Juliet Ndukum on behalf of the ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Mentoring Program Committee

Networking can be challenging, but it is beneficial. Meeting others in our profession can help us quickly learn the ropes, improve our careers, and contribute to the statistical profession. Finding a mentor has its challenges and, keeping that in mind, the Biopharmaceutical Section has created a mentoring program based on the mentoring blueprint created by the Committee on Applied Statisticians. More than 100 people have participated in our mentoring program since 2014.

The goal of this program is to help members enrich and enhance their professional experience through achieving personal and professional goals. This may occur through sharing of knowledge and experience between a professional practitioner and someone entering the profession of statistics. A constructive mentorship relationship can take many forms and may occur at any stage of one’s career with benefits for both the mentor and the mentee.

The section provides hands-on resources for mentors and mentees to facilitate their interactions. Information related to the mentoring activities and additional resources for mentors and mentees are available via the Biopharmaceutical Section Report.

The section is looking for mentors and mentees for the 2018–19 Mentoring Program. Are you interested in becoming a mentor to a statistician and helping fellow Biopharmaceutical Section statisticians? Are you a potential mentee, or can you nominate a statistician who may be looking for a mentorship program? If so, email your contact information to biopharmmentoring@gmail.com with “Biopharmaceutical Section Mentoring Program” in the subject line.