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From the Deputy Director for Intramural Research

Six Myths About Being a Mentor and a Mentee

This issue of the NIH Catalyst features several articles that highlight our dedication to training the next generation of biomedical scientists and clinicians. Mastering mentoring and being mentored are among the most important developmental milestones in a trainee’s NIH experience and career. In keeping with this theme, I will attempt to dispel some of the more commonly held myths about mentoring and being mentored.

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CDEs: A Critical Charge to Standardize Data

Collecting data in a common language can enhance existing artificial intelligence tools, expose health disparities, and augment the ability of researchers from around the globe to collaborate and build on each other’s work. Read all about common data elements (CDEs), which are standardized, precisely defined questions, paired with a set of specific allowable responses, used in research studies to facilitate data sharing, comparison, and interoperability across research domains.

Research Briefs

Read about Scientific Advances and Discoveries by NIH Intramural Scientists: Endurance exercise sparks whole-body response; widespread use of suboptimal antibiotics; fingernail screening helps identify genetic condition; enzyme biomarker associated with certain neurodegenerative disorders; new genetic links to hypertension; and predicting patient response to cancer treatments.