About
Within ICTR, Dr. Vaishali Bakshi leads the STRIDE program, one of the pathway programs housed within the Workforce Development Program. STRIDE supports early-career faculty from broad 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.