Faculty Career Development Series
The ITHS Career Development Series consist of monthly lectures and workshops designed to provide junior faculty and investigators with tools, a forum for discussion, and learning opportunities to help advance their careers. This opportunity is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity.
Topics
Topics are selected based on an annual needs assessment.
Example topics include:
- How to Write an NIH K Award
- Making the Most of your Mentor Relationship
- Mastering Public Speaking as a Researcher
- Communicating your Findings Visually
- What really happens in an NIH Study Review
Where can I find a CDS event?
ITHS partners with several UW campus and WWAMI regional partners to ensure we reach and engage the translational workforce with each series. CDS events occur across the main UW campus, in the UW Medicine South Lake Union building, and are often captured on video and edited for online distribution to our regional partners. Many of our offerings are also broadcast live as webinars to allow for flexible viewing opportunities. Check out the calendar for specific upcoming event topics and locations.
Click here to watch past seminar recordings.
Upcoming and Past Events
Feb
12
Thu
Description
Learn the specifics of team coaching for What, Who, When and Which functions and 3 potential focus areas. Determine which type of coaching is most effective for team performance and when a team may be most ready for a coaching intervention.
This is the fifth session of the 2025–2026 Team Science Seminar Series. This opportunity is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Scroll down to register!
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Discuss Leadership in relation to the 6 conditions framework
- Identify 2 forms of servant leadership that support and build their team
- Utilize 2 additional practices to support their personal well-being
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About the Speaker
Jennifer Sprecher is Director of Strategy Development and Deployment with the UW School of Nursing. Ms. Sprecher works with organizations to achieve excellence through Strategy development, Lean Project Management, balanced scorecards, change management, benchmarking, team problem solving, team and leadership coaching.
Ms. Sprecher is a strong team facilitator, called upon to facilitate high-level teams where interaction and reaching objectives are critical. Sample facilitations include strategic planning, building collaborations, designing and developing new services, products and processes, implementing process improvements, implementing research studies and creating new research centers. She has worked extensively in the past few years within the arena of team science and applying team concepts to innovative development and research teams.
Before the UW School of Nursing, Ms. Sprecher focused exclusively on health research in the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, also within the University of WA. Prior to the UW, she spent 7 years as Executive Director of the Washington State Quality Award (WSQA), a Baldrige-based non-profit organization. With a background in Industrial Engineering, Ms. Sprecher has been working with process improvement for over 25 years using continuous process improvement methods including Lean, Lean-Sigma, Plan Do Check Act and 6S (5S workplace organization combined with Safety) and Total Quality Management.
Ms. Sprecher has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, a Master’s of Science in Management Systems, is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and an International Coaching Federation ACC certified Leadership Coach.
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