# Injury and Trauma Research Training Program For Botswana

> **NIH NIH D43** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2020 · $180,522

## Abstract

The University of Pennsylvania (Penn), in collaboration with the University of Botswana and the Ministry of
Health, submits this application to train a small cadre of Batswana health professionals in human subject
research with a focus on injury and trauma science. This program will act as a catalytic agent to establish an
extended research group in Botswana to address some of its pressing injury, violence, and trauma care
problems. This proposal includes a close working relationship with the large Center for Clinical Epidemiology
and Biostatistics at Penn, the CDC-funded Penn Injury Science Center, and the D43 training programs
currently running at Penn, which will enable the new injury research unit in Botswana to function at a highly
professional level from its establishment.
Training. The training will have two pathways. (1) Independent Investigator training. Batswana trainees will
enroll in Penn's Master of Science, either in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) or in Health Policy Research
(MSHP), two-year programs, of which the first year will be spent on coursework at Penn and the second year
on a research project in Botswana. The program aims to take two trainees annually, for a total of 8 trainees at
the end of the 5-year program. These trainees will form the core of an extended research group in Botswana.
(2) Associate Investigator training. This pathway will provide a series of 1- to 5-day modules to be conducted
in Botswana, for health administrators, health clinicians, criminal justice professionals, and research
coordinators. These modules will empower Associate Investigators to collaborate in future research projects.
Multidisciplinary injury science. Within the two Masters programs, trainees will focus on injury science, to
address what our collaborators in Botswana have identified as the most pressing challenges in emergency
medicine and trauma care, community and domestic violence, and road traffic collision that are top priorities to
address. The injury science trainees will have access to more 50 elective courses spread among the 12
Schools at Penn; the responsible faculty will provide a robust multidisciplinary orientation.
Institutional participation. The proposed training program will involve three key institutions in Botswana: the
Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Botswana, the Ministry of Health of Botswana, and the
Botswana-UPenn Partnership. Upon completion of training, Independent Investigators will take positions at
either the University of Botswana or the Ministry of Health, where they will be guaranteed supported time to
conduct research projects, and will form the nucleus of an extended group dedicated to research on injury and
trauma care, violence and injury prevention, and health policy development.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10004197
- **Project number:** 5D43TW010448-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** JOHN H. HOLMES
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $180,522
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-16 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10004197

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10004197, Injury and Trauma Research Training Program For Botswana (5D43TW010448-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10004197. Licensed CC0.

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