Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Coordination Center team for their dedication in building and sustaining a robust coordination center, as well as capturing their experiences in this book. We would especially like to thank Kim Spencer, MS for her valuable feedback on themes and narrative which gave this book a more cohesive feel, and Emma Dums, BS for her insight and design skills regarding visuals throughout the book.
We were fortunate that Deborah Faye Carter, PhD (Claremont Graduate University) and Clifton A. Poodry, PhD (Former Director of the MORE Division, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health) agreed to serve as advisors on our steering committee. They generously provided guidance, helped us navigate a global pandemic, and encouraged us to do big things. Deborah also wrote a sincere foreword for our book.
We would also like to thank our book reviewers, Betsy Rolland, PhD, MLIS, MPH (Founder, The Team Science Lab and Otter Coaching and Translational Science Strategist, Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research, University of Michigan) and Eric Ambroso, PhD, CE (Director of Research and Evaluation, Ambroso Research and Evaluation Consulting), who provided sharp insights to help us make this book approachable and useful. Jen Merems, PhD (Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin) did wonders as our scientific editor.
We would also like to thank the NRMN Phase II Research Community. Your contributions to individual projects and the NRMN research community have made a difference in the science and practice of mentorship.
This project was supported by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund, through the Office of Strategic Coordination/Office of the NIH Director, and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U24GM132176. This content is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. As a collaborative grant, we worked closely with our NIH Project Scientist, Mercedes Rubio, PhD, and Program Official, Michael A. Sesma, PhD, and would like to thank them for their ideas, support, and advocacy.
Last, but not least, we thank our beloved colleague Eileen Harwood, PhD whose artwork is featured on the book cover, and her wife Shelly Campbell, who gave us permission to use Eileen’s artwork. Eileen was many things, including a nationally recognized expert in program evaluation and survey research science, a contemporary mixed media abstract artist, and a friend.
We strove to make this book as accessible as possible. In the main content we included alternative text for images and figures and chose not to include any tables. In some of the appendices we used tables, which we acknowledge may not be fully accessible. If you wish to have this content in a different format, please contact the editors, Emily Utzerath (emily.utzerath@wisc.edu) or Fátima Sancheznieto (ruiz9@wisc.edu).
Emily Utzerath and Fátima Sancheznieto, Editors
