Community Updates

March 5, 2025

• Webinar Update: The NRMN CC will host its final webinar on June 4th! We hope you can join us!

• Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings, hosted by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau, resume this spring. Topics are listed below. Please email Julie Hau and Melissa McDaniels if you have any suggestions for topics.

  •  Upcoming meetings topics are:

    • April: Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)

    • June: Celebration of the grant/work

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out these recently shared publications:

  • Perceptions in Mentorship: The Mentor-Mentee Competency Discrepancy. Wiskur, B.; Sood, A.; Myers, O.; Shore, X.; Soller, B.; Mickel, N.; Dominguez, N.; and Tigges, B. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 8(1): 178–192. June 2024.

  • Short-Term Impact of Faculty Mentor Development on Mentees' Scholarly Productivity. Shore, X; Myers, O; Wiskur, B; Dominguez, N; Tigges, B; and Sood, A The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 8(3): 755–761. October 2024.

  • Sustained improvement of faculty mentoring competency with a mentor development program. Sood, A; Mickel, N; Shore, X.; Wiskur, B; Tigges, B; and Myers, O The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 8(3): 762–769. October 2024.

  • Qualitative descriptions of developer changes or consistency over time. Roesch, A; Rishel Brakey, H; Tigges, B; Sood, A; and Soller, B The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 8(3): 741–747. October 2024.

  • Reasons for Faculty Attrition, Assessed by Latent Class Analysis. Myers, O; Greenberg, N; Ziedonis, D; Tigges, B; and Sood, A The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 8(3): 748–754. October 2024. 

• The NRMN Resource Center invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 43,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

• Last Call: Publication Support Available

  • In October, the NRMN CC offered support to U01 PI’s to cover the cost of one manuscript per team, with the possibility of covering additional manuscripts depending on the number of requests and associated publication costs. Our hope is that this will allow teams to redirect NCE funds toward travel costs for one of your team members to attend a conference.

  • To request support for publication costs, please email the NRMN Coordination Center (CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net) with the relevant details (team name, proposed title, proposed journal, estimated cost) upon submission of your manuscript. Please note that publication costs will need to be paid before May 1, 2025 so consider that in your timelines. Also note that our NRMN CC award (U24GM132176) must be cited in the acknowledgments section of the publications.

• RPPR Reminders:

  • The Final RPPR, Final FFR, and Final Invention Statement are due 120 days after project end date (e.g., October 28, 2025, if the grant end date is June 30, 2024, with a 1-year NCE). 

  • Final RPPR: 

    • Resembles the Annual RPPR.

    • Requires a report on Project Outcomes (section I) which will be made publicly available 

    • Sections F: Changes and Section H: Budget are not part of the Interim/Final RPPR.

  • We've received clarification that while some sections of the FRPPR are cumulative, others are not. Please refer to the links below for details. Emily, Lisette, and Taylor will be attending the Research Manager Meeting in April to provide a section-by-section breakdown.

    • RPPR Instruction Guide (Downloads a PDF): https://grants.nih.gov/sites/default/files/rppr_instruction_guide.pdf 

    • FAQ: https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/research-performance-progress-report.htm 

• Community Comings & Goings: Many community members have moved on to new endeavors and/or have significantly reduced effort on projects. We want to thank these community members and recognize that this may continue throughout the year. We also welcome new community members who may join the community as well. The NRMN CC will continue to complete offboarding and onboarding tasks for folks, so please continue to let us know if folks have joined or left your team!

  • Farwell and thank you to departing members of the NRMN Research Community:

    • Alexis Short (NRMN RC)

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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December 4, 2024

• Webinar Update: The NRMN CC will host quarterly webinars this coming year from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT on the first Wednesday of September, December, March, & June. Calendar invites have been sent for these dates. If you did not receive them, please contact CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net. Upcoming webinars are:

  • March 5

  • June 4

• NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings, hosted by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau, resumed this fall. The meeting in November explored Dissemination. Thank you to the Research Manager Community for topic ideas. Please email any additional ideas on topics for spring 2025 to Julie Hau and Melissa McDaniels.

  •  Upcoming meetings are:

    • December 9. Topic: Professional Development Opportunities, Certifications, and Memberships. We look forward to seeing you there.

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out this recently shared publication:

  • Broadening Participation in STEMM by Expanding Access to Culturally Responsive Mentoring Through A National Mentoring Network. D Javier, E Thompson, T.A. Syed, K Stinson, V Leidner, T Agwuncha, Z Latif, J Johnson, J.K. Vishwanatha. Understanding Interventions, 1–17. 2024

• Non-NRMN Supported Publications that may be of interest to the NRMN Community are welcome to be shared as well! ! Here is a recent publication by our community members:

  • Attending to STEM education in servingness at Hispanic-serving institutions: a systematic review of more than a decade of scholarship. H.K. Ro, S Aguilar-Smith, S Anderson, T Rodriguez, E Ramon, D Javier. International Journal of STEM Education. July 2024. 

• The NRMN Resource Center invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 30,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

• Reminder: Publication Support Available

  • In October, the NRMN CC offered support to U01 PI’s to cover the cost of one manuscript per team, with the possibility of covering additional manuscripts depending on the number of requests and associated publication costs. Our hope is that this will allow teams to redirect NCE funds toward travel costs for one of your team members to attend a conference such as the Broadening Biomedical Research Workforce Participation Through Culturally Responsive Mentorship conference, hosted by our NRMN Resource Center colleagues at UNTHSC. 

  • To request support for publication costs, please email the NRMN Coordination Center (CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net) with the relevant details (team name, proposed title, proposed journal, estimated cost) upon submission of your manuscript. Please note that publication costs will need to be paid before May 1, 2025 so consider that in your timelines. Also note that our NRMN CC award (U24GM132176) must be cited in the acknowledgments section of the publications.

• Reminder: Final RPPR Requirements

  • Please note that the Final RPPR should be a concise summary of the cumulative outcomes or findings of the project for Phase 2 as opposed to only capturing updates from Y5 & NCE year. Final RPPR and FFR are due 120 days after the project end date, for NRMN Phase 2: October 28, 2025.

• Reminder: Common Data Request Process

  • If interested in requesting common data, please complete the NRMN Research Community Common Data Inquiry Form.

    • Requests so far have come from the NRMN CC team who are working on a data descriptive paper, and from Team Cameron, who are in the process of requesting data for a grant proposal.

• Community Comings & Goings: Many community members have moved on to new endeavors and/or have significantly reduced effort on projects. We want to thank these community members and recognize that this may continue throughout the year. We also welcome new community members who may join the community as well. The NRMN CC will continue to complete offboarding and onboarding tasks for folks, so please continue to let us know if folks have joined or left your team!

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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September 4, 2024

• Webinar Update: The NRMN CC will host quarterly webinars this coming year from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT on the first Wednesday of September, December, March, & June. Calendar invites have been sent for these dates. If you did not receive them, please contact CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net. Upcoming webinars are:

  • December 4

  • March 5

  • June 4

• These Upcoming Conferences may be of interest to those in the community:

  • The Mentoring Institute (@University of New Mexico) takes place over five days, from October 21 - 25, 2024, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The organization aims to support the development and enhancement of mentoring programs and convene a local, state, national and international group of colleagues to discuss evidence-based practices and research. 

  • SACNAS: Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is a yearly, multidisciplinary event that aims to support individuals in their research and professional development and provide a space to celebrate multicultural traditions. The next conference takes place from October 31 to November 2, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. 

  • The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) meeting will be held from November 13-16, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This conference welcomes undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, administrators and faculty who are committed to encouraging students who are minorities, first-generation, veterans, and/or disabled to continue to higher-education in STEM fields. 

  • Understanding Interventions (UI) will now be held February 7-8, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. Understanding Interventions was established to facilitate dissemination and exchange of hypothesis-based research on interventions and initiatives that broaden participation in science and engineering research careers. The conference is designed to create a dialogue among behavioral/social science and education researchers, evaluators, and faculty in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields who participate in intervention programs. 

  • Attending a fall conference? The NRMN RC has created a group called “NRMN @ Fall Conferences/Events” to connect folks planning on attending upcoming conferences. You can check it out on the MyNRMN platform.

• IRB Reminder: If you are continuing work in the NCE year, don’t forget to update your human subject protocols accordingly.

• The NRMN Resource Center invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 30,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out this recently shared publication:

  • Assessing Institutional Culture for Inclusive Excellence in the Academic Health Sciences. Pololi, L. H.; Brimhall-Vargas, M.; and Madison, M. T. Journal of General Internal Medicine. August 2024. 

  • Articles in the recently published Special Issue of the Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching have been added here as well! Congrats and thank you to the NRMN teams that contributed support!

• Non-NRMN Supported Publications that may be of interest to the NRMN Community are welcome to be shared as well! ! Here is a recent publication by our community members:

  • Helping mentors address scientific communication in STEM research training helps their mentees stay the course Cameron, C., Lee, H.Y., Anderson, C.B. et al. International Journal of STEM Education. August 2024. 

