Leveraging Best Practices in Mentoring from the Collective Experience of CNPCs

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议项目的长期目标是建立一个动态的全国性指导基础设施，该基础设施将利用现有资源和广泛的生物医学和生物行为学科的科学领袖和专业组织联盟，为来自不同背景的学员提供指导支持。我们的建议将建立在创新、科学专业知识和种族/民族人口多样性的基础上，并覆盖已经存在的两个成功的美国国立卫生研究院资助的国家研究网络——社区网络项目中心（cnpc； 23个中心）和癌症健康差异的地理/生物标本管理项目（G/BMaP； 6个地区）网络。中国石油天然气集团公司和G/BMaP项目旨在通过研究、培训和社区参与，帮助那些在少数族裔和缺乏服务的人群中承受着不成比例的癌症负担的社区和人群。此外，许多中石油和G/BmaP中心在创新和“最佳实践”指导实践方面具有专业知识，可扩展到全国使用；这些指导项目中有几个被证明对生物医学专业中代表性不足的个人的职业发展有帮助。我们的指导计划将围绕五个区域中心组织，根据地理和特定种族/少数民族群体的专业知识定义，即西部（位于华盛顿大学/科罗拉多分校），西南（位于UTHSC圣安东尼奥分校），深南/东南（位于USC/UAB），东北/大西洋（位于坦普尔大学）和中西部（位于明尼苏达大学）。1)规范和巩固合作关系；2)确定并参与学术机构、学生和专业组织；3)绘制并全面评估现有机构和/或组织的辅导能力；4)制定战略，使当地成功的指导模式和活动适用于全国范围；5)确定和/或开发开展或协调指导活动所需的基础设施，包括但不限于导师/学员数据库、网站和虚拟会议功能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of the proposed program is to establish a dynamic nationwide mentoring infrastructure that will leverage existing resources and consortium of scientific leaders and professional organizations across a wide range of biomedical and biobehavioral disciplines to provide mentoring support to trainees from diverse backgrounds. Our proposal will be building on the innovation, scientific expertise, and diversity in racial/ethnic population served, and reach that already exist within two successful NIH-funded national research networks- the Community Networks Program Centers (CNPCs; 23 centers) and the Geographical/Biospecimen Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (G/BMaP; 6 regions) networks. The CNPC and G/BMaP programs are designed to reach communities and populations that experience a disproportionate share of the cancer burden among racial/ethnic minorities and underserved populations through research, training, and community engagement. In addition, a number of CNPCs and G/BmaP centers have expertise in innovative and "best practices" mentoring practices that are scalable for national use; and several of these mentoring programs are proven for career advancement of individuals underrepresented in biomedical professions. The delivery of our mentoring programs will be organized around five regional hubs defined by geography and expertise with specific racial/ethnic minority groups, namely West (housed in Univ. of Washington/Colorado), Southwest (housed at UTHSC San Antonio), Deep South/South East (housed at USC/UAB), Northeast/Atlantic (housed at Temple), and Midwest (housed at Univ. of Minnesota). 1) normalize and solidify collaborative relationships; 2) Identify and engage academic institutions, student and professional organizations; 3) Map and fully assess existing mentoring capacity of institutions and/or organizations; 4) Develop strategies to adapt locally-successful mentoring models and activities for use at a national scale; and 5) Identify and/or develop the infrastructur necessary to conduct or coordinate mentorship activities, including but not limited to mentor/mentee databases, websites, and virtual meeting capabilities.