CTSI Announces Research Centers in Minority Institutions Scholarly Exchange

The University of Rochester Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) announces a funding opportunity to promote inter-institutional research collaboration between faculty, staff, and students from the University of Rochester and any of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) grantee institutions.

John Cullen Appointed to Leadership Role in AAMC's Group on Women in Medicine and Science

As the new issue-based representative of the Group on Women in Medicine and Science steering committee, Cullen will contribute unique perspectives on male allyship and increasing support for female biomedical researchers.

Nina Schor: Master Mentor for Under-Represented Scientists

Learn what it takes to become a Master Mentor for the NIH’s National Research Mentoring Network, which connects trainees under-represented in the sciences to professionals who can offer mentorship and guidance.

UR and RIT Host One of the Largest Groups of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Scientists in US

Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals are vastly under-represented in biomedical fields, making networking and mentorship difficult. URMC and RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf sought to remedy this by bringing together Deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists at all career levels at the first ever Rochester Summer Research Training Institute. 

Help Create a Healthy World for All at the 2017 Diversity Conference

Attend the 2017 Diversity Conference on March 31 or submit a proposal to lead a workshop or share your work in a poster presentation. The conference, titled “It’s Our Time: Creating a World for All”, aims to identify ways to unify and energize our communities to create a world in which we all wish to live.