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Utilizing mentorship education to promote a culturally responsive research training environment in the biomedical sciences

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Link to Publication  PLoS ONE 19(8): e0291221 (2024) Authors: Sarah Suiter, Angela Byars-Winston  (IDS Affiliate), Fátima Sancheznieto, Christine Pfund, Linda Sealy Abstract: There is an urgent and compelling need for systemic change to achieve diversity and inclusion goals in the biomedical sciences. Because faculty hold great influence in shaping research training environments, faculty development is …

Byars-Winston participates in MLK Day panel on disparities on health care

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On January 12, IDS Chair Angela Byars-Winston participated in a panel with Rev. Dr. Marcus Allen, and Mr. Confidence Kpegeol about the difficulties still faced by African Americans in health care today and the important role African American churches play in promoting health and healthcare coverage for their communities. The panel was part of an …

Byars-Winston presents at inaugural House briefing for the Graduate Research and Development Caucus

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On October 19th, IDS Chair Angela Byars-Winston presented to Congressional staffers at a briefing for the Graduate Research and Development Caucus. Byars-Winston was among several presenters including the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and several graduate students from across the country. The briefing served to support the role of graduate students in the federal research …

Byars-Winston co-chairing Ad-Hoc Study Group on the Black Community Experience on the UW–Madison Campus

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Institute for Diversity Science Chair Angela Byars-Winston, along with Rev. Alex Gee, will co-chair a study group at UW-Madison to develop recommendations to improve the experiences of Black students, faculty, and staff on the campus. The study group, formed at the direction of Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, began meeting in late August. Over the 2023 fall …

SMPH Quarterly: Angela Byars-Winston’s Work Bolsters Underrepresented Groups’ Participation in STEMM Fields

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  July 19, 2023, By Kendi Neff-Parvin A professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, chair of the UW–Madison Institute for Diversity Science, and a vocational psychologist, Byars-Winston has followed her own advice. Nationally recognized for her research on the impact of cultural influences on …

BEAM Program, co-led by Byars-Winston, helps build equitable mentorship opportunities for underrepresented medical students

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A recent article in the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Quarterly profiles the BEAM (Building Equitable Access to Mentorship Program, co-led by IDS Chair Angela Byars-Winston. The program, which is in its fourth year, is a unique, evidence-based mentoring program that matches trained faculty mentors with Phase 1 medical students from groups historically …