# UCSD Integrated Cardiovascular Epidemiology Fellowship

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2020 · $496,542

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
 The objective of our T32 training grant entitled “Integrated Fellowship on the Epidemiology and Prevention
of Cardiovascular Disease" is to rigorously train physicians and behavioral scientists in epidemiologic and
behavioral research methods focused on preventing cardiovascular diseases by a) providing trainees with an
integrated, comprehensive, and intensive 2-year research training experience in CVD prevention and/or
behavioral medicine, b) linking trainees with highly experienced and dedicated mentors who will supervise the
research experience and evaluate their progress and 3) providing instruction to these trainees on multiple
related components of the research process, including didactic coursework on epidemiology and /or behavioral
medicine, protection of human subjects in research, confidentiality requirements, elements of appropriate and
unbiased analysis of data, and, after the completion of training, finding the appropriate venue to utilize their
skills. This program began in 2007 with a broadly defined focus on epidemiology and prevention. During the
first grant period (2007 – 2012), we learned that while all trainees are focused on prevention, some have
primarily an epidemiologic focus and others are more interested in behavioral medicine. In order to fully
accommodate trainees with these different interests, and for the current funding period (2012 – 2017), we
changed the structure of the program by expanding the leadership to two co-directors, one of whom has
extensive experience in research and mentorship related to cardiovascular epidemiology and the other has a
similar depth of experience in cardiovascular behavioral medicine, while retaining the Associate Director
position that had been in existence since the inception of the program. For the current period, we expanded
the number of positions in the program from four to five (2 predocs and 3 postdocs). For this renewal (2017 –
2022), we propose to keep the same number of trainees. Beyond this, we are proposing a change to the
leadership. Since Dr. Criqui will be retiring in a few years, and to allow for a smooth transition, Dr. Allison
(Associate Director) will assume the role that Dr. Criqui was filling, Dr. Marcus will remain the co-director and
Dr. Criqui will remain with the program as the Senior Associate Program Director. All Directors are faculty in
the Division of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the University of
California, San Diego School of Medicine. To achieve the objectives of the program, faculty for the proposed
program have been recruited not only from this Division but from several other divisions in the Department of
Family and Preventive Medicine, as well as from other Departments in the School of Medicine, including
Medicine and Psychiatry. Similarly, faculty have been recruited from the San Diego State University Graduate
School of Public Health, which has teaching programs in both epid...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10000985
- **Project number:** 5T32HL079891-14
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Matthew A Allison
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $496,542
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-05-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10000985

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10000985, UCSD Integrated Cardiovascular Epidemiology Fellowship (5T32HL079891-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10000985. Licensed CC0.

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