Evidence Base

CIMER and its partners working on this Institute have been engaged in several national efforts to advance the science and practice of mentorship, including work with institutions to advance their culture of mentorship.  See a few examples below:

• Mandt BH, Blake NMJ, Swartz TH. Sustaining the Biomedical Research Workforce: Medical School Leadership in Supporting Research Learners. Acad Med. 2025 Oct 1;100(10):1113-1119. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000006114.  

• Spencer K, McDaniels M, Hyun SH, Rogers JG, Utzerath E, Pfund C. Scaling evidence-based interventions: Examining factors promoting and limiting the dissemination of research mentor training. J Clin Transl Sci. 2025 Feb 26;9(1):e67. doi: 10.1017/cts.2025.41. 

• Suiter S, Byars-Winston A, Sancheznieto F, Pfund C, Sealy L. Utilizing mentorship education to promote a culturally responsive research training environment in the biomedical sciences. PLoS One. 2024 Aug 12;19(8):e0291221. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291221. 

• Pfund C, Sancheznieto F, Byars-Winston A, Zárate S, Black S, Birren B, Rogers J, Asai DJ. Evaluation of a Culturally Responsive Mentorship Education Program for the Advisers of Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Program Graduate Students. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2022 Sep;21(3):ar50. doi: 10.1187/cbe.21-11-0321 

• Trejo J, Wingard D, Hazen V, Bortnick A, Van Hoesen K, Byars-Winston A, Pfund C, Reznik V. A system-wide health sciences faculty mentor training program is associated with improved effective mentoring and institutional climate. J Clin Transl Sci. 2021 Dec 23;6(1):e18. doi: 10.1017/cts.2021.883. 

• The National Academies' 2019 Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM report examines mentoring programs and practices at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It explores the importance of mentorship, the science of mentoring relationships, mentorship structures and behaviors, and institutional cultures that support mentorship. The report and its complementary interactive guide present insights on effective programs and practices that can be adopted and adapted by institutions, departments, and individual faculty members.