to the AHC Research Deans, Faculty Consultative Committee, and individual colleges.
2024–25 cohort
2022-23 cohort
Participants
Mustafa al’Absi, PhD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Professor, Family Medicine & Biobehavioral Health
Director, Duluth Global Health Research Institute (DGHRI)
Maneesh Bhargava, MD, PhD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Associate Professor, Medicine
Co-Director, Sarcoidosis Center of Excellence
Tammy Butterick, MS, PhD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Health Science Specialist, Research, Mpls VA
Scientific Advisory Committee Co-Chair, Burn Pits 360 Veterans Group
Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Research Safety (SRS), Mpls VA
Casey Dorr, PhD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare
Co-Director, UMN Pathways to Research Program (PReP)
Co-Director, UMN Advanced Pathways to Research Program (A-PReP)
Paul Drawz, MD, MS, MHS
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Associate Professor, Medicine
Associate Chair for Clinical Research (Department of Medicine)
Susan Everson-Rose, MPH, MS, PhD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Professor, Medicine
Associate Director, Program in Health Disparities
Associate Director for Research, GPPC
Director, HELM
Naomi Fujioka, MD
Medical School (Twin Cities); Masonic Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation
7D Medical Director
University of Minnesota Physicians Board of Directors
Alonzo Guedes, PhD, DVM, MS
College of Veterinary Medicine
Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Director, Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Mark Juckett, MD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Professor, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine
Medical Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program and Cell, Gene, Immunotherapy Arm of the MCC Clinical Trial Office
Medical Director, 5C UMMC
Angus MacDonald, PhD
College of Liberal Arts
Professor, Department of Psychology
Director, Clinical Training (Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research)
Director, Translational Research in Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms Laboratory
Kim Mansky, PhD
School of Dentistry
Professor, Developmental and Surgical Science
Director, CTSI K to R01 program
Director of MinnCrest T90/R90
Jenna Marquard, PhD
School of Nursing
Professor, Population Health and Symptoms
Chair, Population Health and Systems Cooperative
Amir Moheet, MD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Associate Professor, Medicine
Director, Inpatient Diabetes Service
Ruby Nguyen, PhD
School of Public Health
Distinguished University Teaching Professor and Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
Director, School of Public Health Undergraduate Minor
Sabarinathan Ramachandran, PhD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Associate Professor, Surgery
Director, Transplant Tolerance Laboratory Immunology Core
Karim Sadak, MD, MSE
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Childhood Cancer Survivor Program
Senior Medical Director, Pediatrics
Nancy Sherwood, PhD
School of Public Health
Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Director, CTSI-Ed Pre-K Program
Tetyana Shippee, PhD
School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Associate Director, Research for Center of Healthy Aging and Innovation
Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, PhD
College of Biological Sciences
Professor, Genetics Cell Biology and Development
Director, Graduate Studies, MCB&G graduate program
Subree Subramanian, MS, PhD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Professor, Surgery
Director, Resident Research Enrichment Program
Alena Talkachova, PhD
College of Science and Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Director, IEM Strategic Research Initiatives
Guru Trikudanathan, MD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
Medical Director, TPIAT
Residency Rotation Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Lucy Vulchanova, PhD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Director of Graduate Studies, Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Jeff Wozniak, PhD
Medical School (Twin Cities)
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director, Child and Adolescent Research
2019 cohort
Team presentations
Participants
Timothy Beebe, PhD
Mayo Professor and Division Head, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health
Anja Bielinsky, PhD
Associate Dean, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
Angela Birnbaum, PhD, FAES
Professor, College of Pharmacy
Anne Blaes, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation division, Medical School
Iris Borowsky, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School
Sonya Brady, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical School
Simone French, PhD
Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health
Steven Fu, MD, MSCE
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical School and Director, Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Jayne Fulkerson, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing, Cora Meidl Siehl Endowed Chair in Nursing Research, Director, Center for Child & Family Health Promotion Research, Director, CTSI TRACT TL1 program & Translational Research Development Program
R. Stephanie Huang, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy
Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, MHA
Chair and Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical School
Ajay Israni, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, and Acting President of Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation
Kristen Jacklin, PhD
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health and Associate Director, Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team, Medical School
Ling Li, PhD
Professor and Associate Department Head, College of Pharmacy
Paul Mermelstein, PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Medical School
James Miner, MD
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare
Karen Monsen, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAMIA
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Daniel Mueller, MD
Professor of Medicine, and Director, Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases division, Medical School
Patrick Nachman, MD
Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension division, Medical School
Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Medical School
Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, FACP, FASGE, AGAF, FACG
Professor of Medicine, Medical School
Brian Sick, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Director, General Internal Medicine division, Medical School
Renee Sieving, PhD, RN, FAAN, FSAHM
Professor and Director, Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing
David Stenehjem, PharmD, BCOP
Associate Professor and Associate Department Head, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy Duluth
Stephanie Terezakis, MD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical School
Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing
Christine Wendt, MD
Professor of Medicine and Head of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine division, Medical School
Sarah Westberg, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems and Co-Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, College of Pharmacy
Program leadership
David Ingbar, MD, University of Minnesota Professor of Medicine,
Director of Northern LITeS program and CTSI-Ed
Judith Albino, PhD
President Emerita, Director of University of Colorado, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute's LITeS program
Jayne Fulkerson, PhD
University of Minnesota Professor, School of Nursing, Director of Northern LITeS program
Contact
[email protected]
612-625-2022