About
Within ICTR, Dr. Vaishali Bakshi leads the STRIDE program (Success Together Reaching Independence, Diversity and Empowerment), one of three pathway programs housed within ICTR’s Collaborative Center for Health Equity. STRIDE supports early-career faculty from historically underrepresented backgrounds pursuing health-related translational research.
An associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine & Public Health and faculty member in the Neuroscience Training Program, Dr. Bakshi runs a translational neuroscience research lab. She is passionate about mentoring using evidence-based best practices embedded in a culturally aware perspective. Her mentorship philosophy embraces the values of openness to different perspectives, honest and compassionate feedback, a willingness to share one’s own successes and failures, and reflective listening to understand a mentee’s hopes and concerns.