Leveraging Best Practices in Mentoring from the Collective Experience of CNPCs

描述(由申请者提供)：该计划的长期目标是建立一个充满活力的全国性指导基础设施，该基础设施将利用现有资源以及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，为来自不同背景的受训者提供指导支持。我们的建议将建立在所服务的种族/民族人口的创新、科学专业知识和多样性的基础上，并覆盖两个由NIH资助的成功的国家研究网络--社区网络计划中心(CNPC；23个中心)和癌症健康差异地理/生物医学管理计划(G/BMAP；6个地区)网络。CNPC和G/BMAP计划旨在通过研究、培训和社区参与，接触到那些在少数族裔和服务不足的人群中经历不成比例的癌症负担的社区和人口。此外，许多CNPC和G/BMAP中心在可供全国推广的创新和“最佳实践”指导实践方面拥有专业知识；其中几个指导计划已被证明可促进在生物医学职业中代表性不足的个人的职业发展。我们指导方案的实施将围绕五个区域中心组织，这些中心由地理位置和特定种族/少数民族群体的专业知识定义，即西部(位于大学。这些地区包括：西南部(位于华盛顿/科罗拉多州)、西南(位于加州大学圣安东尼奥分校)、深南/东南(位于南加州大学/南加州大学)、东北/大西洋(位于坦普尔)和中西部(位于大学)。明尼苏达州)。1)正常化和巩固协作关系；2)确定和吸引学术机构、学生和专业组织的参与；3)绘制并充分评估各机构和/或组织的现有指导能力；4)制定战略以适应当地成功的指导模式和活动，以便在全国范围内使用；以及5)确定和/或发展开展或协调指导活动所需的基础设施，包括但不限于指导/被辅导者数据库、网站和虚拟会议能力。

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.