Angela Byars-Winston
PhD
Professor Department of Medicine Collaborative Center for Health Equity Center for Women's Health Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dr. Angela Byars-Winston is a counseling psychologist and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She conducts diversity science research on the cultural and organizational influences that shape the career development and effective mentorship of college students and early-career faculty in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). She is the principal investigator in the NIH National Research Mentoring Network, leading the Culturally Aware Mentorship (CAM) initiative.
Byars-Winston chaired the National Academies of Sciences’ 2019 consensus study report, The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM, and is an appointed member of the NIH National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council.
Byars-Winston’s research on diversifying STEMM fields was recognized by the White House Champion of Change Initiative under President Obama. She is an Elected Fellow in the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association, the 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Educator for Innovation in Mentorship Research Award from the Association of Clinical and Translational Science, and a 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award honoree from San Diego State University. Byars-Winston is the inaugural Chair of the UW Institute for Diversity Science, where she hosts the Diversity Science Podcast.
Byars-Winston was part of the envisioning team that created CIMER and has been deeply involved since its beginning. She led the creation of several CIMER curricula to promote culturally responsive mentorship and research self-efficacy. She has facilitated mentorship education training nationwide with academic institutions, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and professional societies.
She is the immediate past president of the South Central Wisconsin chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., the nation’s oldest Black mothers organization. Byars-Winston earned a PhD in counseling psychology at Arizona State University, along with MS and BS degrees at San Diego State University.