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SIE Speed Mentoring Breakfast at 2018 JSM

The Statistics in Epidemiology (SIE) Section of the American Statistical Association invites you to join a Speed Mentoring Breakfast event at the 2018 JSM in Vancouver Canada!  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 Baltimore and resulted in 10 pairs of mentees and mentors.  We are thrilled to continue this event this year. Similar to last year's format, we have organized 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 16 volunteer mentors and up to 16 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 have experience working with and 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. We seek applicants with extensive experience in mentoring junior statisticians or graduate students.

The speed mentoring breakfast will be held during JSM 2018, the exact location and day is yet to be determined; we will update all applicants when the time has been finalized.  Interested mentors and mentees should complete the following form: Registration Form and send their CV to siespeedmentoring2018@gmail.com by Monday, June 15, 2018. A confirmation letter with detailed information of the event will be sent before JSM to the selected applicants.  After the meeting, mentors and mentees will be matched based on feedback from their brief one-to-one meetings and overlap of their research interests.   

Please pass this along to any of your interested colleagues.  Thank you!