• Call for Proposals for JCTS Special Issue Reminder:  NRMN CC team members Chris Pfund and Chris Sorkness will be the lead co-editors of a special themed issue of the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (JCTS). The theme is “Advancing the Science and Practice of Effective Mentorship” and submissions are due November 11. Guest editors include: David Asai, Marcus Lambert, Emma Meagher, Audrey Murrell, Nancy Schwartz, and Joel Tvesat. Please see the call for proposals for more details.

• Community Comings & Goings: Many community members have moved on to new endeavors and/or have significantly reduced effort on projects. We want to thank these community members and recognize that this may continue throughout the year. We also welcome new community members who may join the community as well. The NRMN CC will continue to complete offboarding and onboarding tasks for folks, so please continue to let us know if folks have joined or left your team!

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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May 1, 2024

• Webinar Update: May 1 was the final webinar of Year 5. The NRMN CC will continue webinars on a quarterly basis in Year 6. More information on these will be shared over the summer. Stay tuned! 

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out this recently shared publication:

  • Examining Educational and Career Transition Points Among a Diverse, Virtual Mentoring Network. Thompson, E. L.; Syed, T. A.; Latif, Z.; Stinson, K.; Javier, D.; Saleh, G.; and Vishwanatha, J. K. Journal for STEM Education Research. April 2024.

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 30,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • NIIH reminders for NCEs & RPPRs: 

    • No Cost Extensions: Be sure to request your No Cost Extensions at least 30 days prior to the end of the grant - 5/31/24 (if applicable).

    • Reporting: NRMN U01s will not be required to submit quarterly reports to NIH in the No Cost Extension year (if applicable).

  • Farwell and thank you to departing members of the NRMN Research Community:

    • Erika Thompson (NRMN RC)

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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April 3, 2024

• Moving forward, the NRMN CC will continue webinars on a quarterly basis in Year 6. More information on these will be shared over the summer.

• NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this spring by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. In addition, the Community of Practice continues work on a manuscript highlighting their work. Upcoming meetings are:

  • Tuesday, April 16 from 12:00-1:00PM CT

    • Topic:  Informal tea and coffee hour with fun discussion prompts

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out these recently shared publications:

  • Rigorous science demands support of transgender scientists. Aghi, K.; Anderson, B. M.; Castellano, B. M.; Cunningham, A.; Delano, M.; Dickinson, E. S.; von Diezmann, L.; Forslund-Startceva, S. K.; Grijseels, D. M.; Groh, S. S.; Guthman, E. M.; Jayasinghe, I.; Johnston, J.; Long, S.; McLaughlin, J. F.; McLaughlin, M.; Miyagi, M.; Rajaraman, B.; Sancheznieto, F.; Scheim, A. I.; Sun, S. D.; Titmuss, F. D.; Walsh, R. J.; and Weinberg, Z. Y. Cell, 187(6): 1327–1334. March 2024.

  • Group peer mentoring is effective for different demographic groups of biomedical research faculty: A controlled trial. Pololi LH, Evans AT, Civian JT, McNamara T, Brennan RT. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0300043. March 2024.

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 30,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

• NIIH reminders for NCEs & RPPRs:

  • No Cost Extensions: The window to submit a No Cost Extension to the NIH is now open. The NIH recommends submitting at least 30 days prior to the end of the grant (5/31/24) to avoid potential delays.

  • Reporting: A Final RPPR and FFR are due 120 days after project end date:

    • 10/28/24 for those w/o NCE

    • 10/28/25 for those w/ NCE - no RPPR due this year

    • The Final RPPR resembles the annual RPPR but should be a concise summary of the cumulative outcomes or findings of the project and includes a Project Outcomes section which is made publicly available.

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

  • Kelsey Bill (Team Cameron)

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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March 6, 2024

• NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this spring by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. In addition, the Community of Practice continues work on a manuscript highlighting their work. Upcoming meetings are:

  • Tuesday, March 19 from 12:00-1:00PM CT

    • Topic: Facilitated discussion on networking, how to network, and the benefits of networking

  • Tuesday, April 16 from 12:00-1:00PM CT

    • Topic: Informal tea and coffee hour with fun discussion prompts

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out these recently shared publications:

  • Impact of COVID-19 on the Research Career Advancement of Health Equity Scholars from Diverse Backgrounds. Báez, A.; Idris, M. Y.; Lawson, K.; Mubasher, M.; Strekalova, Y.; Green, K.; Pemu, P.; Stiles, J. K.; Salazar, M.; Quarshie, A.; Caplan, L. S.; Alema-Mensah, E.; Pearson, T.; Faupel-Badger, J.; Engler, J. A.; and Ofili, E. O. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(6): 4750. March 2023.

  • Individual and Institutional Factors Contribute to Research Capacity Building for Early-Stage Investigators from Groups Underrepresented in Biomedical Research: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Strekalova, Y. A. L.; Kornetti, D. L.; Wang, R.; Báez, A.; Caplan, L. S.; Idris, M. Y.; Lawson, K.; Holmes, J.; Mubasher, M.; Pemu, P.; Stiles, J. K.; Campo, M. S.; Quarshie, A.; Pearson, T.; and Ofili, E. O. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(9): 5662. April 2023.

  • The Role of Mock Reviewing Sessions in the National Research Mentoring Network Strategic Empowerment Tailored for Health Equity Investigators: A Randomized Controlled Study. Mubasher, M.; Pearson, T.; Idris, M. Y.; Lawson, K.; Holmes, J.; Pemu, P.; Baez, A.; Stiles, J. K.; Salazar, M. S.; Thompson, W. E.; Quarshie, A.; Caplan, L. S.; Strekalova, Y.; and Ofili, E. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(9): 5738. May 2023.

  • Faculty Retention at a School of Medicine, 2010–2022. Myers, O.; Vick, K.; Greenberg, N.; and Sood, A. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 7(SI16): 388–393. November 2023.

  • Navigating Barriers and Challenges to Achieving Critical Career Milestones Among Faculty Mentees. Soller, B.; Martinez, J. M.; Rishel Brakey, H.; Mickel, N.; and Sood, A. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 7(SI16): 207–212. November 2023.

  • Mentoring Network Questionnaire Support Scales Reliable and Valid with University Faculty. Tigges, B.; Soller, B.; Myers, O.; Shore, X.; Mickel, N.; Dominguez, N.; Wiskur, B.; Helitzer, D.; and Sood, A. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 7(SI16): 459–465. November 2023.

  • Why Faculty Leaders Leave a School of Medicine?. Nina, G.; Myers, O.; Rishel Brakey, H.; and Sood, A. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 7(SI16): 394–400. November 2023.

  • Curriculum-based Faculty Training in Networking: Knowledge and Self-efficacy Outcomes. Shore, X. W.; Soller, B.; Mickel, N.; Wiskur, B.; Morales, D.; Arora, S.; Dominguez, N.; Tigges, B.; Helitzer, D.; Myers, O.; and Sood, A. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 7(SI16): 453–458. November 2023.

  • Inter-Rater Reliability of the Mentor Behavioral Interaction Rubric. Tigges, B.; Myers, O.; Mickel, N.; Dominguez, N.; Helitzer, D.; and Sood, A. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 7(SI16): 466–471. November 2023.

  • Inequity Analysis in Faculty Recognition Awards at a School of Medicine. Vick, K.; Rodriguez-Esparza, A.; Melendres-Groves, L.; Shore, X.; Sigl, D.; and Sood, A. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 7(SI16): 404–408. November 2023.

  • Gender Differences in Self-reported Faculty Developmental Networks. Shore, X.; Soller, B.; Mickel, N.; Wiskur, B.; Morales, D.; Dominguez, N.; Tigges, B.; Helitzer, D.; Myers, O.; and Sood, A. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 7(SI16): 445–452. November 2023. 

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 35,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

  • Chanelle Harris (Team Ofili)

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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February 7, 2024

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out this recent publication:

  • Amplifying similarity to promote college STEM instructor–student mentoring relationship quality: a cluster randomized trial. Wenyi Du, Hyewon Lee, Nicole A. Broderick, Cristian Cervantes Aldana, Mica Estrada, Jo Handelsman, Natalia Maldonado, Sarah Miller, Megan S. Patterson, Perla Sandoval, & Paul R. Hernandez. Frontiers in Education, 8. 2023. 

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 35,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

  • Alexis Short (Team Vishwanatha)

  • Luz  Henriquez (Team Vishwanatha)

• Farwell and thank you to departing members of the NRMN Research Community:

  • Erin Dahlstrom (Team Cameron)

  • Jenna Rogers (NRMN CC)

  • Jing Wang (Team Okuyemi)

  • Andrew Curtin (Team Okuyemi)

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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November 1, 2023

• NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this fall by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau.  In response to Research Managers’ desires to learn about each other’s formal and informal responsibilities, October’s meeting explored “a day in the life” of a Research Manager within the National Research Mentoring Network. We welcome suggestions for topics for future meetings.

