We thank Bruce Burgett, William M. Mahoney, John T. Slattery, and Robert Stacey; past, present, and future STEP-WISE postdocs and mentors; students in STEP-WISE courses; and colleagues at UW Seattle, UW Bothell, and University of Puget Sound. STEP-WISE emerged from a program begun by Barbara T. Wakimoto and Merrill B. Hille. STEP-WISE is supported by the UW School of Medicine, the UW College of Arts and Sciences, UW Biology Department, UW Bothell School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, the UW Bothell School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and the University of Puget Sound. STEP-UP—a complementary program mentioned in the Discussion—is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education grant no. 1855841.
