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Educating, Training, and Mentoring Minority Faculty and Other Trainees in Mental Health Services Research

Received September 15, 2005; revised April 3, 2006; accepted April 13, 2006. Dr. Yager is Professor and Vice Chair for Education and Academic Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Waitzkin is Professor, Departments of Sociology, Family and Community Medicine and Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico. Dr. Parker is Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Co-Director, Mental and Behavioral Health Center for Native American Health, University of New Mexico. Dr. Duran is Associate Professor, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Address correspondence to Dr. Yager, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131; jyager{at}unm.edu (e-mail).

OBJECTIVE: The authors describe the evolution of a novel national training program to develop minority faculty for mental health services research careers. Recruiting, training, and sustaining minority health professionals for academic research careers in mental health services research have proven challenging.METHOD: Over the past 8 years the authors developed NIMH-funded programs to educate, train, and mentor minority psychiatrists and other junior faculty and graduate and post-graduate students. Their areas of academic interest focus primarily on minority mental health issues in primary care and community settings. RESULTS: The authors began with a program that targeted local trainees from the University of New Mexico and expanded to regional and national programs offering weeklong institutes, on-site and distance mentoring by experts, and supportive peer interactions that addressed the considerable challenges affecting trainee career decisions and paths. CONCLUSIONS: Early outcomes support the value of these programs.

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