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Capturing Acquired Wisdom, Enabling Healthful Aging, and Building Multinational Partnerships Through Senior Global Health Mentorship

C. Norman Coleman, John E. Wong, Eugenia Wendling, Mary Gospodarowicz, Donna O’Brien, Taofeeq Abdallah Ige, Simeon Chinedu Aruah, David A. Pistenmaa, Ugo Amaldi, Onyi-Onyinye Balogun, Harmar D. Brereton, Silvia Formenti, Kristen Schroeder, Nelson Chao, Surbhi Grover, Stephen M. Hahn, James Metz, Lawrence Roth and Manjit Dosanjh
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2020, 8(4):626-637; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00108
C. Norman Coleman
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
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John E. Wong
bNational University Health System, Singapore.
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Eugenia Wendling
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
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Mary Gospodarowicz
cPrincess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Donna O’Brien
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
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Taofeeq Abdallah Ige
dNational Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Simeon Chinedu Aruah
dNational Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
eAbuja College of Medicine, Nigeria.
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David A. Pistenmaa
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
fRadiation Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
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Ugo Amaldi
gTERA Foundation, Novara, Italy.
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Onyi-Onyinye Balogun
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
hDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA.
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Harmar D. Brereton
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
hDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA.
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Silvia Formenti
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
hDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA.
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Kristen Schroeder
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
iDuke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
jBugando Cancer Center, Mwanza, Tanzania.
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Nelson Chao
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
iDuke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
jBugando Cancer Center, Mwanza, Tanzania.
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Surbhi Grover
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
kUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
lUniversity of Botswana & Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana.
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Stephen M. Hahn
kUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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James Metz
kUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Lawrence Roth
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
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Manjit Dosanjh
aInternational Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
mEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland.
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Key Messages

  • Capturing the acquired wisdom and experience of mentors in global health offers a capstone for their careers and provides a purposeful healthspan for these professionals to continue to be engaged in meaningful work while leveraging their expertise to solve challenging health care problems.

  • Senior professionals can mentor early career leaders to help them balance their professional commitments, interest in global health, and development of needed skills, such as understanding the nuances of cultural competence and adapting solutions to different environments.

  • Institutional leaders, particularly in academic medical centers, recognize the importance of global engagement vis-à-vis their educational mission and for recruiting and retaining faculty and can benefit economically and programmatically from supporting experienced senior faculty or retirees to support these efforts.

  • Program builders should include the opportunity for altruistic human service as an integral part of a career and highlight that they can access senior mentors and retirees who provide world-class expertise and mentorship at “volunteer prices.”

INTRODUCTION

An opportunity to have a substantial impact on multiple challenging societal problems exists in simultaneously addressing the following: (a) the urgent need for sustainable health care; (b) the importance of mentorship in enabling the emergence of new generations of leaders; (c) the essential need for cross-cultural competency1 to address global crises through problem solving across societal boundaries; and (d) options for continued productivity by the increasing number of older people. Sustainable health care needs to build on cancer care, which requires urgent intervention and encompasses noncommunicable and infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and geographically isolated populations in high-income countries (HICs). Capacity building to meet the cancer care gap, which builds sustainable infrastructure for overall health care and economic development, can be done through twinning programs that engage senior health care professionals in meaningful mentoring roles. As the capstone of a …

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Capturing Acquired Wisdom, Enabling Healthful Aging, and Building Multinational Partnerships Through Senior Global Health Mentorship
C. Norman Coleman, John E. Wong, Eugenia Wendling, Mary Gospodarowicz, Donna O’Brien, Taofeeq Abdallah Ige, Simeon Chinedu Aruah, David A. Pistenmaa, Ugo Amaldi, Onyi-Onyinye Balogun, Harmar D. Brereton, Silvia Formenti, Kristen Schroeder, Nelson Chao, Surbhi Grover, Stephen M. Hahn, James Metz, Lawrence Roth, Manjit Dosanjh
Global Health: Science and Practice Dec 2020, 8 (4) 626-637; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00108

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C. Norman Coleman, John E. Wong, Eugenia Wendling, Mary Gospodarowicz, Donna O’Brien, Taofeeq Abdallah Ige, Simeon Chinedu Aruah, David A. Pistenmaa, Ugo Amaldi, Onyi-Onyinye Balogun, Harmar D. Brereton, Silvia Formenti, Kristen Schroeder, Nelson Chao, Surbhi Grover, Stephen M. Hahn, James Metz, Lawrence Roth, Manjit Dosanjh
Global Health: Science and Practice Dec 2020, 8 (4) 626-637; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00108
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