1. Mentoring, Training, and Scholarly Productivity Experiences of Cancer-Related Health Disparities Research Trainees: Do Outcomes Differ for Underrepresented Scientists?
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Felder, Tisha, Braun, Kathryn, Wigfall, Lisa, Sevoyan, Maria, Vyas, Shraddha, Khan, Samira, Brandt, Heather, Rogers, Charles, Armstead, Cheryl, Hébert, James, and Tanjasiri, Sora
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Cancer-related health disparities ,Mentoring ,Underrepresented scientists ,Adult ,Biomedical Research ,Community Networks ,Female ,Health Status Disparities ,Humans ,Male ,Mentoring ,Middle Aged ,Minority Groups ,National Cancer Institute (U.S.) ,National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ,Neoplasms ,Research Personnel ,Research Support as Topic ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Training Support ,United States - Abstract
The study aims to explore variation in scholarly productivity outcomes by underrepresented status among a diverse sample of researchers in a community-engaged training program. We identified 141 trainees from a web-based survey of researchers in the National Cancer Institute-funded, Community Networks Program Centers (CNPCs) (2011-2016). We conducted a series of multiple logistic regression models to estimate the effect of National Institutes of Health (NIH)-defined underrepresented status on four, self-reported, scholarly productivity outcomes in the previous 5 years: number of publications (first-authored and total) and funded grants (NIH and any agency). Sixty-five percent (n = 92) indicated NIH underrepresented status. In final adjusted models, non-NIH underrepresented (vs. underrepresented) trainees reported an increased odds of having more than the median number of total publications (> 9) (OR = 3.14, 95% CI 1.21-8.65) and any grant funding (OR = 5.10, 95% CI 1.77-14.65). Reporting ≥ 1 mentors (vs. none) was also positively associated (p
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- 2019