Upcoming Events
2026 Group on Business Affairs (GBA) Group on Institutional Planning (GIP) and Group on Faculty Affairs Joint Spring Meeting
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, St. Louis, MO
April 22 - 24, 2026
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GFA Brown Bag Series
The GFA Monthly Virtual Brown Bag Series is a recurring, low-stakes professional exchange designed to strengthen collaboration across the AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) community while the community transitions to a new organizational model. The series spotlights faculty affairs offices and initiatives that align with leadership competencies identified by the AAMC’s GFA community, creating a consistent venue for sharing practical approaches, elevating peer expertise, and building community across academic medical centers nationwide.
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Leveraging Technology to Support Faculty Affairs Operations
April 13, 2026 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
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Appointments, Promotion & Tenure
May 11, 2026 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
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Change Management & Navigating Conflict
June 8, 2026 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
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Faculty Vitality, Well-Being & Resilience
July 13, 2026 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
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Past Events
GFA Brown Bag Series: Mentoring Program Design & Evaluation
March 9, 2026
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Onward and Upward: Exploring New Horizons for Advanced Career Faculty Webinar
February 2, 2026
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Advanced career faculty possess a rich repertoire of professional knowledge, skills, and experience. These attributes provide a foundation for exploring what might come next at this stage in their professional journey. This webinar will highlight the strengths of advanced career faculty and explore strategies to support faculty as they pursue new opportunities, navigate transitions, plan for retirement, and beyond. Participants will gain an understanding of effective programs which support advanced career faculty and will be invited to consider how they might enhance or create similar resources at their own institutions.
Objectives:
- Distinguish the unique strengths and opportunities at the advanced career stage.
- Describe programming initiatives specifically designed to support advanced career faculty, including preparation for retirement and beyond.
- Describe readiness and resources at one’s own institution to develop programming that supports the needs of advanced career faculty.
2025 Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) Professional Development Conference
Portland, OR (July 9 - 11, 2025)
Reexamine, Refocus, Retrain for Renewal Webinar Series
The Reexamine, Refocus, Retrain for Renewal webinar series is a learning offering developed by the GFA Professional Development Committee to provide resources, insights, and best practices focusing on mentorship, self-assessment, and establishing a development plan.
GFA Professional Development Webinar: Innovative Programs for Mid-Career Faculty in Academic Medicine (video)
This webinar explores innovative programs designed to support mid-career faculty in academic medicine. Some highlights include best practices, successful initiatives, and the impact of these programs on professional development, work-life balance, and career advancement.
Faculty Life Cycle Webinar Series
The GFA Life Cycle Webinar Series is a collection of webinars covering topics central to faculty affairs and development professionals. Each webinar provides practical information and promising practices to enhance professional development throughout the faculty career life cycle.
Leading in a Hybrid Environment (video)
This GFA Town Hall focused on the challenge of recruiting strategies as it pertains to hybrid environments.