ML4H is proud to offer three distinct mentorship programs designed to support individuals at various stages of their careers in machine learning and healthcare.
By participating in any of the mentorship programs detailed below, we expect all mentors and mentees to abide by the ML4H Code of Conduct. To report any violations of the Code of Conduct, please contact info@ml4h.cc.
The Author Mentorship Program focuses on pairing less experienced authors with senior researchers to provide feedback on their paper submission, with the overall goal of improving submission quality and fostering future collaboration. The pairing process will be performed based on common research interests between the mentor and mentees.
Note that the role of the mentor is to provide feedback on an existing project in preparation for ML4H 2025, and hence, mentees who do not already have a paper idea or do not intend to submit a paper to ML4H 2025 should not participate in this program.
We especially encourage less experienced authors and participants from underrepresented groups to sign up as mentees, as well as senior community members to serve as mentors for these programs. This program involves two months of mentorship. Mentees will receive mentorship throughout various stages of their work, with mentors giving feedback/suggestions in areas such as (1) the direction of the overall project, (2) modeling and experimental design, (3) analysis of the results, and (4) presentation/organization of the final paper they plan to submit to ML4H 2025.
Mentees and mentors are encouraged to have bi-weekly one-hour meetings to discuss the paper’s progress (e.g., the mentors and mentees matched during the first round will have approximately four one-hour meetings over eight weeks).Note that signing up to be a mentor does not equate authorship. Mentees can but are neither required nor expected to list mentors as authors on the paper. While we encourage conversations about authorship if applicable, authorship decisions are beyond the scope of the mentorship program.
July 5: Details about mentor-mentee pair ups sent out
July 8: Mentees to reach out to their mentor and arrange an initial meeting by this date. Mentees should discuss the paper idea with the mentor, and schedule bi-weekly meetings (1x/2 weeks).
July 10 – Sept 8: Mentors and mentees meet on a bi-weekly basis to discuss the paper. After each meeting, the mentees are expected to incorporate the mentors’ feedback and send an updated draft of the paper to the mentors.
Sept 8: ML4H submission deadline
July 5, 2025, AoE (rolling)
Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis. After July 5, when all mentors have been assigned, new applicants will be added to a waitlist until new mentors can be identified. As the Author Mentorship Program ends on Sept 8, new mentee applicants on the waitlist may not receive a match in time for the ML4H submission deadline.
As a mentee, you are expected to:
As a mentor, you will be expected to:
Both mentors and mentees are required to:
The Reviewer Mentorship Program is an ongoing ML4H initiative to train junior reviewers, foster new connections and relationships in the ML4H community, and ultimately improve the quality of the review process. This program revolves around two primary components: mentors providing constructive feedback on review drafts, and mentees refining their reviews based on this feedback.
If you are interested in participating in the reviewer mentorship program as a mentor/mentee please sign up using the following form:
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As a mentee, you will be expected to:
As a mentor, you will be expected to:
Both mentors and mentees are required to:
Before Sept 13 (Prior to the review period):
– Mentees and mentors are matched by September 11.
– Optionally, an introductory video or audio call can be scheduled on or before September 12th.
Sept 13 – Oct 26 (During the review period):
– Mentee shares assigned papers with a mentor at the beginning of the review period (September 13th).
– Mentee shares review drafts with mentor on or before September 27th.
– Scheduled feedback session takes place between September 28 – October 2nd.
– Mentee incorporates feedback and submits the initial review to the system by October 4th.
– The reviewer discussion period runs from October 18th – October 25th, during which mentee reads author responses and discusses them with the mentor and other reviewers. Review scores may be updated if needed.
– Revised reviews are submitted by the mentee by October 26th.
Oct 22 – Nov 20 (Following the review period):
– Mentees and mentors fill out a survey (by November 20) on the program’s effectiveness, and suggestions for improvement.
Mentors have the flexibility to structure the feedback session as they prefer. However, they are expected to read their mentee’s assigned papers and reviews, and formulate their feedback in advance. Rather than acting as an additional reviewer, mentors should focus on ensuring the mentee’s reviews are high-quality, constructive, and fair.
The Career Mentorship Program will take place remotely throughout the week before the symposium (November 24, 2025 – December 1, 2025), and will focus on pairing mentees with mentors who can provide advice on career-related topics (e.g., developing a long-term research plan, doing healthcare research in industry, work-life balance). The primary expectations of the program are:
We especially encourage less-experienced attendees to sign up as mentees, as well as senior community members to serve as mentors for these programs.
Mentors and mentees will be matched based on time availability and selected topics of expertise/interest for providing and receiving mentorship respectively. We will aim to match each mentor with 3-4 mentees.
We aim to gather a diverse pool of mentees and mentors. Please share broadly and do not hesitate to sign up if you are from an under-represented group in the field!
Oct 15: Deadline for applying to participate in the ML4H Career Mentorship Program.
Nov 1: Mentor-mentee pairings are sent out.
Nov 4 – Nov 11: Mentees reach out to mentors to schedule a zoom call for the week before ML4H.
Nov 21: Group Mentoring session mentors and mentees can choose the session to participate in based on their availability and are welcome to join both sessions.
Nov 27 – Dec 1: Mentors and mentees meet for 1-1 discussion.
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As a mentee, you will be expected to:
As a mentor, you will be expected to:
