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Dr. Jayes’ research centers on uterine fibroids and strategies for treatment, in particular Engineering smart injectable drug delivery theranostics for uterine fibroids. She also works extensively on effective mentoring. In July 2019, Dr. Jayes received funding as Duke’s Principal Investigator for a five-year NIH consortium grant titled “The Science of Mentoring, Networking and Navigating Career Transition Points.” The grant was received through the National Research Mentoring Network. The Duke portion of the budget is $1,272,542. Dr. Jayes will collaborate with corresponding PI Susan Girdler, PhD, of the UNC School of Medicine (Department of Psychiatry). The U01 mentoring grant is funded by the Diversity Program Consortium, which is a trans-NIH program (funded by NIH’s Common Fund and managed by The National Institute of General Medical Sciences). Duke Ob/Gyn is one of only 11 sites nationally to have been selected by the Office of the Director of the NIH to employ a rigorous experimental approach to identifying best mentoring practices for biomedical researchers from racially or ethnically underrepresented groups.