  • Upcoming meetings are:

    • Thursday, November 16 at 1:30-3:00pm CST

      • Topic: Management and Leadership

    • Monday, December 11 at 2:00-3:30pm CST

  • NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out this recent publication:

    • Randomized controlled trial of a group peer mentoring model for U.S. academic medicine research faculty. Linda H. Pololi, Arthur T. Evans, Mark Brimhall-Vargas, Janet T. Civian, Lisa A. Cooper, Brian K. Gibbs, Kacy Ninteau, Vasilia Vasiliou, & Robert T. Brennan. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(1): e174. August 2023.

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 35,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • The December webinar slot has been intentionally left open to be responsive to community needs. An email will be sent out later this week to gauge community needs for the December webinar. Please respond by 11/15.

  • Update on the NRMN Bibliometric Analysis: At the November 2021 webinar, NRMN CC team members/consultants presented outcomes and opportunities of the NRMN bibliometric analysis. Partners on this effort include Melissa McDaniels, Christine Sorkness, Chaoqun Ni, Trisha Adamus, Lisette Serrano. Currently, work is being done to add the identified set of initial publications from U01 PIs and CoPIs to include all team members contributing to the projects. Work is also being done to re-run and expand the initial analyses. Folks from the group mentioned above will also be drafting and submitting a manuscript to JCTS. The next step in this process is to design bibliometric analyses as to identify collective impact of publications by U01 research teams, as a result of their interventions and observations.

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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October 4, 2023

• NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this fall by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. In response to Research Managers’ desires to learn about each other’s formal and informal responsibilities, October's meeting will explore “a day in the life” of a Research Manager within the National Research Mentoring Network. We welcome suggestions for topics for future meetings.

  • • Upcoming meetings are:

      • Tuesday, October 17 at 3:00-4:30pm CST

      • Thursday, November 16 at 1:30-3:00pm CST

      • Monday, December 11 at 2:00-3:30pm CST

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! 

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

• In a new Diversity Program Consortium (DPC) video series, titled “Sharing our legacy: Reflections from consortium leaders,” various principal investigators talk about their work’s impact. The first story and video features NRMN Research Community member Dr. Akshay Sood. Click here to read his Q&A and watch his interview, “The thrill of innovation."

• Farwell and thank you to departing members of the NRMN Research Community:

  • Taylor Mathis (Team Rubio)

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September 6, 2023

• • NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this fall by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. The August topic was Reflections on What’s Next and Finishing Strong. There are 3 meetings scheduled for this fall. We welcome suggestions for topics.

    • Upcoming meetings are:

      • Tuesday, October 17 at 3:00-4:30pm CST

      • Thursday, November 16 at 1:30-3:00pm CST

      • Monday, December 11 at 2:00-3:30pm CST

  • NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out these recent publication:

    • Perseverance and consistency of interest in underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty. Maya S. Thakar, Chantele Mitchell-Miland, Natalia E. Morone, Andrew D. Althouse, Audrey J. Murrell, Doris M. Rubio, & Gretchen E. White. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(1): e100. April 2023

    • Are Researchers in Academic Medicine Flourishing? A Survey of Midcareer Ph.D. and Physician Investigators. Linda H. Pololi, Arthur T. Evans, Janet T. Civian, Lisa Cooper, Brian K. Gibbs, Kacy Ninteau, Rada K. Dagher, Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach, & Robert T. Brennan. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science,1–25. April 2023.

    • Randomized controlled trial of a group peer mentoring model for U.S. academic medicine research faculty. Linda H. Pololi, Arthur T. Evans, Mark Brimhall-Vargas, Janet T. Civian, Lisa Cooper, Brian K. Gibbs, Kacy Ninteau, Vasilia Vasiliou, & Robert T. Brennan. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science,7(1), e174. August 2023. 

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

    • Roda Cotanay (Team Vishwanatha)

    • Aidan Hoyal (Team Vishwanatha)

    • Krystina Karcz (Team Rubio)

    • Erin Shaw (Team Pololi)

  • Farwell and thank you to departing members of the NRMN Research Community:

    • Venya Srivastava (Team Girdler)

    • David Kallison (Team Vishwanatha)

  • Special Issue Invitation:  A few weeks ago, we shared an invitation to submit a manuscript to the Special Issue of The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching entitled “Mentorship Interventions Across Career Stages in Biomedical & Health Sciences Fields”.  As a reminder, the Special Issue is fully funded which means that there is no cost per article as long as the issue is complete in this fiscal year (before June 30, 2024). Many thanks to community member Dr. Nora Dominguez who has been a driving force behind this issue both in concept and in securing funding! We hope that many members of our NRMN Research Community along with others in the DPC will take advantage of this opportunity.  Proposals are due September 15, 2023.

  • Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching FAQs

    • What is The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching?

      • • The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching is the University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute’s premier bimonthly online academic journal publication. Launched in the fall of 2018, each issue features a collection of book reviews, literature reviews, and peer-reviewed research papers and articles. The journal addresses mentoring and coaching topics in educational and workplace settings within a wide variety of disciplines, including: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics), Arts, Humanities, Business, Health Sciences, Education, and others. Papers and articles included in this publication are peer-reviewed by faculty members of Higher Education Institutions and practitioners with ample experience in the field.

      • How can I access the Special Issue Chronicle publications? 

        • Currently, the journal is only available to the 4K+ members of the Mentoring Institute; however, authors are allowed to post their articles anywhere they wish. The entire 2024 Special Issue, Volume 1 of The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching will also be available in PubMed and authors.

        • To access all the journal articles from 2008-2022, there is a need to pay a membership; however, this particular Special Issue will be posted on PubMed and authors will receive a copy of their own article(s) on their account. The Institute is working on indexing the journal to a large database with an estimated release date of December 2024. 

      • What is PubMed?

        • PubMed is a free resource developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that supports the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally. The PubMed database contains more than 36 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. It does not include full text journal articles; however, links to the full text are often present when available from other sources, such as the publisher's website or PubMed Central (PMC). In this case, full text of each special issue article will be linked from pubmed.

      • What is the maximum number of authors?

        • The maximum number of authors is 6, and a 250-word biography is needed for each author. Biographies do not count towards the two page limit.

      • Who will be reviewing the proposals?

        • The peer-review process will include other members of the NRMN and will be supervised by guest editors. More on this soon.

      • Does the special issue require original work (i.e. could it be a summary of a U01 publication)?

        • Original work is required.

  • The NRMN CC was awarded an Administrative Supplement: The NRMN CC submitted an Administrative Supplement to NIGMS to secure additional funding to increase our capacity for data coordination in the final stages of NRMN Phase II. These funds will also support the creation of dissemination products such as the NRMN CC Lessons Learned manual which we’ve discussed at previous meetings. We are also pursuing a special issue with the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (fingers crossed) and are open to other dissemination ideas from the community.

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May 3, 2023

• • The Spring NRMN Internal Webinar Series wrapped up on May 3rd. The NRMN CC will not hold webinars between June and August. Calendar invites for the fall webinar series will be sent out soon. Have a great summer!

  • NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this spring by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. The final topic will Reflections on our Learning Community.

    • Upcoming meetings are:

      • Monday, May 8

  • NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out this recent publication:

    • Guiding principles for culturally responsive facilitation: Lessons learned from delivering culturally aware mentor training to STEMM faculty. Stephanie C. House, Angela Byars-Winston, Sonia Zárate, Diana Eileen Azurdia, Bruce Birren, Philip Cheng, Kelly Diggs-Andrews, Steven P. Lee, Kermin Martínez-Hernández, Richard McGee, Amy Prunuske, Katrina Ramírez, & Christine A. Sorkness. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. March 2023. 

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • A Special Issue Interest Survey will be sent to community members soon. A few members of the NRMN Community are working on special issue proposals to disseminate and highlight the work of the NRMN collective. In order for us to gauge interest in the coordination of special issues, as well as collect tentative ideas for article topics and titles, we will be sending out an interest survey. Your responses will help us both get a sense of who is interested as well as support us in proposing the special issues to relevant journals.

  • Join us at the DPC Meeting: Those attending the annual meeting in LA are invited to attend an informal gathering On Day 2 of the DPC Annual Meeting (Tuesday June 27 at 5:30 PT). The NRMN Coordination Center team will be in the ballroom to welcome anyone who would like to connect with colleagues across NRMN in a relaxed setting. Food and beverage will not be available (NIH limitations) but colleagues may choose to use this time to find dining partners for that evening!

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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April 5, 2023

• • NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this spring by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. The final topic will be writing an article together.

    • Upcoming meetings are:

      • Monday, May 8

  • NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out this recent publication:

    • How to Do Things With Words: Language Interventions to Improve Mentoring Effectiveness. C Cameron, HY Lee, S Chang, E Dahlstrom, & G Unguez. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 6 (Special Issue 15): 766–770. December 2022. 

  • Non-NRMN Supported Publications that may be of interest to the NRMN Community are welcome to be shared as well! ! Here is a recent publication by our community members:

    • Accelerating and scaling mentoring strategies to build infrastructure that supports underrepresented groups in STEM. J Adams, D Asai, R Cohen, A Delgado, S Preston, J Faherty, M Holford, E Jarvis, M Martinez-Cola, A Mays, L Muglia, V Narinesingh, C Phillips, C Pfund, P Silveyra. eprint arXiv:2302.13691. February 2023. 

