Mentoring Task Force
2025 Program opens 22 November 2024
CLOSED 17 January 2025
The mission of the Mentoring task force is to facilitate the development of mentoring relationships among rehabilitation professionals at varying stages in their career development through research, educational, and clinical collaborative opportunities.

Participate
as a member or a committee

- Mentor-Mentee matching support provided
- Research- or leadership-focused career development for rehabilitation professionals across career stages & settings
- Seeking applications from mentees & from early, mid & senior mentors
- The application is sent via survey monkey to all paid ACRM members.
- If you would like to participate and did not receive the communication with the application, please contact Terri
2025 Cohort notifications in late March
ACRM.org/mentoring
RECENT & CURRENT PROJECTS
- Early Career Development Course: Mentoring Lunch
- Quarterly e-Newsletter: Ask the Mentor Column
- Requesting questions from mentees/Early Career individuals
- Task force recruits 1-2 ACRM members per e-Newsletter to answer the question
- Initializing the ACRM Mentoring Program with a pilot program with the Neurodegenerative Diseases Networking Group
- Matched 3 mentors/mentees
- Expand the program to additional group(s)
- Continue to receive feedback and modify the program as necessary
If you are interested in participating, please contact Stephanie L Silveira stephanie.l.silveira@uth.tmc.edu and Cynthia Li chili@utmb.edu
JOIN THE TASK FORCE
Thank you for being a part of the CDNG Mentoring Task Force! We love that the ACRM attracts the most passionate interdisciplinary mix of rehabilitation pros from around the world. What an honor to collaborate with such driven individuals. We hope to meet with you at our upcoming networking group meeting to discuss current projects and opportunities for contribution and collaboration.
ACRM CDNG Mentoring Task Force Meeting
Join us this month to discuss the 2025 ACRM Annual Conference, Task Force updates, and new projects. We welcome your participation.
Save the date!
DATE: Fourth Thursday of the Month
TIME: 5:00 PM Eastern
June Meeting Rescheduled to: Tuesday, 24 June at 5:00 PM ET
Open Microsoft Teams or go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting
Enter Meeting ID: 288 892 308 567
Click Join.
Enter the Passcode: NF7ZY6AU
Click Join Now to enter the meeting.
We hope to see you there!
TASK FORCE CO-CHAIRS

Stephanie L. Silveira, PhD
CO-CHAIR
Assistant Professor
Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health

Chih-Ying Cyntha Li, PhD, OTR
CO-CHAIR
Associate Professor
Dept. of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions
Adjunct Associate Professor
Dept. of Population Health & Health Disparities, School of Public and Population Health
University of Texas Medical Branch
PAST CHAIRS
2018–2023: Tolu Oyesanya, PhD, RN
2018–2019: Megan Mitchell, PhD
2017–2018: Brooks C. Wingo, PhD