John Sealy School of Medicine, Departments of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology
About Me
Dr. Skarupski is the Vice Provost for Faculty Development in the Office of Faculty Development and Professor of Medicine (Internal Medicine – Geriatrics) in the John Sealy School of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public and Population Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), in Galveston, TX.
Dr. Skarupski is an internationally-recognized leader in faculty development and faculty affairs. She has built, facilitated, and evaluated numerous professional and career development programs for faculty in academic health systems, nationally and internationally. Dr. Skarupski has published >100 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, books, and reports. The goal throughout Dr. Skarupski’s 20+ year faculty development career has been to “build community” and she has done this through her: WAGs [Writing Accountability Groups]; Grant Review Investigator Groups; Specific Aims Speed Sessions; Advanced-Career and “Next Chapter” Faculty Transitions; group coaching; and myriad faculty development and leadership programs. In 2018, Dr. Skarupski also created and continues to host the weekly Faculty Factory podcast – an international forum for academic affairs and faculty development conversations (>400 episodes as of 2026). Kim is also a certified professional coach through the College of Executive Coaching and has developed group coaching and career development coaching camps. She is a trained mediator and certified to facilitate the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory and the EQi2.0 and EQ360 assessments.
Dr. Skarupski is also a gerontologist, epidemiologist, and program evaluator and the major theme running throughout her 25+ year research career (publications available via full CV) has been the quality of life in older adults, using data from large-scale epidemiologic studies to examine disparities in quality of life in this population, as well as the contribution of various social and psychological determinants of quality of life in older age. Most recently, she has merged her gerontologic and faculty development interests exploring advanced-career faculty members’: career needs; retirement expectations and experiences; and caregiving roles. Her recent book An Anthology of Academic Transitions: Faculty Factory Interviews on Retiring & Rewiring was published in October, 2026.
Kimberly Skarupski: Speaking & Content Expertise
Leadership
Leadership Competencies and Leadership Presence
Master Your Mentoring
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The Art of Graceful Self Promotion
Bumps on the Road in Academia
Establishing Your Leadership Presence
Finding and Cultivating Joy at Work
Leading Up using Emotional Intelligence
Managing and Mediating Conflict
Navigating Difficult Conversations
Nurturing Resilience and Work-Life Integration
Using and Understanding Your Myers Briggs Personality Type (MBTI) to be more Influential
Leveraging your Emotional Intelligence (EQi2.0) for Success
Values-based Leadership
Where’s your Habit-at?
Get That Paper out the Door
Program Building
Building and evaluating faculty career development and leadership programs (early-career,
mid-career, late-career; women; under-represented in medicine; basic scientists and clinicians)
Building Research Resource Infrastructure (Grant Review Investigator Groups; Specific Aims
Speed Review sessions; Mock Study Sections; Grant Writing tools and resources)
Caregiving: Faculty Members Caring for Family Members with a Chronic Illness or Disability
Creating a podcast and community (FacultyFactory.org)
Late Career and Senior Faculty Transitions (“The Next Chapter”)
Program Evaluation
Strategic Planning, Community-building retreats
Career Development
Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Coaching
Coaching Fundamentals (1:1 and Group Coaching)
Leadership courses for women physicians, early-career, mid-career, and executive-level
physicians, physician investigators, and basic scientists
Career Development Coaching Camp
Writing Accountability Groups (WAGs)
Research
Peer-Reviewed Publications in the Fields of Faculty Affairs/Faculty Development
Skarupski KA, Keshavarzian A. Investing in Academic Medicine Research Mentoring – Low Cost but High Return.
Gastroenterology. 2013;144(4):e21-22. PMID: 23462123.
Stiles D, Skarupski KA. (2014). Improving Public Speaking with PowerPoint Karaoke. TD. 2014; 7(2).
Levine RB, González-Fernández M, Bodurtha J, Skarupski KA, Fivush B. Implementation and Evaluation of the
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Leadership Program for Women Faculty. J Women’s Health.
2015;24(5):360-366.
Stoykov ME, Skarupski KA, Foucher K, Chubinskaya S. Junior Investigators Thinking about Quitting Research: A
Survey. Am J Occup Ther. 2016;71(2).
Gilotra NA, Shpigel A, Okwuosa IS, Tamrat R, Flowers D, Skarupski K, Yousem DM, Russell SD. Description of
heart failure patients’ Myers-Briggs Type Indicator profiles. Health Behav Policy Rev. 2017;4(2):189-98.
Skarupski KA, Levine RB, Yang WR, Gonzalez-Fernandez M, Bodurtha J, Barone MA, Fivush B. Leadership
competencies: Do they differ for women and under-represented minority faculty members? JFD. 2017;31(1):49-56.
