Sherilynn Black
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Medical Education
Sherilynn Black is the associate vice provost for faculty advancement, providing leadership in many areas of faculty advancement including support for pre-tenure and mid-career faculty, professional development for non-tenure system faculty, and mentoring. She also leads initiatives to increase diversity among the faculty ranks. Dr. Black is an assistant professor of the practice of medical education and engages in social neuroscience research on the effectiveness of interventions to promote diversity and equity in academia. She has expertise in creating interventions to increase representation and equity among faculty and students across disciplines, and leads work nationally to catalyze systemic change in academia.
Dr. Black previously served as the founding director of the Office of Biomedical Graduate Diversity for the Duke University School of Medicine and was also a principal investigator of the NIH-IMSD funded Duke Biosciences Collaborative for Research Engagement (BioCoRE) Program. She holds several national appointments relating to faculty development and advancement with the NIH, HHMI, AAMC, The Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and the Society for Neuroscience. She currently serves on the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (Working Group on Diversity) and has won a number of distinctions, including the Samuel Debois Cook Society Award, the Deans Award for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education, and the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award. She was named one of Cell‘s ‘Most Inspiring Black Scientists in America’. Dr. Black earned her B.S. in psychology and biology with highest honors at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain Scholar. She earned her Ph.D. in neurobiology at Duke University and completed additional studies in educational statistics and intervention assessment in the School of Education at UNC–Chapel Hill.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of the Practice of Medical Education, Medical Education, School of Medicine 2013
- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement in the Institutes and Provost's Academic Units, Duke University 2017
Contact Information
- Box 90033, Durham, NC 27708
- Provost Office - 101 Allen Bui, Durham, NC 27708
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sherilynn.black@duke.edu
(919) 684-4997
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University 2010 - 2012
- Postdoctoral Associate, Biomedical Graduate Diversity, Duke University 2009 - 2010
- Ph.D., Duke University 2008
- B.S., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2001
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Director of the Office of Biomedical Graduate Diversity, School of Medicine, Duke University 2010 - 2016
- Assistant Professor of the Practice of Medical Education, Ophthalmology, Clinical Science Departments 2012 - 2013
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Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
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Leadership Roles:
Director, Office of Biomedical Graduate Diversity, Duke University School of Medicine (2010-2016)
co-Principal Investigator, Duke Biosciences Collaborative for Research Engagement, Duke University (2013-2019)
Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Duke University (2017-current)
co-Chair, Climate and Assessment Committee, Racial Equity Advisory Council, Duke University (2021-current)
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Leadership Roles:
- Recognition
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In the News
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MAY 9, 2023 Duke Faculty Advancement -
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FEB 3, 2023 Duke Today -
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APR 19, 2022 National Organization of Research Development Professionals -
MAR 30, 2022 Duke University Faculty Advancement -
MAR 4, 2022 Office of the Director- National Institutes of Health -
JAN 26, 2022 Duke University Faculty Advancement -
APR 1, 2021 Science/AAAS -
FEB 24, 2021 Duke University Faculty Advancement -
JAN 6, 2021 Duke Faculty Advancement -
NOV 12, 2020 Duke Faculty Advancement -
NOV 5, 2020 Duke University Faculty Advancement -
JUN 16, 2020 Duke Today -
JUN 3, 2020 National Institute of General Medical Sciences- YouTube -
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NOV 1, 2019 Science/AAAS -
FEB 1, 2018 National Institute of Environmental Health Science -
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AUG 15, 2017 Howard Hughes Medical Institute -
JUL 10, 2017 Pacific Standard Magazine -
FEB 19, 2017 Reddit.com -
FEB 18, 2017 AAAS News -
DEC 6, 2016 Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science- YouTube -
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APR 11, 2016 Duke Today -
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MAY 24, 2013 Triangle Business Journal
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Awards & Honors
