Dear Colleague, When and how should researchers enlist the help of a statistician in reviewing their data? In MedEdMentoring.org's latest presentation, Donna S. Neuberg, ScD, of the Dana Farber Research Institute and Harvard School of Public Health, outlines how geriatric mental health researchers can best collaborate with statisticians in producing a statistically coherent design and analysis plan, which should be at the core of any solid research proposal. On the other hand, researchers may sometimes want to enlist the help of their peers, whether for mentoring advice, time management skills, or getting the most from professional organization memberships. The MedEdMentoring forum, located in our new Community section, is your place to sound off on issues relating to geriatric mental health research. To start or join in on a conversation, click here. Sincerely, Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS; Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH; Maureen Halpain, MS; Barry D. Lebowitz, PhD; Charles F. Reynolds III, MD; Gwenn Smith, PhD; Joel E. Streim, MD; Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA

MedicalUpdates
The experiences of mentors on a career development and mentoring programme for female mental health nurses in the UK National Health Service.
Woolnough HM, Davidson MJ, Fielden SL.
Health Serv Manage Res. 2006 Aug;19(3):186-96
This paper presents the experiences of executive and non-executive UK National Health Service (NHS) Trust directors and senior managers as mentors in a career development and mentoring programme.

Deconstructing the mantra of mentorship: in conversation with Phyllis Noerager Stern.
Morse JM.
Health Care Women Int. 2006 Jun-Jul;27(6):548-58.
Phyllis Noerager Stern, a mentor par excellence, describes the scope and type of established mentoring relationships.

A descriptive, cross-sectional study of formal mentoring for faculty.
Morzinski JA, Diehr S, Bower DJ, Simpson DE.
Fam Med. 1996 Jun;28(6):434-8.
This paper presents a summary of literature on formal mentoring and reports an evaluation of a formal mentoring program on the professional academic skills development of junior faculty.

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General
Writing Grant Proposals: The Practical Application of Clinical Research Theory
Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH
This talk guides the viewer step by step through the writing of a grant proposal and explains the importance of this process.

Geriatric
Statistical Support for Geriatric Mental Health Research
Donna S. Neuberg, ScD
In this presentation, Dr. Neuberg outlines how to collaborate with a statistician when developing a research plan.


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General
Early career professional development issues for military academic psychiatrists.
Warner CH, Bobo WV, Flynn J.
Acad Psychiatry. 2005 Winter;29(5):437-42.
In this article, the authors present a junior faculty development model organized around four overlapping domains: mentorship, scholarship, research, and career planning/development.

Geriatric
Geriatric mental health services research: Strategic Plan for an Aging Population: Report of the Health Services Work Group of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Borson S, Bartels SJ, Colenda CC, Gottlieb GL, Meyers B.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2001 Summer;9(3):191-204.
In November 1999, a working group of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) convened to consider strategic recommendations for developing geriatric mental health services research as a scientific discipline.


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Making a Move
Nature 442, 324-325 (July 2006)
Morale, money or moving house can all be reasons for switching labs mid-project. Most lab-switchers say the benefits of changing groups usually outweigh any negatives.

NIH and Resubmissions
ScienceCareers.org, July 14, 2006
The NIH has a pilot program that allows new investigators to resubmit R01 applications in time for the next review cycle. But does it make sense to resubmit with only a month left to revise?

Managing Knowledge Workers
ScienceCareers.org, July 21, 2006
New faculty members and principal investigators should be wary of applying practices developed for industrial management to managing students, postdocs, and other scientists.

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