Learn About Culturally Aware Mentorship at November 29 Forum
All are invited to a November 29 Mentoring Forum featuring Kelly A. Diggs-Andrews, PhD, CEO and Founder of Diggs-Andrews Consulting LLC; Master Facilitator, Mentor Training Core, National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) (http://www.nrmnet.net/); and Certified Trainer, Facilitator and Mentor Training, Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) (http://www.cimerproject.org).
Culturally Aware Mentorship is an innovative initiative launched through NRMN to enhance mentors’ and trainees’ ability to effectively address cultural diversity matters in their research mentoring relationships. The CAM initiative and approach are supported by evidence which indicates that broader participation of culturally diverse groups enhances the quality of research and practice in the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical sciences.
Following Dr. Diggs-Andrews’ talk, seven faculty members who contribute enormously to the research environment at U-M will be honored with the 2018 Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award.
The awards will be presented by George Mashour, MD, PhD. Dr. Mashour is Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research, Medical School; Executive Director of MICHR; and Executive Director for Translational Research, Office of Research.
This event takes place on November 29 in the Palmer Forum, Palmer Commons. Check-in and a light breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m., with Dr. Diggs-Andrews’ presentation starting at 9:00 a.m. with the awards ceremony immediately following. You can register here: https://mentoring-forum2018-
Additionally, on November 30, Dr. Diggs-Andrews will be co-facilitating the NRMN training, Culturally Aware Mentorship (CAM), with Melissa McDaniels, PhD, Assistant Dean at the Graduate School and Postdoc Office, Michigan State University. This training will be from 9am – 4pm in Seminar Rooms A, B, and C, in BSRB. CAM is a 6-hour intensive training designed for mentors who have already completed some form of mentor training. In this module, participants look inward and examine their own racial and ethnic identity, and use insights from these reflections to identify their personal assumptions, biases, and privileges that may operate in their research mentoring relationships. Through a combination of activities including group discussion, case studies, and role play, mentors learn and practice culturally aware mentoring skills in order to increase their capacity to respond better to cultural diversity matters in their research mentoring relationships.
Who can participate? CAM training sessions have been facilitated with mentors across career stages (faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students) and in a variety of training settings including academic science departments and medical schools as well as training programs sponsored by federal and private foundations. Curricula for trainees are currently under development.
Register here for the CAM training: https://mentoring-forum2018-
