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The course is intended for researchers who lead research teams or collaborate with others to perform multidisciplinary work. We have especially aimed the material for those with **moderate to no computational experience** who may lead or collaborate with informatics experts. However this material is **also applicable to informatics experts working with others who have less computational experience.**

```{r, fig.alt="For individuals whom: Are new to informatics but want to do more. Are informatics researchers who want to collaborate with experimental/wet bench researchers effectively. Want to support more diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in their research and management", out.width = "100%", echo = FALSE}
```{r for_individuals_who, fig.alt="For individuals whom: Are new to informatics but want to do more. Are informatics researchers who want to collaborate with experimental/wet bench researchers effectively. Want to support more diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in their research and management", out.width = "100%", echo = FALSE}
ottrpal::include_slide("https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OU5qeRgN_fojGbcyu2qEdwlcKpDO6BveWtYW_u1Hqd4/edit#slide=id.g11ed88220f1_0_71")
```

## Topics covered:

```{r, fig.alt="Concepts discussed in the Leadership for Cancer Informatics Research course: How to support multidisciplinary mentees, Promote and support an inclusive and diverse team, Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, Support more health equity in research, Identify good informatics questions, Tools and workflows to support research management, Avoid informatics project pitfalls", out.width = "100%", echo = FALSE}
```{r topics_covered, fig.alt="Concepts discussed in the Leadership for Cancer Informatics Research course: How to support multidisciplinary mentees, Promote and support an inclusive and diverse team, Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, Support more health equity in research, Identify good informatics questions, Tools and workflows to support research management, Avoid informatics project pitfalls", out.width = "100%", echo = FALSE}
ottrpal::include_slide("https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OU5qeRgN_fojGbcyu2qEdwlcKpDO6BveWtYW_u1Hqd4/edit#slide=id.g11ed88220f1_0_91")
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We will also discuss the major **pitfalls of informatics research** and discuss best practices for performing informatics research correctly and well, so that you can get the most out of your informatics projects.

```{r, fig.alt=" Overall Course Learning Objectives. This course will demonstrate how to: 1) Effectively lead and support team members on informatics projects, 2) Plan and perform informatics projects well, 3) Better support informatics collaborators, mentees, and employees, 4) Better support diversity, inclusion, and equity within your team and research, 5) Recognize tools that can help you perform informatics projects well", out.width = "100%", echo = FALSE}
```{r learning_objectives, fig.alt=" Overall Course Learning Objectives. This course will demonstrate how to: 1) Effectively lead and support team members on informatics projects, 2) Plan and perform informatics projects well, 3) Better support informatics collaborators, mentees, and employees, 4) Better support diversity, inclusion, and equity within your team and research, 5) Recognize tools that can help you perform informatics projects well", out.width = "100%", echo = FALSE}
ottrpal::include_slide("https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OU5qeRgN_fojGbcyu2qEdwlcKpDO6BveWtYW_u1Hqd4/edit#slide=id.gf4c01e4dca_56_0")
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- [National Cancer Institute ((NCI) hub groups](https://ncihub.org/groups/browse) has a list of cancer specific groups such as large groups like the [Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR)](https://ncihub.org/groups/itcr).

- Consider location specific groups such as the [African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC)](https://ncihub.org/groups/afrecc).
- Consider location specific groups/collaborations such as the [African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC)](https://dceg.cancer.gov/research/cancer-types/esophagus/afrecc).

- When in doubt, ask around. Ask at your institution, ask your former colleagues at other institutions, or try on social medial like twitter to find connections.

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- [Vivien Thomas (1910–1985)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivien_Thomas): Vivien was a pioneer in [heart surgery at Johns Hopkins](https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/giving/vtfund.html) in the 1940s when it was considered taboo. He is credited for assisting in creating a life saving surgical operation that improved the oxygenation of children with congenital heart defects. This operation was pivotal in paving the way for other heart surgical procedures. Sadly, it took more than 25 years for him to be credited for this work.

See [here](https://www.biography.com/people/groups/black-scientists) for an excellent review of some other world-changing Black scientists and [here](http://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/100-inspiring-black-scientists-in-america) for a list of some current inspiring Black scientist.
See [this article for more information about Katherine Johnson and other pioneering and world-changing Black female scientsist](https://www.biography.com/scientists/katherine-johnson-black-female-science-technology-engineering-mathematics). Also check out this [list of inspiring Black scientists today ](http://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/100-inspiring-black-scientists-in-america).

Scientists and mathematicians of Latin American or Hispanic origin have also greatly contributed and continue to contribute to scientific innovation:

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> "In addition, participants noted that the enthusiasm, commitment, or passion of the researcher to help the population of interest and to study the topic of interest influenced how trustworthy the researcher appeared to be" [@griffith_determinants_2020].
Participants also state that the feel more trusting and more willing to participant in trials with a researcher of a similar background. Thus, improving the diversity of research teams and supporting underrepresented investigators may help to recruit more diverse participants for clinical trials [@ACRP_representation_2020]. However, for research teams that are currently less diverse, [culture competency training](https://www.cigna.com/health-care-providers/resources/cultural-competency-training) and [Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training](https://dei.extension.org/extension-resources/) can help! See [here](https://www.samhsa.gov/section-223/cultural-competency/resources) for additional cultural competency training resources.
Participants also state that the feel more trusting and more willing to participant in trials with a researcher of a similar background. Thus, improving the diversity of research teams and supporting underrepresented investigators may help to recruit more diverse participants for clinical trials [@ACRP_representation_2020]. In addition, [culture competency training](https://www.cigna.com/health-care-providers/resources/cultural-competency-training) and [Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training](https://www.diversityinclusiontraining.com/) can help! See [here](https://www.samhsa.gov/section-223/cultural-competency/resources) for additional cultural competency training resources.

### **Barriers of access**

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Especially focus on hindrances to achievement such as **attitudes**, **biases**, and **stereotypes**. Also, become aware of **stereotype threat (also called stereotyped inferiority)** - "an internal feeling and concern about confirming a negative stereotype associated with a group (e.g., racial, ethnic, gender, and age) with which the individual identifies" [@stelter_establishing_2021] and how they might influence your mentees.

Here is a great video of [Russell McClain](https://www.law.umaryland.edu/directory/profile.asp?id=492) at the University of Maryland that introduces how implicit bias and stereotype threat impact higher education:
Here is a great video of [Russell McClain](https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=492) at the University of Maryland that introduces how implicit bias and stereotype threat impact higher education:

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See below a list of examples:

```{r, fig.align="center", echo=FALSE, out.width="100%"}
knitr::include_url("https://academicaffairs.ucsc.edu/events/documents/Microaggressions_Examples_Arial_2014_11_12.pdf")
knitr::include_url("https://sph.umn.edu/site/docs/hewg/microaggressions.pdf")
```

[[Source](https://academicaffairs.ucsc.edu/events/documents/Microaggressions_Examples_Arial_2014_11_12.pdf)]
[[Source](https://sph.umn.edu/site/docs/hewg/microaggressions.pdf)]

Importantly, "mentors for students with disabilities should receive training, as needed, on their mentee’s specific disability and should be made aware of the accommodations that students may need to succeed in activities and courses" [@stelter_establishing_2021].

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It is important to be aware that your mentee may be struggling with feeling like they don't belong when you provide feedback [@stelter_establishing_2021; @lee_natures_2007]. Thus, when given criticism, certain mentees who may especially feel like they don't belong because of their background differences, may feel very discouraged. Try to still be encouraging when delivering criticism by acknowledging what is going well and what is progressing. Also keep in mind that it is **important to provide feedback for all mentees**, as this is needed for growth. Just be sure to provide the feedback in a way that shows that you want your mentee to grow as a scientist overall and that you want them to continue.

This [article](https://online.alvernia.edu/articles/constructive-criticism-in-the-workplace/) has several good tips for delivering criticism that we will summarize here with our own thoughts:
This [article](https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/constructive-criticism-online-environment/) has several good tips for delivering criticism that we will summarize here with our own thoughts:

1) Allow for a discussion about what went wrong.

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5) Deliver criticism in private.

Especially if your mentee is feeling like they don't belong, criticism in front of other lab members can really impact their confidence. It can also lead to more unhealthy competitive dynamics between lab members.
Especially if your mentee is feeling like they don't belong, criticism in front of other lab members can really impact their confidence. It can also lead to more unhealthy competitive dynamics between lab members.

6) Don't surprise your mentees with criticism.
6) Check your feedback.

Where possible, double check the feedback you plan to give from the prespective of the mentee. Consider the following:

- How constructive and useful is the feedback?
- Can the student realistically make these changes?
- Is the feedback written in a kind and clear manner?
- How might the feedback be misconstrued?

7) Don't surprise your mentees with criticism.

Build criticism into regular meetings with your mentee. Don't create a meeting out of the blue to tell them they need to improve as this may cause excess stress. Secondly, criticism can be normalized if it is delivered gently and in the ways we just outlined.

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@masters_ten_2017 has created a nice set of [guidelines](https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005709) for such documents.


Also see [here](https://ictr.wisc.edu/mentoring/) for more information about such documents. Keep in mind that such forms should be tailored for different career stages of your mentees and for mentees who are pursuing different expertise. Informatics mentees should incorporate guidelines about data management practices. We will discuss a bit more about that in the next chapter.
Also see [this table of examples of such documents](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eBq02ibBu2h50jI38f6STt9TSfkzoJOts0OWaYDdXYc/edit?gid=117517556#gid=117517556) from the [Center for Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER)](https://cimerproject.org/mission/). Keep in mind that such forms should be tailored for different career stages of your mentees and for mentees who are pursuing different expertise. Informatics mentees should incorporate guidelines about data management practices. We will discuss a bit more about that in the next chapter.


```{r, fig.alt="Hilda, the happy informaticist thinks: My advisor Sally made the expectations for the lab clear when I joined. This has been helpful, because it made me realize some expectations that I wouldn't have assumed.", out.width = "100%", echo = FALSE}
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