Leadership and The Mentoring Coalition

Emma Meagher, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology,

Emma Meagher, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, is a Master Facilitator via the NIH National Research Mentor Network and conducts training and seminars at Penn, CHOP, and at institutions across the Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) community, adapting the key modules and concepts to fit the needs of groups at varying stages. Within PSOM she serves as educational lead of ITMAT, as Senior Associate Vice Provost for Human Research, and Vice Dean for Clinical Research and Chief Clinical Research Officer.  An accomplished educator, Dr. Meagher received the Lindback Award, Penn’s highest honor for predoctoral teaching excellence, in 2005; the Dunning Dripps Award, Penn’s highest honor for postgraduate teaching excellence, in 2010; the AAMC Alpha Omega Alpha Distinguished Teacher Award in 2014; and the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) Distinguished Educator Award in 2020. 

PSOM Mentoring Coalition

In collaboration with leadership from PSOM Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS), Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs (BPP), the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), and the Penn Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation (CETLI), ITMAT Ed has formed a PSOM Mentoring Coalition, meeting quarterly to plan and facilitate half-day training opportunities for research faculty every Fall and Spring, alternating between introductory sessions and advanced topics.