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • Add this to your Year 5 RPPR: This is a reminder for teams to consider publication needs for Year 5 as Year 5 budgets are developing. There are some emerging projects with regards to multiple special issues that might be of interest .We wanted teams to be aware of these before submitting Year 5 RPPRs in case budgets need to be adjusted.

  • Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

    • Sehar Siddiqui (Team Arora)

    • David Kallison (NRMN RC)

  • Farwell and thank you to departing members of the NRMN Research Community:

    • Juliet Chang (Team Byars-Winston)

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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March 1, 2023

• • NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this spring by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. Topics include Communications (internal and external) featuring Christa Reynolds from NIH Communications, and writing an article together.

    • Upcoming meetings are:

      • Wednesday, March 8

      • Monday, May 8

  • NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications!

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • Farwell and thank you to departing members of the NRMN Research Community:

    • Chelsea Proulx (Team Rubio)

    • Aviva Klein (Team Arora)

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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February 1, 2023

• • NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this spring by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. Topics include starting your year off right, the grant life cycle, and writing an article together. Upcoming meetings are:

    • Wednesday, February 8

    • Wednesday, March 8

    • Monday, May 8

  • NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications!

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

    • Juliet Chang (Team Byars-Winston)

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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January 18, 2023

• • NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this spring by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. Topics include starting your year off right, the grant life cycle, and writing an article together. Upcoming meetings are:

    • Wednesday, February 8

    • Wednesday, March 8

    • Monday, May 8

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out these recent publications:

  • A Qualitative Review of Comments by Faculty Who Cite Work-Life Balance as a Reason to Leave. Y Magdaleno, H Rishel Brakey, N Greenberg, O Myers, & A Sood. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 6(Special Issue 15): 587–593. December 2022.

  • Attitudes of Newly Hired Medicine Faculty Regarding Mentorship and Developmental Networks. V Sood, W Wiggins, A Rodriguez, & D Sigl. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 6(Special Issue 15): 624–629. December 2022.

  • Barriers and Challenges for Career Milestones Among Faculty Mentees. B Soller, J Martinez, H Rishel Brakey, N Dominguez, B Tigges, & A Sood. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 6(Special Issue 15): 830–837. December 2022.

  • Development and Content Validity Testing of the Mentor Behavioral Interaction Rubric. B Tigges, A Sood, N Mickel, N Dominguez, & D Helitzer. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 6(Special Issue 15): 630–636. December 2022.

  • Mentoring Award: Importance, Availability and Association With Mentoring Outcomes. L Sood, O Myers, & B Tigges. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 6(Special Issue 15): 616–623. December 2022.

  • Organizations’ Mentoring Culture is Associated With Mentoring Climate and Involvement. O Myers, A Sood, N Dominguez, D Helitzer, & B Tigges. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 6(Special Issue 15): 598–603. December 2022.

  • The Pandemic Effect on Faculty Attrition at a School of Medicine. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching. N Greenberg, O Myers, Y Magdaleno, & A Sood. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 6(Special Issue 15): 604–609. December 2022.

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

• The next DPC annual meeting will be held Tuesday, June 27 & Wednesday, June 28. NRMN CC is working the logistics for hosting an event for the NRMN Community the evening of Tuesday, June 27. Please note this in your calendars if you are planning on attending the meeting in person!

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

  • Alex Glomset (Team Pololi)

  • Junghee Choi (Team Girdler)

  • Martina Racioppi (Team Girlder)

• Farewell and thank you to departing NRMN Research Community members:

  • Katrina Ramirez (Team Byars-Winston)

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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December 7, 2022

• • NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this fall by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. Topics will include structured networking with lessons learned and best practices, getting the most out of NRMN webinars and website, dissemination, and work-life integration. Upcoming meetings are:

    • Monday, December 12

  • NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! 

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

    • Cai Xu (Team Cameron)

    • Venya Srivastava (Team Girdler)

  • Farewell and thank you to departing NRMN Research Community members:

    • Maryann Maayeh (NRMN CC)

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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November 2, 2022

• • NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this fall by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. Topics will include structured networking with lessons learned and best practices, getting the most out of NRMN webinars and website, dissemination, and work-life integration. Upcoming meetings are:

    • Monday, November 14

    • Monday, December 12

  • NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! 

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

    • Jing Wang (Team Okuyemi)

  • Farewell and thank you to departing NRMN Research Community members:

    • Marlene Egger (Team Okuyemi)

    • Hwa Young Lee (Team Cameron)

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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October 5, 2022

• • NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out some recent publications:

    • Comparing the Outcomes of Face-to-Face and Synchronous Online Research Mentor Training Using Propensity Score Matching. Jenna Rogers, Xue Gong, Angela Byars-Winston, Melissa McDaniels, Nancy Thayer-Hart, Philip Cheng, Kelly Diggs-Andrews, Kermin J. Martínez-Hernández, & Christine Pfund. CBE Life Sciences Education, 21(4): ar62. September 2022

    • A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Gender and Career Status Differences in the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Underrepresented Postdoctoral Fellows and Early-Career Faculty. Gretchen E White, Chelsea N Proulx, Natalia E Morone, Maya S Thakar, Audrey J Murrell, Andrew D Althouse, & Doris M Rubio. Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. October 2022.

  • The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form.

  • Post-webinar Community Conversations have been cancelled. Based on feedback we received during the September webinar, we have decided to cancel the post-webinar optional 30-minute community conversations moving forward. Initially, the need for these community conversations grew from our desires to connect more during the beginning stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the need for this additional meeting has decreased. The calendar invites for the community conversations have been cancelled.

  • NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this fall by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. Topics will include structured networking with lessons learned and best practices, getting the most out of NRMN webinars and website, dissemination, and work-life integration. Upcoming meetings are:

    • Thursday, October 20

    • Monday, November 14

    • Monday, December 12

  • Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

  • Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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September 7, 2022

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications pageon the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out some recent publications:

  • Implementation of an unconscious bias course for the National Research Mentoring Network. Damaris Javier, Linda Grace Solis, Mirabelle Fernandes Paul, Erika L. Thompson, Grace Maynard, Zainab Latif, Katie Stinson, Toufeeq Ahmed, & Jamboor K. Vishwanatha. BMC Medical Education, 22: 391. May 2022. 

  • The Impact of Social Unrest due to Systemic Racism on Underrepresented Post-doctoral Fellows and Early-Career Faculty. Gretchen E. White, Chelsea N. Proulx, Doris M. Rubio, Maya S. Thakar, Natalia E. Morone, Chantele Mitchell-Miland, Andrew D. Althouse, & Audrey J. Murrell. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science,1–21. August 2022.

• Non-NRMN Supported Publications that may be of interest to the NRMN Community are welcome to be shared as well! ! Here are some recent publications by our community members:

  • Research Project Grant Funding Rates and Principal Investigator Race and Ethnicity. Marie A. Bernard and Mike Lauer. (2022). Blog: National Institutes of Health.

  • Achieving STEM diversity: Fix the classrooms. Jo Handelsman, Sarah Elgin, Mica Estrada, Shan Hays, Tracy Johnson, Sarah Miller, Vida Mingo, Christopher Shaffer, Jason Williams. (2022). Science.

  • Evaluation of a Culturally Responsive Mentorship Education Program for the Advisers of Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Program Graduate Students. Christine Pfund, Fátima Sancheznieto, Angela Byars-Winston, Sonia Zárate, Sherilynn Black, Bruce Birren, Jenna Rogers, David J. Asai, Derek Braun. (2022). CBE - Life Science Education.

  • Enhancing Research Mentors’ Cultural Awareness in STEM: A Mentor Training Intervention. Sherilynn J Black, Angela Byars-Winston, Ivan Cabrera, Christine Pfund. (2022). Understanding Interventions.

  • Language, Identity, and Becoming a Scientist. Carrie Cameron, Dorian Rolston. (2022). Understanding Interventions.

  • Don’t Let Mentoring Burn You Out. Ruth Gotian, Christine Pfund, Chaveso Cook, W. Brad Johnson. (2022). Harvard Business Review.

  • Mentoring Matters—But What, Exactly, Does It Entail? Deborah Heiser. (2022). Psychology Today.

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form. 

