Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research
Recently, CIMER Executive Director Christine Pfund and WISCIENCE Director Janet Branchaw were chosen to be special editors in a special issue of the Understanding Interventions journal. In addition, a number of CIMER staff members and affiliates have articles featured in this special issue. See below for more information about this special issue of Understanding Interventions …
This study uses a propensity score matching method to examine the difference in research mentor training outcomes by different platforms – whether the mentor was trained in person or online. With a sample of 172 mentors who were trained in a synchronous online platform and 655 mentors who were trained in person, results indicate that …
A recent article in CBE-Life Sciences Education presents two design and development research studies examining the effectiveness of the second edition of Entering Research, an undergraduate and graduate research trainee training curriculum. In this paper, Entering Research authors Janet Branchaw, Amanda Butz, and Amber Smith describe the process of revising and expanding the curriculum to 96 active learning activities, which …
Dr. Christine Pfund is a researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. With a strong network of colleagues and collaborators, her work focuses on developing, implementing, documenting, and studying interventions to optimize research mentoring relationships across science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine. Read on to discover how the success of these initiatives has resulted in the …
This originally appeared in Science and was written by Jeffrey Mervis. As co-director of graduate affairs at the University of Chicago, Nancy Schwartz spent the past 4 years helping faculty members at 15 major research universities become better mentors. The project was supported by the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN), a $23 million effort that …
This was written as a response to the call by the education task force of the American Astronomical Society. Introduction The responsibility and opportunity to mentor the next generation of astronomers during research apprenticeships has been a key driver of progress in the field for generations. How did those of us who are now supervisors …
By Wisconsin Center for Education Research Communications UW−Madison will continue to play a leading role in the second and final phase of a sweeping federal investment in better research mentoring, with responsibility for two major grants in the $43 million follow-up push to boost diversity of students, staff and faculty researchers in the biomedical sciences. The …
By NASEM Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW) Public Release Wednesday, Oct. 30, 20191–3 p.m. EDT Please join us for the release of the new National Academies report, The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM, which systematically compiles and analyzes current research on the characteristics, competencies, and behaviors of effective mentors and mentees in STEMM. …
Facilitator Training workshops for Entering Research (undergraduate and graduate researcher training) will be held February 13-14, 2020 and June 4-5, 2020 at UW–Madison. In this two-day event co-hosted by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) and the Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement (WISCIENCE), participants will learn about Entering Research, a training curriculum designed for …
By Office of the Provost, University of Wisconsin–Madison January is National Mentor Month, and UW–Madison has reason to celebrate. For over two decades, the university has been a nationally recognized leader in evidence-based research mentor and mentee training and has led the way in providing high-quality undergraduate research experiences. Thanks to the dedicated work of a …