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Improving academic mentorship practices

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Mentorship from experienced peers critically improves individual career development and satisfaction in academia, but we have little information on how researchers are supported. We identify and recommend strategies for faculty members, departments, institutions and funders to ensure sustained excellence in academic mentorship.

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Fig. 1: Summary of key desired mentorship qualities noted by faculty and trainee mentees.
Fig. 2: Recommendations for stakeholders to improve mentorship practices.

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N.M.N. was supported by the National Science Foundation grant no. 2327631.

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  1. Center for Cell Analysis & Modeling & Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

    Sarvenaz Sarabipour

  2. Institute for Computational Medicine & Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Sarvenaz Sarabipour

  3. Luddy School of Informatics, Computing & Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

    Paul Macklin

  4. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA

    Natalie M. Niemi

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Sarabipour, S., Macklin, P. & Niemi, N.M. Improving academic mentorship practices. Nat Hum Behav (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01910-y

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