# Investigator Development Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 2020 · $483,694

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT—INVESTIGATOR DEVELOPMENT CORE 
The scientific community faces a critical need to diversify its scientific work force and to improve representation 
from health disparity populations in all facets of public health and environmental health research. This need 
transcends multiple levels of educational attainment, and is not restricted to PhD level scientists, as 
dissemination of public health preventive measures to and engagement with diverse communities increasingly 
requires a well-trained and diverse workforce. Therefore, the primary mission of the MADRES Center’s 
Investigator Development Core will be to foster the next generation of independent scientists and research staff 
in environmental health disparities research. Underlying this mission is a commitment to providing formal and 
informal mentoring across multiple levels of education from undergraduate to assistant professor. The IDC goals 
will be accomplished through the following specific aims: (1) facilitate a pilot projects program for promising early 
stage investigators from health disparity populations; (2) re-establish an environmental epidemiology and 
community engagement internship program designed for undergraduate and graduate students from health 
disparity populations currently enrolled in consortium partner university, California State University Northridge 
(CSUN) and (3) facilitate mentorship of students, postdocs, and early stage investigators (including pilot project 
awardees) across the continuum of higher education, from undergraduates to assistant professors, through 
individualized career support, networking opportunities, and review of reports, presentations, and grant 
proposals. The IDC, with support from the Administrative Core, will operate a formal process for receiving, 
evaluating and selecting up to six pilot projects per year ranging up to $50,000 each depending on scope of the 
project to promote scientific research careers of early stage investigators from health disparity populations. The 
MADRES Center internship program with CSUN and the pilot projects program will foster undergraduate student, 
graduate student and early stage investigators’ careers and stimulate new multidisciplinary collaborations in 
environmental health disparities research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10058748
- **Project number:** 9P50MD015705-06
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Carrie Van Doren Breton
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $483,694
- **Award type:** 9
- **Project period:** 2015-09-01 → 2025-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10058748

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10058748, Investigator Development Core (9P50MD015705-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10058748. Licensed CC0.

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