The Professional Development Core hosted a Successful Grant Writing Webinar Series

The Professional Development Core (PDC) from the Hispanic Alliance of Clinical and Translational Research (Alliance) in collaboration with the UPR/MDACC Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research recently offered an online “Grant Writing webinar series”. The purpose of this professional development activity was to provide trainees with the understanding of key elements that make up a…

2023 PDC Mentor-Mentee Teams’ Program

The Mentor-Mentee teams’ program is designed to help new investigators develop partnerships, skills, and tools to be successful in obtaining external funding to support their careers as independent researchers. One Mentor-Mentee team will be selected. The team will have a maximum of two years of support, contingent on progress shown through follow-up meetings and written progress…

New cadre of certified mentors

  On May 4, 2022, the Professional Development Core (PDC) of the Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (Alliance) coordinated a Research Mentor training hosted by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER). This training was based on the evidence-based Entering Mentoring curriculum, which has positively impacted mentorship skills and knowledge,…