Mentorship Program

Welcome to the NAMS Mentorship Program. This exciting, unique opportunity matches an expert Mentor with a Mentee for a 2-year collaboration based on mutual research interests. The outcomes are a research project disseminated as a poster at the NAMS Annual Meeting and submission of a research paper to a peer-reviewed journal. The program is open to NAMS members living in North America, beginning each Spring.

The Mentorship Program is the quintessential realization of the NAMS Mission: “To promote the health and quality of life of all women through an understanding of menopause and healthy aging.”

The goals of the program are to:

• Encourage career development of menopause practitioners and junior researchers
• Enhance the NAMS goal to advance menopause research in North America
• Provide a measurable benefit of NAMS membership

Take a look at the these pairs of outstanding Mentors and Mentees:

2012-2014 Mentor/Mentee Pairs

2011-2013 Mentor/Mentee Pairs

2010-2012 Mentor/Mentee Pairs

2009-2011 Mentor/Mentee Pairs

Learn more about the Mentorship Program from interviews with Mentor-Mentee pairs. These interviews, published in Menopause, were conducted by Leon Speroff, MD:

• "Fitness trainer becomes professor" (Victor Henderson/Steriani Elavsky)
• "A journey of love" (Robert Wild/Mary Farhi)
• "An ocean between" (David Archer/Petra Stute)
• "Research in a community hospital" (Thomas Clarkson/Peter Schnatz)
• "Sea to sea" (JoAnn Manson/Chrisandra Shufelt)
• "Think about it!" (Pauline Maki/Miriam Weber)

If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Method.