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
• Understanding and barriers of professional identity formation among current students and recent graduates in nursing and midwifery in low resource settings in two universities: a qualitative study, co-authored by Fogarty trainees Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda, Josephine Nambi Najjuma, and Aloysius Mubuuke Gonzaga
  BMC Nursing, March 1, 2024
• The V-BRCH Project: Strengthening HIV Research Capacity in Nigeria through Intensive Workshops in Implementation Science and Grant Writing, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Mahmoud U. Sani, C. William Wester, and Muktar H. Aliyu
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 13, 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
• 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
  
• 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
  

Focus: What global health research mentorship looks like today

Global Health Matters, July / August 2024

An important part of Fogarty’s mission is training the next generation of global health researchers. We asked nine accomplished researchers about their experiences both as mentors and mentees

• Mentorship today
• Annette Sohn
• Gabriel Trueba
• Ilya Ruskin
• Grace John-Stewart
• Carey Farquhar
• Jay Graham
• Rie Yotsu
• Don Operario
• Charles Wood

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NIH News and Resources

• Global health career resources from Fogarty
  
• National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) 
  Managed by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for the NIH Common Fund’s Diversity Program Consortium (DPC)
• Guided virtual mentorship from NRMN
• Resources for mentors from NRMN
• Resources for mentees from NRMN
• Mentoring for trainees and fellows
  from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH
• Know what to look for when choosing a mentor
  from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at NIH
• Evidence-based mentoring
  from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at NIH
• Mentoring guidelines
  from the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE)
• Mentoring for women in biomedical careers
  from the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers
• Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Women in Science Mentoring Program
  PEER is supported by USAID. NIH is a partner. Implemented by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Other Online Resources

• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Global Health Mentoring Program
  
• Health research mentorship in low- and middle-income countries (HERMES) from the WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
  

Updated August 23, 2024