About MINI
The goal of MINI is to expand access to extracurricular career guidance and professional development for early career scientists interested in radiation epidemiology, statistics, or dosimetry. Early career scientists are paired with more senior scientists conducting research or otherwise working in the target fields for a one-year, one-on-one career mentorship experience.
If you are a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, or early-career investigator (assistant professor level or within 5 years of terminal degree) in one of the above-listed fields, we’d love to help provide you with added professional development and career guidance.
Update on 2 September 2026
This year’s ISoRED Mentorship Initiative (MINI) is underway! Mentors and mentees have been matched and are meeting virtually to discuss career development and opportunities in radiation epidemiology and dosimetry.
This marks our fourth MINI cycle, and we are excited to have 16 mentor-mentee matches this year. Participants span the globe, representing North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Interested in joining MINI? Our next selection cycle will begin in February 2027. Add your email to the ISoRED mailing list to receive updates about MINI and future opportunities.
You can also join ISoRED—membership is free! To become a member, complete a membership application by visiting https://www.isored.org and selecting “MEMBERSHIP / LOG IN” → “Sign Up.”
Update on 18 February 2026
Dear Colleagues,
The International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry (ISoRED) is excited to announce that, after a successful third year, applications are now open for mentees and mentors interested in joining the fourth year of our Mentorship Initiative Network of ISoRED (MINI). The goal of MINI is to expand access to extracurricular career guidance and professional development for early career scientists interested in radiation epidemiology, statistics, or dosimetry. MINI achieves this goal by pairing early career scientists with more senior scientists conducting research or otherwise working in the target fields for a one-year, one-on-one career mentorship experience.
If you are a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, or early-career investigator (assistant professor level or within 5 years of terminal degree) in one of the above-listed fields, we’d love to help provide you with added professional development and career guidance.
👉To apply to be a mentee, please complete this brief interest form.
If you are a scientist in one of the above-listed fields and would be happy to share your experience and understanding of possible career paths with scientists at an earlier career stage than you, please consider applying to be a mentor! Please note that you do not need to be a senior scientist to mentor - we’ve had several postdoctoral fellows serve as mentors in the past!
👉To apply to be a mentor, please complete this brief interest form.
Mentee applications are closed. Mentor application deadline extended until April 14, 2026.
For more details about the program, please see the one-page overview of MINI and list of frequently asked questions.
For questions about MINI, please contact Yuehan Wang (Yuehan.wang@nih.gov) or Cato Milder (Cato.Milder@hq.doe.gov).
Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues! We look forward to receiving your applications!
Kind regards,
MINI Organizing Committee
ISoRED Early Career Investigators Working Group
The International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry (ISoRED) was initiated in 2019 to bring together radiation researchers from around the world to discuss new results of studies of ionizing radiation effects in humans, epidemiologic methodology and dosimetry; support capacity building and training for the next generation of scientists interested in radiation epidemiology, statistics and dosimetry; and promote and facilitate international collaborations.