STAR Faculty Mentors

While all faculty within the School of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Medicine are eligible to serve as mentors for student Scholars, they are expected to fulfill certain criteria. Mentors from outside of the School of Veterinary Medicine or School of Medicine are welcome and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact Sue Kanoho (sjkanoho@ucdavis.edu) for more details. Along the guidelines of the American Physiological Society, a successful mentor is one who engages in a dynamic process whereby mentor and mentee both learn to respect and trust each others’ commitment, expertise, and individuality.  To sign up as a mentor, a faculty member must commit to the mentoring process and be willing to invest time, energy and resources into the relationship.  The text of the relationship can be difficult to define, because mentoring is in many ways an elusive concept and an individual process.  However, a mentor must possess the following characteristics:

• Be a faculty member in the School of Veterinary Medicine or the School of Medicine
• Be actively engaged in research
• Provide adequate funding to support the student’s entire research project expenses, which includes research supplies, posters, etc.
• Be available throughout the summer for the student
• Possess the expertise in the subject of the research proposal
• Agree to ensure the student fulfills his or her conditions of award
• Commit to active engagement with their students throughout the summer

Faculty in the School of Veterinary Medicine or the School of Medicine who are eligible to act as a mentor are asked to provide a brief paragraph describing their background, research interests, and other pertinent information. This information should assist students who have not yet selected a faculty mentor.