• A  NIGMS TWD Evaluation Workshop was hosted on June 21, 2022, by  Drs. Chris Pfund, Jenna Rogers, and Fátima Sancheznieto who collaborated with folks from NIGMS to provide the Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity (TWD) community with information on:

  1. Opportunities for common measure use

  2. The public measures library developed from the NRMN Phase II measures library

  3. How to address assessment and evaluation barriers for TWD programs and interventions

  4. Recordings of the workshop with captioning are now available on the NIGMS TWD Training Resource site.

• NRMN Research Managers Community of Connection Meetings will continue to be hosted this fall by Drs Melissa McDaniels and Julie Hau. Topics will include structured networking with lessons learned and best practices, getting the most out of NRMN webinars and website, dissemination, and work-life integration. They will be held on the following dates:

  • Tuesday, September 20 

  • Thursday, October 20

  • Monday, November 14

  • Monday, December 12

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

  • Taylor Mathis (Team Rubio)

  • Janice Vong (Team Estrada)

  • Erica Spotts (NIH Project Scientist)

  • Beth Jaworski (NIH Project Scientist)

  • Sarika Parasuraman (NIH Project Scientist)

  • Maryann Maayeh (NRMN RC)

• Farewell and thank you to departing NRMN Research Community members:

  • Darin Knapp (Team Girdler)

  • Swati Goyal (Team Arora)

  • Juliani Rodriguez (NRMN CC)

  • Emerald Nguyen (NIH Project Scientist)

  • Laurie Stepanek (BUILD Program Officer)

  • Edgardo Falcon-Morales (BUILD Program Officer)

  • Patrick Brown (NIH Project Scientist)

  • Bria Berry (Team Girdler)

  • Lilibeth Flores-Watson (Team Estrada) 

  • Reagan Miller (NRMN RC)

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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May 4, 2022

• Webinar updates: We will not hold webinars from June to August. NRMN internal webinars will pick up again in September 2022 and calendar invites will be sent soon. We hope you enjoy your summer!

• NRMN-Supported Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! Check out a recent publication on mentoring competency assessment:

  • Re-validation of the mentoring competency assessment to evaluate skills of research mentors: the MCA-21. So Hee Hyun, Jenna Griebel Rogers, Stephanie C. House, Christine A. Sorkness, & Christine Pfund. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science,1–23. April 2022.

• Non-NRMN Supported Publications that may be of interest to the NRMN Community are welcome to be shared as well! ! Here are some recent publications by our community members:

  • A system-wide health sciences faculty mentor training program is associated with improved effective mentoring and institutional climate. JoAnn Trejo, Deborah Wingard, Virginia Hazen, Alexandra Bortnick, Karen Van Hoesen, Angela Byars-Winston, Christine Pfund, Vivian Reznik. (2022). Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

  • What is a mentor? Claire Horner-Devine, Fátima Sancheznieto, Corey Welch. (2022). Podcast: NINDS's Building Up the Nerve. 

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form. 

• The  #FaceofScience Campaign took place Wednesday May 4th. This campaign celebrates the research training community by highlighting the individual trainees, staff, faculty and leadership who make up the scientific research workforce. The #FaceOfScience campaign is organized by the DPC’s Enhance Science project – an effort to visualize inclusive excellence through digital media.

• NIGMS RFI Notice: The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) recently issued a Request for Information (RFI): Initiatives that Improve Research Training, Career Progression, or the Educational Environment in the Biomedical Research Enterprise (NOT-GM-22-030). NIGMS is particularly interested in hearing about trainee-initiated activities. AAMC will prepare a response using information collected from constituents via a written form and several live calls. If you are interested in providing feedback either on a call or via a form click here. AAMC also encourages individuals and their institutions to respond directly to the RFI. Responses to the RFI are due May 28.

• The Understanding Interventions Conference will be held July 14-16 in Baltimore, MD. Proposals for the conference were due May 7. This conference is supported by the NIH and NSF and historically has been a great place for NRMN community members to connect with each other as well as other Diversity Program Consortium (DPC) members. We would like to compile a list of everyone from the NRMN community who is planning on attending. This will allow individuals to connect with each other. The Coordination Center would also be happy to coordinate an informal meet up if others are interested! If you plan on attending the Understanding Interventions Conference, please add your information here.

• Congrats to Angela Byars-Winston who received the Distinguished Educator Award for Mentorship Innovation from the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS). This award recognizes distinguished mentors with outstanding innovation in mentorship resulting in significant scientific accomplishments by the next generation of clinical and translational researchers and/or innovative approaches in mentorship to promote diversity and retention of under-represented groups in translational research. Congratulations!

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

  • Aashna Sunderrajan (Team Arora)

  • Cherylyn Smith (Team Pololi)

• Farwell and thank you to departing NRMN Research Community members:

  • Johnny Garza (NRMN RC)

  • Devmini Jayatilaka (Team Byars-Winston) 

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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April 6, 2022

• Spring Webinar Series: Calendar invites have been sent for 1st Wednesdays of the month from February to May 2022 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm CT followed by informal NRMN Research Community Conversations from 1:00pm - 1:30pm CT. If you did not receive them, please contact CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net. Our final spring webinar date and topic are:

  • May 4: Capturing Lessons Learned from a Coordination Center

• DPC Annual Meeting Update: Please note that we will not have NRMN programming on day 3 of the DPC annual meeting (June 13-15).

• Congrats to Team Arora who was one of four recipients to receive the 2022 Innovations to Bolster Community Trust and Engagement in Science Award from The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)! Dr. Arora’s project was entitled, “Empowering Healthcare Workers to Bolster Trust in Science and Vaccination During the Pandemic: Making IMPACT.” Read more about this great accomplishment here.

• NRMN-Funded Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! 

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form. 

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

• • Jada Holmes (Team Ofili)

  • Therechel Abad (Team Estrada)

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists. 

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March 2, 2022

• NIH Supplement Announcement: The Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) NOT-OD-22-057: Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship has generated much interest and many inquiries. Proposals are due April 7, 2022. The NIH Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity (SWD) has created a website about this opportunity with a Q&A section. Here’s an example Q&A:

  • Q: For applications that support a trainee, how does this application differ from a Diversity Supplement?

  • A: This award differs from a Diversity Supplement because it provides flexibility as to how funds are used. Funds can be provided to perform additional research within scope of the parent award, to add trainee slots, to foster trainee career development, and/or to develop mentoring activities.

• Chantele Mitchell-Miland of Team Rubio was awarded a Diversity Supplement under the Building Up program. Congratulations Chantele!

• Spring Webinar Series: Calendar invites have been sent for 1st Wednesdays of the month from February to May 2022 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm CT followed by informal NRMN Research Community Conversations from 1:00pm - 1:30pm CT. If you did not receive them, please contact CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net. Upcoming webinar dates and topics are:

  • April 6: Exploring Cohort Effects

  • May 4: Discussing Synergistic Research Opportunities

• NRMN-Funded Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! This month, we announced 1 recent publication:

4. • Variations of a group coaching intervention to support early-career biomedical researchers in Grant proposal development: a pragmatic, four-arm, group-randomized trial. Anne Marie Weber-Main, Jeffrey Engler, Richard McGee, Marlene J. Egger, Harlan P. Jones, Christine V. Wood, Kristin Boman, Jiqiang Wu, Andrew K. Langi, & Kolawole S. Okuyemi. BMC medical education, 22(1): 28. January 2022.  

• Non-NRMN Funded Publications that may be of interest to the NRMN Community are welcome to be shared as well! This month we shared 4 publications:

  • Clinical and translational science award T32/TL1 training programs: Program goals and mentorship practices. Fátima Sancheznieto, Christine A. Sorkness, Jacqueline Attia, Kathryn Buettner, David Edelman, Stuart Hobbs, Scott McIntosh, Linda M. McManus, Kathryn Sandberg, H. William Schnaper, Linda Scholl, Jason G. Umans, Karen Weavers, Anthony Windebank, Wayne T. McCormack. (2022). Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. December 2021.

  • Mentoring as an Important Force for the Future of Women in Science. Janine A. Clayton. NIH Director’s Messages. January 2022.

  • Getting More Out Of Your Mentoring Relationship. Ruth Gotian. Forbes. February 2022.

  • Mentoring Doesn’t Need To Be A Trial And Error Practice. Ruth Gotian. Forbes. February 2022.  

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form. 

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

  • Reagan Miller (NRMN RC)

  • Bianca Avila (Team Girdler)

  • Chantele Mitchell-Miland (Team Rubio)

  • Devmini Jayatilaka (Team Byars-Winston)

  • Kacy Ninteau (Team Pololi)

  • Drew Curtin (Team Okuyemi)

  • Bria Berry (Team Girdler) 

• Farwell and thank you to:

  • Catherine Longwell (Team Pololi)

•  Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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February 2, 2022

• Spring Webinar Series: Calendar invites have been sent for 1st Wednesdays of the month from February to May 2022 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm CT followed by informal NRMN Research Community Conversations from 1:00pm - 1:30pm CT. If you did not receive them, please contact CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net. Upcoming webinar dates and topics are:

  • • March 2: Conceptualizing and Assessing Institutional Change

    • April 6: Exploring Cohort Effects

    • May 4: Discussing Synergistic Research Opportunities

• RFI due February 10: In the January 2022 NIH Scientific Workforce Diversity Newsletter, Dr. Marie A. Bernard (Chief Officer) shared that her team recently released a Request for Information on the Draft 2022-2026 COSWD Strategic Plan. The community is invited to provide feedback in response to the RFI by February 10. Feedback will be incorporated and the updated COSWD Strategic Plan will be shared in March.

