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Mentoring in Global Cancer Research Training

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This manuscript illustrates general concepts of mentoring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The focus of this manuscript is on public health research based on our experiences with the Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations (CEESP) Program which is further illustrated in this Supplement. While the CEESP Program provides research training in global and US minority settings, this manuscript is focused on the global aspects of the program. We describe the process of selecting students into the CEESP Program, the process of mentoring them, and the preparation of the mentoring sites. We emphasize the review of the CEESP mentors in LMICs and put forward recommendations for enhancing their mentoring skills and disseminating the experience to other US and global institutions interested in global cancer education.

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  1. City University of New York School of Medicine, 160 Convent Avenue-Harris Hall 313, New York, NY, 10031, USA

    Amr S. Soliman & Robert M. Chamberlain

  2. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Robert M. Chamberlain

  3. University At Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Arthur Michalek

  4. Geisel School of Medicine At Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA

    Joseph F. O’Donnell

  5. School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    Richard Gallagher

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Soliman, A.S., Chamberlain, R.M., Michalek, A. et al. Mentoring in Global Cancer Research Training. J Canc Educ 36 (Suppl 1), 50–54 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-021-02034-x

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