Alabama State University News June 9, 2021 ASU Researcher is Session Lead in Diversity Conference Dr. Manoj Mishra, professor of biology and founding director of Alabama State University's Cancer Biology Research and Training Program (CBRT), will join the 2021 Diversity Program Consortium's (DPC) Annual Grantees Conference as a Session Lead. The event is set for June 28-30. Mishra's breakout session, which is June 29, is on "Practical ways to link developing faculty research grantsmanship skills as a way to build institutional capacity for research and opportunities for students." Platform speakers, moderations, panelists, breakout session leads and consortium members, Mishra said, will come from six time zones to engage a diverse biomedical workforce through mentoring, training and working for change within their institutions. Participants also will learn about approaches to impact sustainable change. "Notably, Alabama State University is a part of this consortium due to a $2.9 million grant funded in 2019 by the National Institute of Health (NIH) where I am the lead principal investigator. This grant provides mentoring interventions to more than 150 incoming freshmen STEM students each year at the ASU campus," Mishra said. Funded by the NIH, DPC is a network of institutions to improve training and mentoring and to enhance individuals' success in biomedical research careers. The initiative aims to transform institutional culture and biomedical training and mentoring nationwide. Sandra M. Phoenix HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/