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Mentorship from experienced peers critically improves individual career development and satisfaction in academia, but we have little information on how researchers are supported. We identify and recommend strategies for faculty members, departments, institutions and funders to ensure sustained excellence in academic mentorship.
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N.M.N. was supported by the National Science Foundation grant no. 2327631.
Center for Cell Analysis & Modeling & Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
Sarvenaz Sarabipour
Institute for Computational Medicine & Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Sarvenaz Sarabipour
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing & Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Paul Macklin
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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Sarabipour, S., Macklin, P. & Niemi, N.M. Improving academic mentorship practices. Nat Hum Behav (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01910-y
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