Grad studies faculty to facilitate peer mentorship training
A cohort of graduate studies basic-sciences faculty are being trained to facilitate a nationally recognized mentoring training program – and then will bring it back to their graduate studies colleagues at UNMC. This training is tentatively set to begin this fall.
The Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) is recognized by the National Institutes of Health and others as the nation’s premier mentor training program, said Karen Gould, PhD, Graduate Studies assistant dean for student success.
The initiative emerged from a previous Graduate Studies strategic planning retreat, Dr. Gould said. “One of the recommendations of the mentoring task force was to create a structure to provide more training for graduate faculty to enhance mentoring skills,” she said.
The intensive two-day session was held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“It was a facilitator training,” said Erika Boesen, PhD, a faculty participant from cellular and integrative physiology, “which is interesting, because it’s a different skill set than lecturing.”
CIMER facilitator peer mentorship training is tentatively set for this fall at UNMC, with additional opportunities in the coming spring and summer. For more information, contact Dr. Gould.
Dr. Rathore named to 2023 40 Under 40 list
Geetanjali Rathore, MD, associate professor in the UNMC Division of Pediatric Neurology, has been named one of Midlands Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 for 2023.
Dr. Rathore also serves as an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Neurosciences and serves as the medical director of the Comprehensive Neuromuscular Clinic at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center.
“It is an honor to be selected as part of this elite and accomplished list,” Dr. Rathore said.