title: The development of a diversity mentoring program for faculty and trainees: A program at the Brown Clinical Psychology Training Consortium.
abstract: There is a critical need for increasing the diversity representation among clinicians and researchers in academic medicine, including departments of psychiatry and psychology. Mentorship of under-represented groups has been identified as an important way to remediate diversity-related barriers in the field. This paper outlines the early development and pilot implementation of a diversity mentorship program at Brown University. In an effort to inform and guide future diversity programs, we discuss the challenges faced in creating the program, the successes experienced during the first year, and the future directions undertaken as a means for improving the program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906 ; Department of Health Disparities Research, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX 77030.
authors.forename: Marcel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Dios
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02905.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence RI 02912.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence RI 02912.
authors.forename: Uraina S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906.
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wenze
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906.
authors.forename: Christina L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Boisseau
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02905.
authors.forename: Heather L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906 ; Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908.
authors.forename: Madhavi K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence RI 02912 ; Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center, Providence, RI 02903.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tolou-Shams
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906 ; Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906.
authors.forename: Caron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zlotnick