Entering Research: A Facilitator's Manual

Christine Pfund, Ph.D. is a researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW).  She currently works for several programs across the UW campus including the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, the Center for Women’s Health Research and the Delta Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning.  Chris’ work has focused on preparing current and future faculty to be effective teachers and research mentors.  Over the past nine years, Chris has been integrally involved in developing, implementing, documenting, and evaluating a training seminar for research mentors.  She has co-authored a manual for facilitators of this seminar, Entering Mentoring, and co-authored a paper documenting the effectiveness of this approach. Chris has led a project to adapt and enhance Entering Mentoring for use across science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines.  Most recently, Chris has led the effort to adapt the research mentor training curriculum for use with mentors engaged in clinical and translational science.  Dr. Pfund is currently involved in a randomized research study to test the impact of research mentor training on both mentors and mentees and a study to develop a better understanding of specific factors in mentoring relationships that account for positive student outcomes.