The Statistics in Epidemiology (SIE) Section of the American Statistical Association invites you to join a Speed Mentoring Breakfast event at the 2019 JSM in Denver, Colorado!
Recognizing that it can be helpful for junior statisticians to gather feedback and advice not only from within an institution but also from outside it, we established a mentoring program in 2016. This was successfully continued last year at JSM in Vancouver and resulted in 16 pairs of mentees and mentors. We are thrilled to continue this event this year. Similar to last year’s format, we will have a speed mentoring event during breakfast hours prior to start of the day’s JSM general sessions. The goal of the breakfast event is to accelerate and enhance the matchmaking process of the mentoring program through brief face-to-face meetings.
We seek up to 20 volunteer mentors and up to 20 volunteer mentees from the SIE membership to participate in the speed mentoring breakfast. Mentees are individuals who wish to grow professionally through a one-on-one professional relationship with a senior statistician as a mentor. Benefits include receiving guidance on professional growth, the opportunity to be introduced to a broader network of statisticians with similar interests, and to potentially develop collaborative research relationships. Mentors should be supportive individuals who ideally have experience working with or mentoring junior statisticians. Mentors should be willing to build a long-term relationship by offering guidance, support, and encouragement to cultivate the mentees’ career development.
The speed mentoring breakfast will be held during JSM 2019, on Monday July 29, 2019 at 7:00 am. Location will be announced soon.
Interested mentors and mentees should complete the following form: Registration Form and send their CV to siespeedmentoring2019@gmail.com by Monday, June 15, 2019. A confirmation letter with detailed information of the event will be sent before JSM to the selected applicants. During the meeting, the mentees will be able to meet with the mentors and ask questions in small groups based on research interests.
Please pass this along to any of your interested colleagues. Thank you!