Faculty/Student Mentoring Resources

Links to Resources

• GSBS Mentoring Compact - January 2023
• AAMC Mentoring Women Toolkit - Engage in Mentoring of Women Faculty, Fellows, and Students
• TTUHSC GSBS Expectations of Committee Members
• TTUHSC GSBS El Paso Faculty Bylaws, Competencies, and Responsibilities
• Tips for Finding a Lab Mentor, Dr. Kendra Rumbaugh - TTUHSC
• Mentoring Works! Seminar, University of Texas Health Sciences Center
• MentorFirst.org

External Resources

• NIGMS - Mentoring: It’s In Our Genes
• Mentor Resources, Neurosciences - University of Georgia
• How to Mentor Graduate Students: A Guide for Faculty, Rackham Graduate School The University of Michigan
• Guide to Mentoring Resilient and Successful Trainees, University of Michigan Medical School Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Example Websites

• Baylor College of Medicine
  • Beyond the Beakers: SMART Advice for Entering Graduate Programs in the Sciences and Engineering, Gayle R. Slaughter, Ph.D.
• University of Georgia
  • Responding to Student Needs, Office of the Dean of Students
• Johns Hopkins University
  • Ph.D. Mentoring Resources Summary
• University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School
  • Mentoring and Advising
    • How to Mentor Graduate Students: A Guide for Faculty
    • Graduate Student Mentoring Guide A Guide for Students
• Emory University, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Mentoring Resources for Students

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
  • The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM
• University of North Carolina
  • Faculty Mentoring Workshop for Biomedical Researchers
• University of Virginia
  • Choosing a Mentor
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
  • Entering Research: Research Mentee Training to Support Undergraduate and Graduate Trainees
• Washington University in St. Louis
  • Elements of Effective Mentoring
  • Also refer to:
    • Mentee-Mentor Compact and Expectations
    • Resolution of Conflict Policy
• Ten simple rules for developing a mentor-mentee expectations document, Fran Lewitter - Whitehead Institute
  • Also refer to: Mentor-Mentee Expectations Sample Document

Conflict Resolution Links

Conflict Resolution Pathways, Michigan State University Dean of Students Office

Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships, NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE)

Video Links

• Finding Your Research Name
  • Speaker, Sharon Milgram, Director. NIH OITE
  • In this video, you will discover how to assess your potential fit with a research group. Specifically, you will learn about academic and scientific considerations, the process of finding a mentor, interview styles and questions, as well as resources that will help guide your decision making. This video is intended for biomedical trainees who are exploring options to find a research home at all levels.
• Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships
  • Speaker, Sharon Milgram, Director. NIH OITE
  • This workshop will explore the relationship between trainees and research mentors/supervisors with the goal of providing strategies for improving communication and interpersonal interactions. The workshop will help participants clarify what they need from their supervisors and mentors and how to ensure that they get what they need.
• Navigating Transitions
  • Speakers: Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE; Laurie Chaikind McNulty, OITE Wellness Advisor
  • Transitions abound in life, from starting new projects and joining new research groups or schools to coming back to work after the stay at home orders lift. Learn to manage your stress and expectations as you move ahead in life
• Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series: I. An Introduction to Resilience and Wellness
  • Speaker: Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, OITE
  • We all experience setback and disappointments in school, work and life. In this webinar we will look at seven key elements of resilience with a focus on building habits that promote healthier responses and resilient behaviors in the face of set-back in educational and work environments.
• Career Planning for Scientists
  • Speaker: Amanda (Dumsch) Langer, OITE Career Counselor
  • Understand how your personal interests, skills, and values contribute to your future career success. Topics to be covered include the importance of career decision making, learning styles, self-assessment, transferrable skills, defining success, personal needs, work/life balance, and articulating short-term and long-term goals.

Many other videos are available on the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) YouTube channel