The CIMER team has been busy. We’re excited to share several recent publications.

New publication from Janet Branchaw and Christine Pfund:
Building Strong Mentorship Ecosystems to Support Positive URE Student Outcomes 
(September 2025)

The comprehensive researcher development framework (CRDF): Core learning outcomes for research training 
(September 2025)

Download and read the commentary by our colleagues from Colorado University-Anschutz in Academic Medicine: Sustaining the Biomedical Research Workforce: Medical School Leadership in Supporting Research Learners 
(June 2025)

Tools for coordinating measurement use in science education and training 
(May 2025)
The article highlights the importance of developing a shared understanding of evaluation design and measurement use toward fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in improving education and training interventions.

National dissemination of an online research mentor training intervention: Evidence of an asynchronous model to promote learning outcomes and behavior change. 
(April 2025)
This article reports on the usage and impact of the University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s online mentor training module, Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring (OPM).

Measuring the Interpersonal Component of the Mentoring Relationship: The Mentorship Working Alliance Scale-Mentee Version. 
(April 2025)
This study introduces a new instrument, the Mentorship Working Alliance (MWA) – mentee version, and presents initial evidence supporting its validity in evaluating the interpersonal elements of mentoring relationships.

Getting Started With Culture Change in Science: Lessons in Retooling. 
(March 2025)
Rooted in the intuitive, theoretically grounded view of culture as a tool kit that people use to solve various problems, the authors offer examples of cultural change work emerging from the National Science Foundation-funded Inclusive Graduate Education Network.

Scaling evidence-based interventions: Examining factors promoting and limiting the dissemination of research mentor training. 
(February 2025)
The article reports on individual and institutional factors that promote and limit mentor training implementation efforts by trained facilitators.