a) fostering cross-fertilization of scientific knowledge among clinical and preclinical scientists as well as clinicians from relevant disciplines
b) defining and articulating clinical methods for the proper study and application of interventions to treat and prevent neuropsychiatric and brain disorders
c) developing consensus from scientific and medical data in order to recommend scientific and regulatory policies to improve the well-being and health of individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders in diverse and culturally distinct societies world-wide.
CINP RESEARCH MENTOR PROGRAM
Brief Description
The CINP Mentor Program is a major educational CINP venture in accordance with the mission of the College to provide education in neuropsychopharmacology. The Mentor Program gears its efforts toward young and promising physicians, psychologists and basic scientists in parts of the world that may lack local experts to provide such guidance and mentoring to young and meritorious scientists.
The goal of the Program is to provide aspiring scientists anywhere in the world, but predominantly in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, with expert guidance by senior and renowned scientists who are members of CINP and related organizations. The Program enlists the mentoring services of volunteers. The mentees must hold a doctorate (medical doctor or doctor of philosophy) .They are mainly young psychiatrists, psychopharmacologists and neuroscientists engaged in neuropsychiatric or neuropsychopharmacologic research. The individuals to be mentored are selected on the basis of their potential to emerge from local experts to international caliber researchers. The contact with a world-class research expert, facilitated through the CINP Research Mentor Program, is expected to enhance the chances of achieving this goal.
The Program envisions three levels of mentoring activity. Under Level I, the mentor and mentee communicate via mail and telephone and may have opportunistic face to face encounters at international meetings. The mentor assists the mentee in a variety of areas, such as research design issues, data analysis and presentation, preparation and submission of manuscripts, membership in scientific societies and sponsorship, as needed. At Level II, the mentor invites the mentee to work in his/her laboratory for an agreed upon period of time to receive on site mentorship and training in a specified area of endeavor. Such an arrangement enables the mentee to acquire hands-on experience, for instance in specific research methodology, which the mentee can then bring back to his/her home institution. Funds to support this activity may become available by the mentor or through the mentee's home institution or government. Level III, or advanced mentoring, is reserved for mentees who have successfully completed three years of mentorship and wish to extend the mentoring relationship for a specified length of time. The total duration of the mentoring relationship may not exceed five years. CINP cannot offer any financial support to mentors or mentees for the mentoring activity other than to establish the initial contact and facilitate and supervise the process as it evolves.
The CINP Research Mentor Program is a unique educational activity the College provides worldwide in accord with its research and education mission. Young meritorious and aspiring psychopharmacologists and neuroscientists from underprivileged countries are matched with established scientists to forge a mentoring relationship that benefits the mentee in a variety of ways. The mentee maintains frequent contact with the assigned mentor and receives guidance in research design and execution, data analysis, manuscript preparation, and grant preparation for research support.
APPLICATION PROCESS
To initiate the process of being considered for acceptance as mentee in the CINP Research Mentor Program, prospective mentees should submit an initial inquiry to CINPMentor@lumc.edu or to CINP@cinp.org. An application form may be submitted electronically. Alternatively a paper application may be submitted by mail or by fax to one of the co-chairs of the Program or to CINP Central Office. An up-to-date version of the applicant's curriculum vitae should accompany the application form.
Angelos Halaris, MD Peter Gaszner, MD
Chairman
Peter Gaszner, MD
Chairman Co-Chairman
Please use the link below to download the application form:
CINP MENTOR PROGRAM Application Form Web (DOC, Microsoft Word)
