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7 Black Wellness Resources
Black History Month may be over—but we must continue to uplift and highlight Black voices all year long. In this newsletter, we’re highlighting Black wellness resources. We encourage you to explore these podcasts, social media accounts, and websites.
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African American Wellness Project—organized to respond to the inequities in health care delivery that exists between African Americans and the rest of America, their mission is to empower the African American Community to improve health outcomes and promote wellness.
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Balanced Black Girl–a podcast with approachable health, self-care, personal development, and well-being advice from Black women wellness experts, it’s dedicated to helping you feel your best.
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Black Mental Health Alliance—a trusted mental health organization for marginalized communities, their Instagram account highlights events, trainings, and resources.
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Black Mental Wellness—an organization that provides access to evidence-based information and resources about mental health and behavioral health topics from a Black perspective, their website provides educational opportunities and trainings.
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BLKHLTH—an organization that engages the public and health professionals on the impact of racism on Black health, their content, workshops, and events create space for education and action.
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Dive In Well—founded by Maryam Ajayi, this account focuses on creating space, community, conversations and change for diversity in wellness.
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Ourselves Black Podcast—a weekly podcast that delves into black mental health, Senior Editor Dr. Sarah Y. Vinson interviews mental health experts on a variety of topics and also provides a glimpse into the mental health journeys of others.
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Ways to Harness MyNRMN
Mentees, you’ve created your MyNRMN account—now what? Here are a few ways that you can start harnessing MyNRMN for professional success. First, you’ll need to set up a role as a mentee. Once you do this, you’ll be able to take advantage of all that MyNRMN has to offer, including making connections, joining groups, and posting discussions.
Next, start looking for potential connections—MyNRMN’s algorithm pairs you with potential mentors or mentees based on your profile. But you can still search our directory of members and filter your results based on their institution, interests, and location.
Finally, create your CV—all you have to do is fill out some information about yourself and we’ll set up a CV page with a unique URL. Remember to add your area of research, so you can connect with others in your same field of study.
Want to get started? Sign up for MyNRMN today.
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MyMentor Allows You to
- Find a partner based on our matching algorithm, your desired search criteria, or let us find a mentoring partner for you
- Explore a long-term mentoring connection, facilitated by guided prompts
- Create and work toward accomplishing your personal goals
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From a Request for Information from NIH to an upcoming conference, check out the latest happenings in our community! | |
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Request for Information (RFI): Re-envisioning U.S. Postdoctoral Research Training and Career Progression within the Biomedical Research Enterprise
Ensuring the future of U.S. competitiveness and innovation in biomedical research is of utmost importance. A new ACD Working Group was recently established to address growing concerns about the postdoctoral training system and recruiting qualified postdoctoral candidates in the future. The goal of this working group is to explore the status of the postdoctoral training system, identify and understand critical factors and issues relating to this perceived decline in the number of postdoctoral fellows in academia, and provide recommendations to address those factors. The working group has developed an RFI to get input from the community.
This RFI will assist NIH in hearing the voices of postdoctoral trainees along with others impacted by this unique and skilled training position, and in exploring ways to address some of the fundamental challenges faced by the postdoctoral trainee community. The RFI closes on April 14, 2023.
Submit a response here!
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#BecomeAResearcher Video Series
Check out the Diversity Program Consortium’s Coordination and Evaluation Center's new video series #BecomeAResearcher, which features DPC alumni and faculty. The first episode tells the story of Juan Castillo, who is the first SF BUILD program alum to earn a PhD.
Learn more here!
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Urban One Launches a 2023 National Health Disparities Media Campaign
Urban One, Inc. has been a strong and enduring partner on public health issues involving underserved and underrepresented minority (URM) communities for over 40 years. They understand the relationship between social determinants of health and wellness and are in the process of launching a five-year national media campaign to educate the public, especially URM populations, on issues associated with disease prevention and healthcare. They're currently seeking senior and early career biomedical researchers and clinicians to join them in reaching out to their communities on practical approaches to healthy outcomes. If you would like to participate in this national health disparities media campaign, please contact Dr. Irelene Ricks at iricks@radio-one.com or send a text to (301) 318-1233.
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From funding opportunities to postdoctoral programs, check out these programs that can help you advance your journey in the STEMM fields. | |
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Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 2 Funding Opportunity
The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 2 funding opportunity announcement has been reissued. The COBRE program supports the establishment and development of innovative biomedical and behavioral research centers at Institutional Development Award-eligible institutions. The application receipt date is May 29, 2023, for the earliest start date of April 2024.
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Check out the latest mentoring articles that we're reading,
including one that highlights our work!
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Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine released a report that shares recommendations on promoting diversity in the STEMM fields. The report particularly addresses the importance of diversity in mentoring relationships and offers the National Research Mentoring Network as an example of an organization that teaches faculty members skills to strengthen these relationships.
Read the study here!
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More articles that we're reading! | |
Our U01s have been busy publishing publications—give them a read! | |
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Read publications funded by NRMN and additional mentoring
resources on the NRMN Publications page!
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Calling all science communications professionals! Check out a position that's looking for social media, email, and marketing skills. | |
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We also have a full list of fellowships, jobs, and internships—be sure
to check out the NRMN Jobs & Internships Board for the
latest opportunities.
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NRMN Editorial Committee
Damaris Javier, MA, Editorial Staff
Lisette Serrano, Editorial Staff
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If you have any questions or need any assistance, please email us at info@nrmnet.net. We'd love to hear from you!
NRMN Team
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