The Minority Mentoring Program is for U.S.-based underrepresented minority scientists and clinicians in the early part of their professional careers. 

Those accepted into the program will be part of the American Heart Association’s clinical and research scholars committee working with national volunteer leadership. The committee engages in activities and projects within the American Heart Association that allows scholars to build various skills and receive help in their professional career development. The work of this group is accomplished mainly through e-mail, quarterly conference calls, and a face-to-face meeting. 

Objectives

1. Helps early career minority clinicians and scientists develop their professional careers.
2. Promotes the highest quality science and practice in CV and cerebrovascular disease throughout the world by enriching the scientific base of junior minority scientists and clinicians.
3. Increases collaboration in basic, clinical, population, outcomes and translational research in CV and cerebrovascular disease.

Benefits

• Professional career development assistance from senior cardiovascular scientists and clinicians.
• Complimentary one year Early Career Membership to the American Heart Association. This includes access to the AHA Learning Library.
• Complimentary registration and travel assistance to the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions.
• Complimentary registration to the American Heart Association’s Early Career Development Symposium.
• Access to early career education while at Scientific Sessions and with other organizations.

Criteria
Scientists and clinicians from ethnic groups considered to be underrepresented in science and medicine who are within five years of their first clinical position, completed their post-doctoral training or currently engaged in a post doctoral fellowship program. 

Become a Mentor
Mentors will be required to make a commitment to communicate with mentees electronically regularly and to meet face-to-face with them at Scientific Sessions.

Send completed Mentor Questionnaire and copy of current CV to minority.mentoring@heart.org.

Become a Mentee
Complete the application form and submit it along with a current CV to minority.mentoring@heart.org. The 2009 deadline has passed.

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