Challenges and Strategies of Successful Mentoring: The Perspective of LEADS Scholars and Mentors from Minority Serving Institutions

Patricia Y. Talbert, George Perry, Luisel Ricks-Santi, Lourdes E. Soto de Laurido, Magda Shaheen, Todd Seto, Deepak Kumar, Alexander Quarshie, Maya Thakar and Doris M. Rubio
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Patricia Y. Talbert: College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
George Perry: Department of Neurobiology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
Luisel Ricks-Santi: Cancer Research Center, Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23669, USA
Lourdes E. Soto de Laurido: Research Institute for Global Health Promotion and Health Education, School of Health Professions, University of Puerto Rico–Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan 00921, Puerto Rico
Magda Shaheen: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
Todd Seto: The Queen’s Medical Center, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Deepak Kumar: Julius Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA
Alexander Quarshie: Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
Maya Thakar: Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Doris M. Rubio: Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-9

Abstract: Mentoring continues to be a salient conversation in academia among junior and senior faculty and administrators. Mentors provide guidance and structure to junior faculty so that they can meet their academic and professional goals. Mentors also convey skills in balancing life and academic pursuits. Therefore, the purpose of this descriptive study was to provide additional insight from a training program called Leading Emerging and Diverse Scientists to Success (LEADS) regarding successful strategies and challenges of mentoring relating to lessons learned from the scholars and mentees’ perspective. The LEADS program provided multiple training platforms to increase skills and knowledge regarding research to promote expertise in grant writing and submission for funding opportunities among diverse scientists. These findings reinforce the knowledge about the value of a mentor in helping define the research pathway of their mentee and underscoring the importance of mentoring.

Keywords: Leading Emerging and Diverse Scientists to Success (LEADS); faculty mentoring; faculty development; minority serving institutions (MSIs) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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