Agenda

8:00am - 8:45am                 Continental Breakfast and Registration [3rd Floor]

8:45am - 9:00am Conference Welcome  [Rm 325/326]      

                                                        Allan Brasier, MD. Professor of Medicine, Executive Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and         Translational Research, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

      Michael Kurilla, MD, PhD. Director, Division of Clinical Innovation, Office of the Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National             Institutes of Health

Christine Pfund, PhD. Director, Mentorship Initiatives for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR); Director, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) and Director, National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Coordination Center; University of Wisconsin- Madison 

9:00am - 10:00am Identity as a Mentor is Key to Diversifying  the Clinical Translational Workforce [Rm 325/326]

                            Vivian Lewis, MD. Professor Emerita, Obstetrics and Gynecology; University of Rochester

Faculty mentors form their mentor identity based on how they were mentored, their professional relationships and their institutional culture and context. This interactive presentation will invite participants to deconstruct and deepen their mentoring practices to deliberately incorporate addressing diversity and inclusion into their mentoring identity.

10:00am - 10:15am Transition/Break

10:15am - 11:15am Mentoring During Uncertain Times (Concurrent Workshop #1A) [Rm 325/326]   

Emma Meagher, MD. Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology; Vice Dean and Chief Clinical Research Officer, Senior Associate Vice Provost for Human  Research; Associate Dean, PSOM Master’s and Certificate Programs; Director, Translational Research Education; University of Pennsylvania

The importance of high-quality mentoring practice is amplified during our current environment. This workshop will explore optimizing mentoring practice, with a specific focus on the development of mentoring skills that enhance trainees’ resilience.

A Programmatic Approach to Mentoring Early Career Clinical and Translational Researchers (Concurrent Workshop #1B) [Rm 313]

Janet Branchaw, PhD.  Associate Professor of Kinesiology, School of Education, Faculty Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement (WISCIENCE), University of Wisconsin-Madison

It takes a village to train clinical and translational researchers. Workshop participants will explore how to use mentee training curricula and early career developmental frameworks to build mentoring programs that promote shared responsibility for supporting early career trainees. Participants will be encouraged to share programmatic approaches, promising practices and identify possible intersections for collaboration with a focus on comprehensive mentee training.

11:15am - 11:30am Transition/Break

11:30am - 12:30pm Best Practices for Facilitation of Mentorship Education - Strategies for Effective Facilitation and Co-facilitation (Workshop #2) [Rm 325/326]      

Kelly Diggs-Andrews, PhD. CEO of Diggs-Andrews Consulting, LLC  Principal Facilitator, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER)

Steve Lee, PhD.  Assistant Dean of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, Stanford University, Principal Facilitator, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER)

Participants will explore the important role that co-facilitation plays in implementing mentorship education. Participants will be introduced to a tool to align expectations between facilitators. Participants will engage in conversations with colleagues to address challenges and support successes in co-facilitation. 

Best Practices for Facilitation of Mentorship Education - Handling Challenging Group Dynamics (Workshop #2B) [Rm 313]     

Bruce Birren, PhD. Director of the Genomic Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute Scientist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, Principal Facilitator, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER)

Philip Cheng, PhD. Researcher, Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, Principal Facilitator, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER)

Participants will work together to develop strategies to address group dynamics that might arise in mentorship education workshops. Participants will discuss the important role that establishing ground rules can play in embracing challenging yet critical discussions that will arise over the course of a mentorship education workshop. 

12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch in the Wisconsin Idea Lounge (Pyle Center, lower level)

2:00pm - 3:15pm Programmatic Structures to Support and Incentivize Mentorship [Rm 325/326]       

Cecilia Patino-Sutton, MD, MEd, PhD. Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences; Director, Workforce Development/Co-Director of the KL2 Program; Keck School of Medicine; University of Southern California

3:15pm - 3:30pm                 Transition/Break

3:30pm - 4:30pm Community of Practice Focused on Advancing Mentorship [Rm 325/326]      

Emma Meagher, MD. Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology; Vice Dean and Chief Clinical Research Officer, Senior Associate Vice Provost for Human  Research; Associate Dean, PSOM Master’s and Certificate Programs; Director, Translational Research Education; University of Pennsylvania

Pamela Asquith, PhD. CTSA Lead, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)

Christine Pfund, PhD. Director, Mentorship Initiatives for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR); Director, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) and Director, National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Coordination Center; University of Wisconsin- Madison 

Participants will learn about the launch of a CTSA community of practice focused on advancing mentorship and how they can become engaged and have time for structured networking.

