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BACKGROUND: With an overarching goal of increasing diversity and inclusion in biomedical sciences, the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) developed a web-based national mentoring platform (MyNRMN) that seeks to connect mentors and mentees to support the persistence of underrepresented minorities in the biomedical sciences. As of May 15, 2024, the MyNRMN platform, which provides mentoring, networking, and professional development tools, has facilitated more than 12,100 unique mentoring connections between faculty, students, and researchers in the biomedical domain.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the large-scale mentoring connections facilitated by our web-based platform between students (mentees) and faculty (mentors) across institutional and geographic boundaries. Using an innovative graph database, we analyzed diverse mentoring connections between mentors and mentees across demographic characteristics in the biomedical sciences.
METHODS: Through the MyNRMN platform, we observed profile data and analyzed mentoring connections made between students and faculty across institutional boundaries by race, ethnicity, gender, institution type, and educational attainment between July 1, 2016, and May 31, 2021.
RESULTS: In total, there were 15,024 connections with 2222 mentees and 1652 mentors across 1625 institutions contributing data. Female mentees participated in the highest number of connections (3996/6108, 65%), whereas female mentors participated in 58% (5206/8916) of the connections. Black mentees made up 38% (2297/6108) of the connections, whereas White mentors participated in 56% (5036/8916) of the connections. Mentees were predominately from institutions classified as Research 1 (R1; doctoral universities-very high research activity) and historically Black colleges and universities (556/2222, 25% and 307/2222, 14%, respectively), whereas 31% (504/1652) of mentors were from R1 institutions.
CONCLUSIONS: To date, the utility of mentoring connections across institutions throughout the United States and how mentors and mentees are connected is unknown. This study examined these connections and the diversity of these connections using an extensive web-based mentoring network.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the large-scale mentoring connections facilitated by our web-based platform between students (mentees) and faculty (mentors) across institutional and geographic boundaries. Using an innovative graph database, we analyzed diverse mentoring connections between mentors and mentees across demographic characteristics in the biomedical sciences.
METHODS: Through the MyNRMN platform, we observed profile data and analyzed mentoring connections made between students and faculty across institutional boundaries by race, ethnicity, gender, institution type, and educational attainment between July 1, 2016, and May 31, 2021.
RESULTS: In total, there were 15,024 connections with 2222 mentees and 1652 mentors across 1625 institutions contributing data. Female mentees participated in the highest number of connections (3996/6108, 65%), whereas female mentors participated in 58% (5206/8916) of the connections. Black mentees made up 38% (2297/6108) of the connections, whereas White mentors participated in 56% (5036/8916) of the connections. Mentees were predominately from institutions classified as Research 1 (R1; doctoral universities-very high research activity) and historically Black colleges and universities (556/2222, 25% and 307/2222, 14%, respectively), whereas 31% (504/1652) of mentors were from R1 institutions.
CONCLUSIONS: To date, the utility of mentoring connections across institutions throughout the United States and how mentors and mentees are connected is unknown. This study examined these connections and the diversity of these connections using an extensive web-based mentoring network.
摘要：
背景：为了提高生物医学的多样性和包容性，国家研究指导网络（NRMN）开发了一个基于网络的国家指导平台（MyNRMN），旨在将导师和受训者联系起来，以支持在生物医学科学中代表性不足的少数群体的持续存在。截至2024年5月15日，MyNRMN平台，提供指导，网络,和专业的开发工具，促进了教师之间超过12,100个独特的指导联系，学生,和生物医学领域的研究人员。
目的：本研究旨在研究跨机构和地理边界的学生（受训者）和教师（导师）之间的基于网络的平台所促进的大规模导师联系。使用创新的图形数据库，我们分析了生物医学科学中不同人口统计学特征的导师和受训者之间的不同指导联系.
方法：通过MyNRMN平台，我们观察了个人资料数据，并分析了学生和教师之间按种族划分的跨机构边界的指导联系，种族,性别,机构类型,以及2016年7月1日至2021年5月31日之间的教育程度。
结果：总计，在1625个机构中，有15,024个连接与2222名受训者和1652名导师提供数据。女学员参加连接人数最多(3996/6108,65%),而女性导师参与了58%(5206/8916)的连接。黑人受训者占连接的38%(2297/6108)，而怀特导师参与了56%(5036/8916)的连接。受训者主要来自归类为研究1的机构（R1；博士大学-非常高的研究活动）和历史上的黑人学院和大学（556/2222，25％和307/2222，14％，分别)，而31%(504/1652)的导师来自R1机构。
结论：迄今为止，在整个美国的机构之间建立导师联系的效用以及导师和受训者之间的联系是未知的。本研究使用广泛的基于Web的指导网络检查了这些连接以及这些连接的多样性。
目的：本研究旨在研究跨机构和地理边界的学生（受训者）和教师（导师）之间的基于网络的平台所促进的大规模导师联系。使用创新的图形数据库，我们分析了生物医学科学中不同人口统计学特征的导师和受训者之间的不同指导联系.
方法：通过MyNRMN平台，我们观察了个人资料数据，并分析了学生和教师之间按种族划分的跨机构边界的指导联系，种族,性别,机构类型,以及2016年7月1日至2021年5月31日之间的教育程度。
结果：总计，在1625个机构中，有15,024个连接与2222名受训者和1652名导师提供数据。女学员参加连接人数最多(3996/6108,65%),而女性导师参与了58%(5206/8916)的连接。黑人受训者占连接的38%(2297/6108)，而怀特导师参与了56%(5036/8916)的连接。受训者主要来自归类为研究1的机构（R1；博士大学-非常高的研究活动）和历史上的黑人学院和大学（556/2222，25％和307/2222，14％，分别)，而31%(504/1652)的导师来自R1机构。
结论：迄今为止，在整个美国的机构之间建立导师联系的效用以及导师和受训者之间的联系是未知的。本研究使用广泛的基于Web的指导网络检查了这些连接以及这些连接的多样性。
