Dr. Marcela Hernandez,  Graduate/STEM Diversity Director at The Ohio State University, and Dr. Dina Myers Stroud, Research Assistant Professor at the Departments of Physics and Medicine at Vanderbilt University, share how they have both come to the same conviction: when it comes to choosing a lab, the quality of your research mentor is a more critical factor to consider than the exact science being conducted.

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Leah E. Robinson, PhD, an Associate Professor from the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan, participated in the NRMN Proposal Preparation Program (NRMN-P3), one of the NRMN Professional Development Core's Grantwriting Coaching Groups, Directed by Dr. Anne Marie Weber-Main and hosted at the University of Minnesota. 

The R01 grant proposal she prepared while in the NRMN-P3 program received an "Outstanding" score upon its review after being submitted, and in late August 2016, she received notice that her proposal was selected to be funded.

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NRMN in Science Magazine: "Mentoring's Moment"

Highlighted Publications featuring NRMN Faculty Authors

In late July of 2016, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities, in collaboration with the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, released a report entitled I ncreasing Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce: Actions for Improving Evidence. The report was the result of working groups that  more than 70 experts across 28 universities and collectively developed the recommended actions for improving evidence. Among these were several prominent faculty who are leading initiatives at NRMN and across the NIH Diversity Program Consortium.

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Williams, Thakore, McGee,  Career Coaches as a Source of Vicarious Learning for Racial and Ethnic Minority PhD Students in the Biomedical Sciences: A Qualitative Study , PLOS ONE, July 2016