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Tag: Mentoring

Culturally aware mentoring interventions create enduring changes among graduate biomedical faculty

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Scientific Reports (2026) Authors: Angela Byars-Winston, Stephanie C. House, Remi Jones, Sylvia Hurtado, You-Geon Lee, Ellyssa Eiring, and Richard McGee Abstract: Most science faculty are ill-equipped to navigate how racial inequalities impact interactions with students and peers in their research training contexts and their mentoring relationships. We show that faculty mentors in graduate biomedical training …

Study Protocol for a Mixed Method, Three-Arm Cluster Randomized Comparative Trial Testing the Impact of Culturally Aware Mentoring Interventions on Research Mentors and Graduate Training Programs

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Protocols.io (2024) Authors: Ellyssa Eiring, Angela Byars-Winston, Stephanie C. House, You-Geon Lee, Richard McGee, Remi F. Jones, Sylvia Hurtado, Amanda Carrasco Abstract:  Research mentoring relationships are critical for developing the next generation of scientists. However, research mentors have seldom recognized how cultural differences can influence mentoring relationships, particularly for individuals from backgrounds historically underrepresented in …

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 …

Diversity Science Podcast: Jo Handelsman on How We Can Better Mentor Students in STEM

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In this episode, Dr. Jo Handelsman talks with Angela Byars-Winston about how her work as a molecular biologist can offer insights into issues of human diversity and how we can do a better job mentoring minoritized students in STEM disciplines. Handelsman is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …