Mentoring the Mentors Workshop
The well-established “Mentoring the Mentors” Workshop for HIV Researchers is a two-day workshop co-sponsored by the HU CFAR and modeled after the program held at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Since 2012, the intensive and interactive workshop meeting is designed to provide faculty in HIV research with the tools for more effective mentoring — especially of diverse mentees and focusing particularly on those from underrepresented in medicine (URiM). Annual workshop dates are announced through the HU CFAR mailing list.
The workshop features didactic and interactive sessions on practical tips for mentoring including sessions on the meaning of mentorship, leadership styles, emotional intelligence, distance mentoring, team-based mentoring, individual development plans, funding sources for mentoring efforts, time management, and teaching work-life balance to mentees. The workshop also involves discussion of barriers related to being an early career investigator from an underrepresented in medicine (URiM) background (e.g., microaggressions and unconscious bias), and how to be anti-racist as a mentor.
Descriptions and findings from UCSF workshops are found here: 1st workshop, 2nd workshop, 3rd workshop.
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Fostering Diversity in HIV Research Program (R25MH119857) and the Harvard University CFAR (P30 AI060354).
Eligibility: Investigators who are currently mentoring early career researchers engaged and/or interested in HIV research. Institutional affiliation does not need to be within the Harvard system.
Questions can be addressed to Lindsey Garrison, MPH (legarrison@mgh.harvard.edu).