Research 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 residing in North America.

The next Research Mentorship class will form in spring of 2020.

The goals of the program are to:

• Encourage career development of menopause researchers and junior researchers
• Enhance the NAMS initiative to advance menopause research
• Provide a tangible benefit of NAMS membership
• Fulfill the NAMS Mission: To promote the health and quality of life of all women during midlife and beyond through an understanding of menopause and healthy aging

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

2016-2018 Mentor/Mentee Pairs

2014-2016 Mentor/Mentee Pairs

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 Mary Nance.