Mentors
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Graduate Students & Predoctoral Trainees
Resources for choosing and working with your mentor, from WU Division of Biology & Biomedical Services.
Mentors in Need of Trainees
Please contact Siteman Cancer Center’s office to be added as an available opportunity for WU undergraduates and summer trainees.
WU Mentoring Resources
Postdoc Peer Mentorship Program (PPMP)
Provides WU postdocs with an opportunity to develop mentor-mentee relationships between more experienced and newer postdocs.
From WashU Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
Academy of Educators
From WashU Medicine.
Mentoring at the School of Medicine
Support available from the Office of Education at WashU Medicine.
External Training Opportunities
Online Mentor Training
From the University of Minnesota
Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER)
From the University of Wisconsin
The Science of Mentorship
From the National Academy of Sciences. Each podcast episode highlights evidence-based mentorship skills that maximize STEM trainees’ potential.
National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) [link broken]
From the Diversity Program Consortium. This network implements and disseminates innovative, evidence-based best practices to improve mentoring relationships at institutions across the country.
Tools
Compact for Biomedical Graduate Students and their Research Advisors
From AAMC
Compact for Postdoctoral Appointees and their Mentors
From AAMC
Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty
From Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Research Profiles for all School of Medicine Investigators
From WashU Medicine
List of Cancer Researchers
From Siteman Cancer Center
Readings
Reassess-Realign-Reimagine: A Guide for Mentors Pivoting to Remote Research Monitoring
From American Society for Cell Biology
Six mentoring tips as we enter year two of COVID
From Nature
Mentoring in crisis does not need to put mentorship in crisis: Realigning expectations
From the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Value, Support, and Advancement: An Organization's Role in Faculty Career Intentions in Academic Med
From Journal of Healthcare Leadership
How the pandemic widened scientists' mentoring networks
From the Nature podcast
Questions?
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