Mentoring and mentorship training news, resources and funding for global health researchers
NIH recognizes the importance of mentorship in scientific research. Unfortunately, in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), formal mentoring is not often adequately supported by institutions, or included in formal training programs.
A recent supplement to
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
Mentoring in low- and middle-income countries to advance global health research, was inspired by a series of mentorship training workshops hosted in LMICs by the faculty of Fogarty’s
Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars. The supplement encourages LMIC research organizations to institutionalize mentorship training. It offers a formalized framework, identifies competencies, features case studies, and includes
reviews of 18 existing global health mentoring toolkits.
Mentorship resources produced through NIH entities and NIH-supported programs may also be helpful to global health researchers. The
National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) provides researchers across all career stages with evidence-based mentorship and professional development programming.
Mentoring in LMICs to advance global health research
- Authorship of Publications
Supported by NCI-Funded Grants Involving Low- and Middle-Income Countries , co-authored by the
National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health’s Linsey Eldridge, Elise M.
Garton, Kalina Duncan, and Satish Gopal
JAMA, March 29, 2024 - Perspective: A global matchmaking web platform facilitating equitable institutional partnerships and mentorship to strengthen health workforce training capacity, co-authored by Fogarty’s Linda Kupfer
Frontiers in Education, June 30, 2023
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Bibliometric Analysis of Authorship of Publications about Sub-Saharan Africa Published in the Journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2011-2020, co-authored by former Fogarty staff member Ezinne Akudinobi and Fogarty Acting Director Peter Kilmarx
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, March 22, 2023
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Mentoring in low- and middle-income countries to advance global health research [Open access]
Supplement to
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2019
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Updated April 17, 2024