Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn is a Professor in the Department of Family Science, where she directs the doctoral program in Maternal and Child Health and Senior Associate Director of the Center for Health Equity at the School of Public Health, University of Maryland at College Park. She is a co-Investigator in the Mentor Training Core of the National Research Mentor Network, where she is specifically focused on the development and testing of training programs on Culturally Aware Mentoring. Her research interests include engagement of minority and marginalized communities in research; factors associated with vaccine acceptance in routine and emergency situations; and risk communication in emergencies, pandemics and disasters with a specific focus on minority populations.
Culturally aware mentoring training can equip individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to support a diverse scientific workforce. (Talk recorded in October 2016)
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