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

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00108

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

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020 Dec 23;8(4):626-637. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00108. Print 2020 Dec 23.

Authors

C Norman Coleman¹, John E Wong², Eugenia Wendling³, Mary Gospodarowicz⁴, Donna O'Brien³, Taofeeq Abdallah Ige⁵, Simeon Chinedu Aruah^{5

6}, David A Pistenmaa^{3

7}, Ugo Amaldi⁸, Onyi-Onyinye Balogun^{3

9}, Harmar D Brereton^{3

9}, Silvia Formenti^{3

9}, Kristen Schroeder^{3

10

11}, Nelson Chao^{3

10

11}, Surbhi Grover^{3

12

13}, Stephen M Hahn¹², James Metz¹², Lawrence Roth³, Manjit Dosanjh^{3

14}

Affiliations

¹ International Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA. [email protected].
² National University Health System, Singapore.
³ International Cancer Expert Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁶ Abuja College of Medicine, Nigeria.
⁷ Radiation Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
⁸ TERA Foundation, Novara, Italy.
⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA.
¹⁰ Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
¹¹ Bugando Cancer Center, Mwanza, Tanzania.
¹² University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹³ University of Botswana & Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana.
¹⁴ European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland.

Abstract

The undeniable benefit of mentorship by experience senior mentors can meaningfully increase the breadth of their experience and contributions to society as well as address the dire inequality in global health. This model captures wisdom lost to retirement, enables opportunities for purposeful lifespan, underpins sustainable health care systems, and has the potential for building multinational partnerships.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aging
Capacity Building
Global Health*
Humans
International Cooperation
Mentors*

Grants and funding

K08 CA230170/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States