Yousem DM, Yousem KP, Skarupski KA. Bring back the joy in neuroradiology {editorial}. AJNR. 2017;38(12): 2220-
2221.
Ayyala M, Skarupski KA, Bodurtha J, Gonzalez-Fernandez M, Ishii L, Fivush B, Levine RB. Mentorship is not
enough: Exploring sponsorship and its role in career advancement in academic medicine. Acad Med. 2019; 94(1):94-
100.
Shahriari M, Yousem DM, Liu L, Skarupski KA. Impact of an Economics of Clinical Operations Course on Faculty
Satisfaction. Int J Acad Res Dev. 2018;3(2):336-340.
Skarupski KA, Foucher K. Writing Accountability Groups (WAGs): A tool to help junior faculty members build
sustainable writing habits. JFD. 2018;32(3):47-54.
Skarupski KA, Levine RB, Rand C, Gonzalez-Fernandez M, Clements JE, Fivush B. Impact of a leadership program
for senior women faculty: A retrospective survey of eight years of cohort participants. JFD. 2019;33 (1): 7-14.
Skarupski KA, Welch C, Dandar V, Mylona E, Chatterjee A, Singh M. Late-Career Expectations: A survey of full-time
faculty members who are 55 or older at 14 U.S. medical schools. Acad Med. 2020;95(2):226-233.
Skarupski KA, Dandar V, Mylona E, Chatterjee A, Welch C, Singh M. Late career faculty: A survey of faculty affairs
and faculty development leaders of U.S. medical schools. Acad Med. 2020;95(2):234-240.
Levine RB, Ayyala MS, Skarupski KA, Bodurtha JN, Gonzalez-Fernandez M, Ishii LE, Fivush B. It’s a Little Different
for Men - Sponsorship and Gender in Academic Medicine: a Qualitative Study. JGIM. 2020. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05956-2.
Rushton CH, Swoboda SM, Reller N, Skarupski KA, Prizzi M, Young P, Hanson GC. Mindful Ethical Practice and
Resilience Academy (MEPRA): Building Capacity of Frontline Nurses to Address Ethical Challenges. AJCC. 2020. In
press.
Skarupski KA, Roth DL, Durso SC. Prevalence of caregiving and high caregiving strain among late-career medical
school faculty members: Workforce, policy, and faculty development implications. Human Resources for Health.
2021. In press. DOI:10.1186/s12960-021-00582-3.
Levine RB, Walling A, Chatterjee A, Skarupski KA. Factors influencing retirement decisions of senior faculty at US
medical schools: Are there gender-based differences? Journal of Women’s Health. 2022;31(7):974-982.
Rayaz H, Yedavalli V, Sair H, Sharma G, Rowan N, Tackett S, Infosino A, Nabipour S, Kothari P, Levine R, Ishii M,
Yousem D, Agrawal Y, Skarupski K, Faraday N, Lee J, Brady MB. Staying Virtual: A survey study of the virtual
lecture experience in academic medicine. In press. January, 2023. Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Skarupski KA, Roth DL, Durso SC. Family caregiving experiences of medical school faculty: High prevalence, high
strain, and low resource utilization. In press. Human Resources for Health.
Lee JK, Levine RB, Yousem DM, Faraday N, Skarupski KA, Ishii M, Daugherty Biddison EL, Oliva-Hemker M.
Commitment to inclusion: The importance of collaboration in gender equity work. Women’s Health. 2024.
2024(16):287-302.
Clair CA, Skarupski KA, Durso SC, Roth DL. A qualitative analysis of the impact of family caregiving on medical
school faculty: Suggestions for greater institutional support. Under review. Medical Education.
Skarupski KA. Invited Chapter. Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 8th Edition. (Editors: Jan Busby-Whitehead, Samuel
Durso, Christine Arenson, Mary Palmer, Rebecca Elon and William Reichel). “Retirement: A Contemporary
Perspective.” Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Skarupski KA. “Mentoring for Academic Success: Skills for Being the Best Mentee/Mentor You Can Be!” New Faculty
Orientation/Mentoring Seminar for New and Established Faculty. University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine,
September 26, 2012. Saskatchewan, Canada.
Johns Hopkins International. Hopkins-Nanjing Center (Jiangsu, Nanjing, Gulou). Faculty Development expert for visiting
guests (2013-2020).
Levine R, Skarupski KA. “Women Physicians Leadership Course, Part I.” (N~60). Dr. Adolfo Llinas, Chief Medical
Officer, Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, August 1-2, 2019. Bogota, Columbia.
August, 2020 Covid-cancelled: Levine R, Skarupski KA. “Women Physicians Leadership Course, Part II.” Dr. Adolfo Llinas, Chief
Medical Officer, Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, Bogota, Columbia.
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