4:30pm - 4:45pm Closing [Rm 325/326]      

8:00am - 8:45am                 Continental Breakfast and Registration [3rd Floor]

8:45am - 9:50am Welcome  [Rm 325/326]   

Christine Pfund, PhD. Director, Mentorship Initiatives for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR); Director, Center for the Improvement of   Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) and Director, National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Coordination Center; University of Wisconsin- Madison 

Round Table Discussions: Small Group Reflections on Mentorship Topics and Questions

9:50am - 10:00am Transition/Break

10:00am - 11:00am Barriers and Supports for Advancing a Culture of Mentorship Across Diverse Institutions: Panel Discussion [Rm 325/326]

Doris Rubio, PhD.  Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research Education and Training, Health Sciences; Director, Institute for Clinical Research Education; Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, Nursing, and Clinical and Translational Science; University of Pittsburgh

Roger B. Fillingim, PhD. Distinguished Professor, College of Dentistry; Director, UF Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence;  Director, CTSI  Mentor Academy; University of Florida

Winston Thompson, PhD, MS. Professor and Chair of Physiology, Director of Research, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Director,  Mentoring Academy, Morehouse School of Medicine.

Leonor Corsino, MD, MHS. Associate Professor of Medicine and Population Health Sciences, Associate Dean of Student  Affairs, Associate Director, School of Medicine Master of Biomedical Sciences, Co-Director for the Duke CTSI-Community Engaged Research Initiatives, Duke University

11:00am - 11:15am Transition/Break

11:15am - 12:15pm Culturally Responsive Mentorship [Rm 325/326]

Richard McGee, PhD. Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Professional Development; Associate Professor of Medical Education, Feinberg School of Medicine; Northwestern University

This session will introduce the origins and theoretical underpinnings of the workshop “Culturally Aware Mentorship” (CAM), created and tested during the first phase of the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN), and now being studied through a randomized controlled trial during the second phase of NRMN. Participants will learn about the impact of the CAM training on those who experience it and engage in the creation and sharing of a “Culture Box”, one of the foundational activities of the CAM workshop.

12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch in the Wisconsin Idea Lounge (Pyle Center, lower level)

1:15pm - 2:15pm Tools for Assessing Mentoring Relationships, Mentorship Programs and Mentorship Education (Concurrent Workshop #3A) [Rm 325/326]

Christine Pfund, PhD. Director, Mentorship Initiatives for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR); Director, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) and Director, National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Coordination Center; University of Wisconsin-Madison

Angela Byars-Winston, PhD.  Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine;  Associate Director, ICTR Collaborative Center for Health Equity;  Chair, Institute for Diversity Science;  University of Wisconsin-Madison

Participants will explore available tools for assessing mentorship education efforts, mentorship programs, and mentoring relationships. Participants will be encouraged to share challenges, gaps in available tools, promising practices and possible intersections for collaboration. 

Talking about the Mentoring Relationship: Tools for Supporting Mentors and Trainees in Discussing Relationship Expectations (Concurrent Workshop #3B) [Rm 313]

Melissa McDaniels, PhD. Scientist, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Associate Executive Director, Center for the Improvement of   Mentored Experience in Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Christine A. Sorkness, RPh, PharmD.  Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine; Senior Associate Executive Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison

In this workshop, the important role of establishing and continually managing expectations between mentors and trainees will be discussed. Different alignment tools will be highlighted, and opportunities and challenges in processes for using these tools in productive ways will be shared. 

2:15pm - 2:30pm Closing Remarks [Rm 325/326]