- Co-Chair, Roundtable on Mentorship, Well-Being and Professional Development. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine . 2023
- Appointed Committee Member, Committee on Anti-Racism in Health Professions Education. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine . 2021
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award. Duke University. 2020
- Appointed to the Advisory Committee to the Director (Working Group on Diversity) . Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health. 2018
- Dean’s Award for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education. Duke Graduate School. 2017
- Master Facilitator. Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research, National Research Mentoring Network. 2017
- Appointed Committee Member, Committee on Revitalizing Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine . 2016
- Appointed Member, Accelerating Systemic Change Network . Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 2016
- Samuel DuBois Cook Award for Excellence in Humanity, Equity and Community. Duke University. 2015
- Appointed Committee Member, Group on Research, Education, and Training. The Association of American Medical Colleges. 2013
- Appointed to the Linton-Poodry SACNAS Leadership Institute. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) . 2012
- Duke University Community Service Award . Duke University. 2006
- Appointed to The Society of Duke Fellows. Duke University. 2001
- Appointed to the North Carolina Fellows Program. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1998
- The John Motley Morehead-Cain Award. The John Motley Morehead Foundation. 1997
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Optimizing the Mentoring Relationships of Gilliam Fellows and their Mentors - Phase 2 awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison 2019
- Program to Support Student Development and Diversity in Duke Biosciences awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- Enhancing a culture of inclusiveness and support for minority scientists and faculty through the Duke BioCoRE Program awarded by Merck Foundation 2017 - 2018
- What Matters in Mentoring: Effect of Mentor Cultural Awareness on Mentee Outcomes R01-GM094573 (Pls: Byars-Winston, Pfund) awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison 2016 - 2018
- Scientific Outreach and Community Engagement by Diverse Scientists in the Duke University Office Biomedical Graduate Diversity awarded by Bayer USA Foundation 2016 - 2017
- Duke BioCoRE: Increasing Diversity through Student and Faculty Engagement awarded by Merck Foundation 2015 - 2016
- Increasing Diversity and Student Engagement in the BioSciences awarded by Merck Foundation 2014 - 2015
- Neurosciences Microarray Center awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2011
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External Relationships
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Foundation
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Byars-Winston, Angela, Jenna Griebel Rogers, Nancy Thayer-Hart, Sherilynn Black, Janet Branchaw, and Christine Pfund. “A randomized controlled trial of an intervention to increase cultural diversity awareness of research mentors of undergraduate students.” Sci Adv 9, no. 21 (May 24, 2023): eadf9705. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf9705.Full Text Link to Item
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Pfund, Christine, Fátima Sancheznieto, Angela Byars-Winston, Sonia Zárate, Sherilynn Black, Bruce Birren, Jenna Rogers, and David J. Asai. “Evaluation of a Culturally Responsive Mentorship Education Program for the Advisers of Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Program Graduate Students.” Cbe Life Sci Educ 21, no. 3 (September 2022): ar50. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-11-0321.Full Text Link to Item
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Jones, Daniela S., Devyn D. Gillette, Paige E. Cooper, Raquel Y. Salinas, Jennifer L. Hill, Sherilynn J. Black, Daniel J. Lew, and Dorian A. Canelas. “Cultivating PhD Aspirations during College.” Cbe Life Sci Educ 21, no. 2 (June 2022): ar22. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.20-06-0111.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Black, Sherilynn, Angela Byars-Winston, Ivan Cabrera, and Christine Pfund. “Enhancing Research Mentors' Cultural Awareness in STEM: A Mentor Training Intervention.” Ui J 13, no. 1 (2022).Link to Item
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Kumar, Sunil, Sherilynn J. Black, Rainbo Hultman, Steven T. Szabo, Kristine D. DeMaio, Jeanette Du, Brittany M. Katz, Guoping Feng, Herbert E. Covington, and Kafui Dzirasa. “Cortical control of affective networks.” J Neurosci 33, no. 3 (January 16, 2013): 1116–29. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0092-12.2013.Full Text Link to Item
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Allen, R. M., Sherilynn Black, A. L. Granger, R. M. Carelli, and L. M. Dykstra. “Effect of the competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, LY235959, in combination with cocaine in the conditioned place preference procedure.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 66, no. S6 (2002).