• NRMN-Funded Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! This month, we announced 4 recent publications:

  • Randomized Controlled Study to Test the Effectiveness of Developmental Network Coaching in the Career Advancement of Diverse Early-Stage Investigators (ESIs): Implementation Challenges and Lessons Learned. Mohamed Mubasher, Kimberly Lawson, Priscilla Pemu, Thomas Pearson, Jeffrey Engler, Adriana Baez, Jonathan K. Stiles, Maritza S. Salazar, Lee S. Caplan, Keith Green, Meldra Hall, Muhammed Y. Idris, Ernest Alema-Mensah, Yulia A. Levites Strekalova, Winston E. Thompson, Alexander Quarshie, & Elizabeth Ofili. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22): 12003. November 2021.

  • Factors Related to Faculty Work Life Balance as a Reason to Leave a School of Medicine. N Greenberg, E Lawrence, O Myers, & A Sood. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 5(14): 353–359. December 2021. 

  • Developmental Networks Among Mentors and Mentees Involved in a Mentoring Intervention. Brian Soller, Nora Dominguez, Akshay Sood, Natasha Mickel, Beth Tigges, Brandt Wiskur, Deborah Helitzer, & Dawn Morales. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 5(14): 375–382. December 2021

  • Faculty Rating of the Importance and Availability of Organizational Mentoring Climate. Akshay Sood, Orrin Myers, Beth Tigges, Nora Dominguez, & D Helitzer. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 5(14): 383 – 389. December 2021.

• Non-NRMN Funded Publications that may be of interest to the NRMN Community are welcome to be shared as well! This month we shared 2 publications and 1 TedTalk:

  • Training Ph.D. Students to Successfully Navigate Research Mentoring Relationships. Janet L. Branchaw, Christine Pfund, Melissa McDaniels, and Sherilynn Black. The Chronicle of Higher Education. December 2021.

  • How to keep the next generation of brilliant scientists. Fàtima Sancheznieto. TEDxChicago. December 2021.

  • Moving the Science Forward: Faculty Perceptions of Culturally Diverse Mentor Training Benefits, Challenges, and Support. Damani K. White-Lewis, Ana L. Romero, Justin A. Gutzwa, and Sylvia Hurtado. CBE - Life Science Education. December 2021.

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. They suggest content like mentorship innovations, publications, resources, and upcoming events. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of 28,000 subscribers. Please submit your content via this form. 

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community!

  • Tehya Drummond (Team Girdler)

• Farewell and thank you to Keith Green (Team Ofili), Aadam Haque (Team Girdler), and Gabrielle Saleh (NRMN RC)!

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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December 1, 2021

• NRMN November Webinar Follow- Up: This week we will send out a quick survey related to possible next steps from the November webinar on bibliometric analysis. If you were not able to attend the November webinar, we invite you to review the recording and/or slides that are posted on the NRMN Research Community google site under "Webinars."

• Spring Webinar Series: Calendar invites have been sent for 1st Wednesdays of the month from February to May 2022 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm CT followed by informal NRMN Research Community Conversations from 1:00pm - 1:30pm CT. We are not hosting a webinar in January. If you did not receive them, please contact CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net

• NRMN-Funded Publications are added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications! 

• Non-NRMN Funded Publications that may be of interest to the NRMN Community are welcome to be shared as well! Here is one shared this past month: Value, Support, and Advancement: An Organization’s Role in Faculty Career Intentions in Academic Medicine. Sancheznieto F, Byars-Winston A. J Healthc Leadersh. 2021;13:267-277

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for the NRMN newsletter. This is an opportunity for public dissemination with their audience of ~28k (e.g., mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.). Submit via this form. 

• DPC Annual Meeting Planning Committee Invite: As the planning committee moves forward to further refine the presented themes (sharing data, institutional/systemic racism & bias, and institutionalization), they wanted to open an invitation for NRMN PIs to join monthly meetings (1st Fridays, 12 pm ET | 9 am PT).

  •  If you are interested in joining the committee, please send an email to Cynthia Joseph, cjjoseph@mednet.ucla.edu. The committee will review all requests to balance representation and number of committee members.

• The NRMN CC is launching an Enhanced Research Manager Community. This includes supporting the creation of additional resources, professional development opportunities, and community building for research managers across the 11 U01 research interventions.

  • To kickstart this initiative, we scheduled a one-hour large group meeting on Monday, December 6 from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm CT to introduce the NRMN CC team members who will be leading this community and solicit new ideas for how we can better support you in your roles. All team members in research manager roles were invited to attend! 

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community (November - present)!

  • Juliani Rodriguez  (NRMN CC)

• Farewell and thank you to Charles (Jiqiang) Wu (Team Okuyemi)!

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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November 3, 2021

• Fall Webinar Series: Last webinar scheduled December 1st from 12:00pm - 1:00pm CT “Overview of U01 Study Participation and Data Collection” followed by informal NRMN Research Community Conversations from 1:00pm - 1:30pm CT

• Spring Webinar Series: Calendar invites have been sent for 1st Wednesdays of the month January - May 2022 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm CT followed by informal NRMN Research Community Conversations from 1:00pm - 1:30pm CT. If you did not receive them, please contact CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net

• Publications have been added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications!

  • Midcareer Medical School Research Faculty Perspectives on Vitality and Professionalism During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Linda H. Pololi, Vasilia Vasiliou, & Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach. JAMA Network Open, 4(8): e2120642–e2120642. August 2021. 

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for public dissemination with their audience of ~28k (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community (October - present)!

  • Taylor Ajamian (NRMN CC)

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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October 6, 2021

• Fall Research Community Webinar Series: Monthly webinars scheduled from 12:00pm - 1:00pm CT followed by informal NRMN Research Community Conversations from 1:00pm - 1:30pm CT: 

  • Wednesday, November 3: Outcomes and Opportunities of the NRMN Bibliometric Analysis

  • Wednesday, December 1: Overview of U01 Study Participation and Data Collection

• Publications have been added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications!

  • Recruiting Under-represented Individuals in a Double Pandemic: Lessons Learned in a Randomized Control Trial. Gretchen E White, Chelsea N Proulx, Natalia E Morone, Audrey J Murrell, & Doris M Rubio. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science,1–21. August 2021

  • Special Communication: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Underrepresented Early-career PhD and Physician Scientists. Jamie Mihoko Doyle, Natalia E. Morone, Chelsea N. Proulx, Andrew D. Althouse, Doris M. Rubio, Maya S. Thakar, Audrey J. Murrell, & Gretchen E. White. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science,1–21. September 2021

• Non-NRMN funded publications that may be of interest to the NRMN Community are also welcome! Here is one shared this past month:

  • Tiny Earth: A Big Idea for STEM Education and Antibiotic Discovery. Amanda Hurley, Marc G Chevrette, Deepa D Acharya, Gabriel L Lozano, Manuel Garavito, Jen Heinritz, Luis Balderrama, Mara Beebe, Martel L DenHartog, Kamiyah Corinaldi, Renee Engels, Alyssa Gutierrez, Orli Jona, Josephine H I Putnam, Brody Rhodes, Tiffany Tsang, Simon Hernandez, Carol Bascom-Slack, Jessamina E Blum, Paul A Price, Debra Davis, Joanna Klein, Joshua Pultorak, Nora L Sullivan, Nigel J Mouncey, Pieter C Dorrestein, Sarah Miller, Nichole A Broderick, Jo Handelsman. mBio. February 2021.

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content for public dissemination with their audience of ~28k (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community (September - present)!

  • Emma Dums (NRMN CC)

  • Julie Hau (NRMN CC)

  • Morgan Peters (Team Byars-Winston)

• Farewell and thank you to Katie Stinson (NRMN-RC)!

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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September 1, 2021

• Fall Research Community Webinar Series: Monthly webinars scheduled from 12:00pm - 1:00pm CT followed by informal NRMN Research Community Conversations from 1:00pm - 1:30pm CT: 

  • Wednesday, September 1: NRMN Coordination Center Year 3 Plans & How to Interpret and Report on the Combined Race/Ethnicity Measure

  • Wednesday, October 6: NRMN Resource Center (RC): Deep Dive into Available Resources 

  • Wednesday, November 3: Outcomes and Opportunities of the NRMN Bibliometric Analysis

  • Wednesday, December 1: Overview of U01 Study Participation and Data Collection

• Publications have been added to the Publications page on the NRMN Research Community google site. Please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net if your team has any NRMN publications!

• Tiny Earth PIVOT: Impacts of COVID-19 on Faculty Mentoring and Teaching. Mica Estrada, Paul Hernandez, Jo Handelsman, Sarah Miller, Nichole Broderick, Meg Patterson, Juliet Nyanamba, Zoey Du, Gerald Young, Natalia Maldonado, Lilibeth Watson, & Perla Sandoval. FigShare. January 2021.

• MyNRMN: A national mentoring and networking platform to enhance connectivity and diversity in the biomedical sciences. Toufeeq Ahmed, Jay Johnson, Zainab Latif, Nan Kennedy, Damaris Javier, Katie Stinson, & Jamboor K. Vishwanatha. FASEB BioAdvances. February 2021.

• Patient Characteristics Associated with and Changes Over Time in Trust in Inpatient Physicians. Micah T. Prochaska, Hui Zhang, David O. Meltzer, & Vineet M. Arora. Journal of General Internal Medicine. February 2021.

• Measuring Research Mentors’ Cultural Diversity Awareness for Race/Ethnicity in STEM: Validity Evidence for a New Scale. Angela Byars-Winston, & Amanda R. Butz. CBE—Life Sciences Education. March 2021.

• Strengthening and Sustaining Inter-Institutional Research Collaborations and Partnerships. Jerris R. Hedges, Karam F. A. Soliman, William M. Southerland, Gene D’Amour, Emma Fernández-Repollet, Shafiq A. Khan, Deepak Kumar, Cecilia M. Shikuma, Brian M. Rivers, Clayton C. Yates, Richard Yanagihara, Winston E. Thompson, Vincent Craig Bond, Sandra Harris-Hooker, Shelia A. McClure, & Elizabeth O. Ofili. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. March 2021.

• The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke’s efforts on diversifying the neuroscience research workforce. Harlan P. Jones, Roland J. Thorpe, & Jamboor K. Vishwanatha. Journal of Neuroscience Research. June 2021.

• NRMNet: Building a National Resource for Mentorship, Networking and Professional Development to Enhance Diversity. Damaris Javier, Katie Stinson, MariaElena Zavala, Toufeeq Ahmed, & Jamboor K. Vishwanatha. Ethnicity & Disease. July 2021.

• Midcareer Medical School Research Faculty Perspectives on Vitality and Professionalism During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Linda H. Pololi, Vasilia Vasiliou, & Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach. Journal of the American Medical Association. August 2021. 

• Teaching Undergraduates to Communicate Science, Cultivate Mentoring Relationships, and Navigate Science Culture. Diedra M. Wrighting, Jamie Dombach, Mike Walker, Jenene Cook, Marlina Duncan, Gisselle Velez Ruiz, Adán Colón-Carmona, & Bruce Birren. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 20(3): ar31. September 2021.

• The NRMN Editorial Committee, led by the NRMN Resource Center, invites you to share content you would like disseminated publicly with their audience of ~28k (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Welcome to new members of the NRMN Research Community (May - present)!

  • Arkimberly Jiles (Team Mishra)

  • Johnny Garza (Team Vishwanatha)

  • Ginger White (Team Rubio)

  • Ronni Brent (Team Byars-Winston)

  • Aaron House (Team Byars-Winston)

• Farewell and thank you to Matt Holtz (NRMN CC)!

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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May 19, 2021

• Final NRMN Research Community Presentation! Thank you all for your updates 

• Research Manager Meeting: The NRMN CC Team will host the annual Research Manager Meeting on Wednesday, June 16th from 10am - 3pm CT. Agendas and resources will be posted on the event page.

• Save the Date: Reminder to hold dates for 2021 DPC Annual Meeting (Monday, June 28th - Wednesday, June 30th) more details coming soon

• Summer Internal Webinar Plans: We will not hold formal webinars from June - August. However, we will hold optional Community Conversations from 12pm - 1pm in July and August. We will offer options to add to a running list of topics.

• Fall Internal Webinars: Calendar invites for September - December will be coming soon. We will keep webinars on first Wednesdays at 12pm CT. 

• NRMN Public Newsletter Content: NRMN Editorial Committee invites you to share content you would like disseminated through the public NRMN newsletter (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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May 4, 2021

• Spring 2021 NRMN research community presentation schedule:

  • • Wednesday, May 19th at 12pm CT: Team Girdler and Team Rubio

    • Allotted time: 15 minute presentation + 10 minute Q&A

    • Presentation Slide Template

• Upcoming changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page for due dates on or after May 25, 2021

• Reminder to hold dates for 2021 DPC Annual Meeting (Monday, June 28th - Wednesday, June 30th) more details coming soon

• Understanding Interventions 2021 Virtual Conference (July 8-10) has extended the abstract submission deadline to May 21, 2021. 

• NRMN Public Newsletter Content: NRMN Editorial Committee invites you to share content you would like disseminated through the public NRMN newsletter (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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April 21, 2021

• Spring 2021 NRMN research community presentation schedule:

  • • Wednesday, May 5th at 12pm CT: Team Arora and Team Sood

    • Wednesday, May 19th at 12pm CT: Team Girdler and Team Rubio

    • Allotted time: 15 minute presentation + 10 minute Q&A

    • Presentation Slide Template

• Updates to NRMN Research Community Google Site: 

  • New Resource: A site developed by the NRMN CC called “Intro to Data Visualization” is posted on the Research Community Google Site. Check it out in our Resources under Dissemination

  • Research Collective Roles Figures: The research collective pages have been updated with collective roles figures outlining expectations for NRMN CC and U01 teams. We invite the community to take a look at the project component pages to see them, such as on the Data Sharing page.

• NIH RFI Responses:

  • For those that are comfortable sharing, we will compile the submitted ideas, organize them by theme, and post them on the community sharing google site. Let us know via this form. 

  • Here is the AAMC response

• NRMN Public Newsletter Content: NRMN Editorial Committee invites you to share content you would like disseminated through the public NRMN newsletter (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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April 7, 2021

• Spring 2021 NRMN research community presentation schedule:

  • • Wednesday, April 21st at 12pm CT: Team Ofili and Team Pololi

    • Wednesday, May 5th at 12pm CT: Team Arora and Team Sood

    • Wednesday, May 19th at 12pm CT: Team Girdler and Team Rubio

    • Allotted time: 15 minute presentation + 10 minute Q&A

    • Presentation Slide Template

• NIH RFI Reminder: NIH has put out a Request for Information inviting feedback on the approaches they can take to advance racial equity, diversity, and inclusion within all facets of the biomedical research workforce, and expand research to eliminate or lessen health disparities and inequities. Input due by April 9, 2021 via submission website. For those that are comfortable sharing, we will compile the submitted ideas, organize them by theme and post them on the community google site. Let us know via this form.

• COVID Working Group Update: The Preliminary COVID Findings and Upcoming Publications by U01 Teams page is published on the Measurement Library site. It includes space for summaries, abstracts, descriptions and citations for COVID publications from the teams to foster future collaboration. As your team analyzes COVID data, please share these with us so we can put them on the site. Because it is part of the Measurement Library it is password protected and available only to NRMN community members.

• Data Sharing: In April, the NRMN-CC will meet individually with the research managers from each U01 team to discuss the data sharing process and data transfer timeline intervals for each project

• Updates to NRMN Research Community Google Site: 

  • Randomization Re-recording: Last August during one of our webinars, Dr. You-Geon Lee presented on Team Byars-Winston’s approach to randomization. Unfortunately, we had an error with the recording. Thankfully, Dr. Lee graciously offered to re-record his presentation. The video and slides can be found on the NRMN research community webinar page.

• NRMN Public Newsletter Content: NRMN Editorial Committee invites you to share content you would like disseminated through the public NRMN newsletter (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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March 17, 2021

• Spring 2021 NRMN research community presentation schedule:

  • • Wednesday, April 7th at 12pm CT: Team Byars-Winston and Team Cameron

    • Wednesday, April 21st at 12pm CT: Team Ofili and Team Pololi

    • Wednesday, May 5th at 12pm CT: Team Arora and Team Sood

    • Wednesday, May 19th at 12pm CT: Team Girdler and Team Rubio

    • Allotted time: 15 minute presentation + 10 minute Q&A

    • Presentation Slide Template

• NIH Effort to Address Structural Racism in Biomedical Research: 

  • NIH launched an effort to address structural racism in biomedical research through a new initiative called UNITE.

  • NIH Director Francis Collins issued a statement committing NIH to instituting new ways to support diversity, equity, and inclusion, and identifying and dismantling any policies and practices that harm the workforce and science

  • NRMN Community voices needed! Request for Information seeking input on practical and effective approaches to improve and strengthen racial equity, diversity, and inclusion across all facets of the biomedical research enterprise and expand research to eliminate or lessen health disparities and inequities 

  • Input due by April 9, 2021 via the submission website

• Updates to NRMN Research Community Google Site: 

  • Guidance from NIGMS on participant titles posted on branding page, “The NRMN community should refrain from using titles such as scholars, trainees, fellows, etc. These terms have specific meanings linked to NIH funding. Instead, NIGMS recommends the use of ‘participant in X study’.”

New visuals posted on “Collective Progress” sections of Research pages on the research community google site. Content will be updated with descriptive text.

• NRMN Public Newsletter Content: NRMN Editorial Committee invites you to share content you would like disseminated through the public NRMN newsletter (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Welcome, Angelisa Dickey (Team Byars-Winston)!

• Welcome, Thida Chong (Team Byars-Winston)! 

• Welcome, Muhammed Idris (Team Ofili)!

