Find Your Match
Learn the benefits of our Research Mentorship program and how it can be an opportunity that matches an expert mentor with a mentee for a two-year collaboration based on mutual research interests.
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Research 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 Menopause Society’s Annual Meeting and submission of a research paper to a peer-reviewed journal. The program is open to members of The Menopause Society residing in North America.
Program Goals
The goals of the program are to
- Encourage career development of menopause researchers and junior researchers
- Enhance The Society’s initiative to advance menopause research
- Provide a tangible benefit of membership in The Society
- Fulfill The Society’s Mission: To empower healthcare professionals to improve the health of women during the menopause transition and beyond.
Mentor and Mentee Pairs for 2022-2024
The 2022-2024 mentor and mentee pairs included
Talia H Sobel, MD—Mentee
Mayo Clinic—Scottsdale, Arizona
Areas of interest—Sexual health disorders in midlife women, management of genitourinary syndrome of menopause, weight management in perimenopause and postmenopause.
Alison Huang, MS, MAS, MPhil—Mentor to Dr. Sobel
University of California San Francisco—San Francisco, California
Sandra Sufian, PhD, MPH—Mentee
University of Illinois at Chicago—Chicago, Illinois
Areas of Interest—Intersection of menopause transition and chronic/rare disease, hormone therapy and women with chronic illness, quality-of-life issues and menopause.
Pauline M Maki, PhD—Mentor to Dr. Sufian
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine—Chicago, Illinois
Amber Watts, PhD—Mentee
University of Kansas Alzheimer Disease Center—Lawrence, Kansas
Areas of interest—Menopause changes as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease, lifestyle interventions for exercise and sleep in perimenopause and postmenopause, menopause education and support.
Pallavi Khanna, MD, FACOG, MSCP—Mentor to Dr. Watts
University of Tennessee Health Science Center—Memphis, Tennessee