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Other Articles
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Branchaw, Janet, Christine Pfund, Melissa McDaniels, and Sherilynn Black. “Training Ph.D. Students to Successfully Navigate Research Mentoring Relationships.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 7, 2022.Link to Item
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Digital Publications
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Black, Sherilynn. “Should Professionalism be a Priority During Academic Training?” National Postdoctoral Association, August 16, 2019.Link to Item
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Reports
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Leschner, Alan, Sherilynn Black, Mary Sue Coleman, Jamie Curtis-Fisk, Kenneth Gibbs Jr, Maureen Grasso, Sally Mason, et al. “Consensus Study Report for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.” Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.: THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS, 2018. https://doi.org/10.17226/25038.Full Text Link to Item
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- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Service to the Profession
- Study Section Member, Interventions R01 Grants, National Institute of General Medical Sciences. 2022 2022
- Course Director. Faculty Short Course on Improving Departmental Climate. Duke Office of Faculty Advancement & Duke Office of Institutional Equity. August 2, 2021 - August 5, 2021 2021
- Course Director. Faculty Curriculum on Anti-Racism. Duke Office of Faculty Advancement. January 11, 2021 - January 14, 2021 2021
- Appointed search committee member, Director of Biomedical Research Workforce, National Institutes of Health. 2021 2021
- Reviewer for Nature Neuroscience. 2021 2021
- Study Section Member, Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . 2021 2021
- Consultant, Doris Duke Foundation. 2020 2020
- Reviewer for CBE Life Sciences Education. 2020 2020
- Study Section Member, Minority University Research and Education, NASA. 2020 2020
- Ivy Plus, Institutional Delegate . 2019 2019
- Course Creator and Director, The National Labs (Cold Spring Harbor, Marine Biological Laboratories, Jackson Labs). ‘Promoting Inclusive Excellence in STEM: People, Policies and Effective Practices’. 2018 2018
- Consultant, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 2016 2016
- Consultant, The Burroughs Wellcome Fund . 2016 2016
- Study Section Member, Gilliam Fellows Program, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 2016 2016
- Reviewer for Academic Press/Elsevier. 2015 - 2022 2015 - 2022
- Reviewer for Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2015 - 2022 2015 - 2022
- Reviewer for eLife Sciences. 2015 - 2022 2015 - 2022
- Reviewer for the American Journal of Education. 2015 - 2022 2015 - 2022
- Appointed Member, Online Programs Steering Committee, the Society for Neuroscience. 2014 2014
- Mid-Atlantic IMSD-PREP Alliance, Principal Investigator Member. 2014 2014
- Neuroscience Scholars Program Stakeholder Group, the Society for Neuroscience. 2013 2013
- Appointed Faculty/Student Mentor, The Society for Neuroscience. 2012 2012
- Chair, Minisymposium Committee, The Society for Neuroscience. 2011 2011
- Appointed Member, The Society for Neuroscience Professional Development Committee. 2010 2010
- Appointed Member, The Society for Neuroscience Members and Chapters Committee. 2007 2007
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Service to Duke
- Director, Climate Data Retreat for Academic Leaders. 2022 2022
- Search Committee Member. Dean of the Graduate School. 2022 2022
- Campus Emotional Well-Being Committee, DuWell. 2021 2021
- Racial Equity Advisory Council (Subcommittee Chair). 2021 2021
- Search Committee Member. Vice Provost of the Libraries. 2021 2021
- Creator, Living While Black Institutional Symposium. 2020 2020
- Medical Center Library Advisory Board. 2017 2017
- Search Committee Member. Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement. 2017 2017
- Diversity Leadership Committee (President’s Office and Office of Institutional Equity). 2016 2016
- School of Medicine Inclusion Council. 2015 2015
- President's Council on Black Affairs. 2014 - 2019 2014 - 2019
- Bridges to the Doctorate Faculty Mentor, Duke University School of Nursing. 2013 2013
- Faculty Advisor, Duke University SACNAS Chapter. 2013 2013
- Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Advisor, Duke Academic Advising Center. 2012 2012
- Steering Committee, Samuel DuBois Cook Society, Duke University. 2011 2011
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