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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March 3, 2021

• Spring 2021 NRMN research community presentation schedule:

  • • Wednesday, March 17th at 12pm CT: Team Estrada and Team Okuyemi

    • Wednesday, April 7th at 12pm CT: Team Byars-Winston and Team Cameron

    • Wednesday, April 21st at 12pm CT: Team Ofili and Team Pololi

    • Wednesday, May 5th at 12pm CT: Team Arora and Team Sood

    • Wednesday, May 19th at 12pm CT: Team Girdler and Team Rubio

    • Allotted time: 15 minute presentation + 10 minute Q&A

    • Presentation Slide Template

• Optional COVID Measure: Team Byars-Winston has allowed us to add their measure on social unrest to the NRMN Measurement Library. You may find it alongside the other optional COVID measures put forth by the COVID working group.

• Promotion and Tenure Working Group: A literature review is currently being prepared, and the topic of promotion and tenure guidelines and how people are being rewarded and valued for their work on mentorship, diversity, equity, and inclusion is being considered for discussion at the DPC Annual Meeting. 

• Updates to NRMN Phase II Google Site: Updated recruitment report on the Study Participation page

• NRMN Public Newsletter Content: NRMN Editorial Committee invites you to share content you would like disseminated through the public NRMN newsletter (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Welcome, Angelisa Dickey (Team Byars-Winston)!

• Welcome, Thida Chong (Team Byars-Winston)! 

• Welcome, Muhammed Idris (Team Ofili)!

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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February 3, 2021

• Spring 2021 NRMN research community presentation schedule:

  • • Wednesday, March 3rd at 12pm CT: Team Mishra and NRMN Resource Center

    • Wednesday, March 17th at 12pm CT: Team Estrada and Team Okuyemi

    • Wednesday, April 7th at 12pm CT: Team Byars-Winston and Team Cameron

    • Wednesday, April 21st at 12pm CT: Team Ofili and Team Pololi

    • Wednesday, May 5th at 12pm CT: Team Arora and Team Sood

    • Wednesday, May 19th at 12pm CT: Team Girdler and Team Rubio

    • Allotted time: 15 minute presentation + 10 minute Q&A

    • Presentation Slide Template

• Optional COVID Measure: Team Byars-Winston has allowed us to add their measure on social unrest to the NRMN Measurement Library. You may find it alongside the other optional COVID measures put forth by the COVID working group.

• COVID Impact Working Group: First meeting scheduled Tuesday, February 9th at 12pm CT, if you have interest in joining the working group email CoordinationCenter@nrmnet.net. 

• NRMN Public Newsletter Content: NRMN Editorial Committee invites you to share content you would like shared (e.g. mentorship innovations, publications, resources, upcoming events, etc.) via this form.

• Welcome Erika Thompson (NRMN Resource Center)!

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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January 6, 2021

• Community Conversations: This spring, we are piloting a new opportunity for community members to connect with each other, which we are calling “NRMN community conversations.” After each webinar a member of the CC team will remain in the Zoom room for 30 minutes to help facilitate discussion. These community conversations are optional and everyone is welcome to attend. Calendar invites will be sent soon.

• COVID Working Group: We will be sending out an interest form shortly for those who wish to participate in the COVID impact working group.

• NRMN research community presentations: In the coming week, we will send the U01 presentation schedule and slide template. Thank you for sharing your availability with us!

• National Mentoring Month: A huge thank you to mentors around the world and the difference that they make! Celebrate the month by taking part in the conversations being led by the Resource Center via NRMNet twitter or by attending one of the webinars in the graphic below! Registration linked here.

• NRMN Newsletter Content: The NRMN Editorial Committee invites you to share any content you would like added to the NRMN newsletters via this form.

• Research Community Site Redesign: In December, we unveiled the redesign of the NRMN Research Community google site (formerly the NRMN Phase 2 google site). We invite you to check out the additions and changes by watching the new, 4.5 minute overview video on our home page.

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December 2, 2020

• The Promotion & Tenure working group is meeting on Tuesday, December 8th at 2pm CT. If you are interested in joining this discussion, please email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net. 

• We have finalized the spring 2021 NRMN internal webinar series which will include U01 presentations. 

  • Last spring we invited 3 U01 teams to present during each webinar. We received feedback that this felt a little rushed. 

  • To honor the request that each team have more time to share their work and get feedback from the community, this spring we are inviting 2 U01 teams to present their work during each webinar. 

  • To accommodate this, we will have 2 webinars per month (1st and 3rd Wednesdays) in March, April, and May and 0 webinars in June. This break in June will also allow teams to prepare for the DPC virtual annual meeting on June 28-30, 2021.

  • We will email the community soon with details about signing up for a spring presentation date. 

• Welcome Katrina Ramirez (Team Byars-Winston)!

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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November 4, 2020

• All U01s have responded to the Fall 2020 project changes survey. Thank you!

• Save the date:

  • December 2 @ 12pm CT: NRMN Internal Webinar
    Virtual Engagement “In Action” Part 2: An opportunity for 3 teams share an example activity from their intervention that they have re-imagined for virtual delivery

• NRMN Phase II google site updates

  • New NIH Highlight: Read about Dr. Marie A. Bernard’s (new Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity) vision for her role and workforce diversity

• NRMN Community Sharing google site updates

  • Reminder to check out the NRMN Phase 2 Community Sharing Site

    • Pose a question to the community

    • Suggest a resource

    • See what has already been suggested

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October 7, 2020

• Thank you for your work on your NRMNet content templates! Your project info will be added to the NRMNet website soon.

• Save the date:

  • October 27-30: NIH Virtual Seminar on Grants Administration and Program Funding

  • November 4 @ 12pm CT: NRMN Internal Webinar
    Virtual Engagement “In Action” Part 1: An opportunity for 3 teams to share examples of content they are implementing online OR test part of their online interventions and get feedback from the community

  • December 2 @ 12pm CT: NRMN Internal Webinar
    Virtual Engagement “In Action” Part 2: An opportunity for 3 teams to share examples of content they are implementing online OR test part of their online interventions and get feedback from the community OR discuss new recruitment strategies

• NRMN CC updated the Onboarding page of the Phase 2 google site to streamline content

• Hannah Valantine retired from the NIH; Marie A. Bernard, M.D. will serve as acting Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity while the NIH searches for a permanent Chief Officer 

• Promotion & Tenure working group met this month, updates coming soon

• U01 study participant titles ideas will be sent out soon

• Project change survey will be sent today

• NRMN Editorial Committee content invite coming this month

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding 

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists

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August 19, 2020

• New scale on NRMN measurement library: Self-Efficacy as Faculty Change Agent for Diversity (SE-FCA-D)

  • Meant to measure DPC Hallmark of Success FAC-16: “Strong self-efficacy to act as a change agent to enhance diversity in biomedical research and research training environments” (DPC, 2019)

  • Once data are available, scale validation will move forward and findings will be shared

• Feedback welcome: Y1Q4 NRMN CC continuous improvement survey closes August 28th

• Fill out google form if interested in joining the promotion and tenure working group

• Calendar invites were sent out for year 2 internal webinars (1st Wednesdays at 12pm CT)

• Alexis Short will be transitioning out of her NRMN RC role on 8/24 to pursue her e-commerce business. Alexis has been instrumental in enhancing the social media and communications of NRMN. If you need assistance after 8/24, contact Damaris Javier (Damaris.javier@unthsc.edu) 

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August 17, 2020

Updates on the 3 community topics that Doris Rubio facilitated during the August 5th webinar:

Topic #1: How are U01s handling authorship with site leaders?

• The NRMN CC will curate example authorship criteria for the community to consider. 

Topic #2: Should NRMN develop a title for study participants to include on their CV?

• The NRMN CC will find out more information about this by talking with NIGMS and other groups who have successfully done this for study participants.

Topic #3: Interested in joining a working group to address promotion and tenure recommendations that are not biased against BIPOC? 

• This is an open invitation to anyone in the NRMN community; if interested, please complete this google form by August 26th

• The NRMN CC will coordinate meetings

• The working group will decide their scope and goals

• As a starting point, the working group may want to identify work that has already been done by BIPOC individuals

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August 5, 2020

• Invitation to engage with the NRMN Phase 2 Community Sharing Site

  • MyNRMN Group to ask questions and share advice

  • New MyNRMN Unconscious Bias Course

• Q4 Continuous Improvement Survey

  • Final Year 1 survey in your inboxes soon

• As you consider changes to your study such as pivots to your intervention, study design and recruitment in response to COVID-19, please be sure to communicate with your program officer and project scientist. Consider if you need to revisit your Aims and if so, which one(s).

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July 15, 2020

• DPC Resources are linked on the Phase 2 google site resources page

  • COVID-19 Resources

  • Anti-Racism Resources

• Did someone join your NRMN team? Have them complete our onboarding survey so that we can add them to the NRMN directory and distribution lists: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nrmnphase2/onboarding

• Did someone leave your team? Email CoordinationCenter@NRMNet.net so that we can remove them from the NRMN directory and distribution lists.

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July 1, 2020

• NRMN Directory

  • Thank you for confirming the accuracy of your teams in the NRMN Directory!

  • The directory is available on the google site

  • We will be updating this within the next week and sharing it with the CEC so that all NRMN community members receive DPC communications