# Washington University Psychiatry Residency Research Education Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $213,878

## Abstract

There is a growing demand for psychiatrists to conduct research in the areas of mental health and illness that
is currently not being met, leading to multiple calls for enhancing research training during residency in order to
increase the number of academic psychiatrists. To address this need for more clinician scientists, the General
(Adult) Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Training Programs at Washington University
propose to create the Psychiatry Residency Research Education Program (PRREP) that spans both training
programs. PRREP seeks to increase the number of psychiatric residents and fellows who become successful
academic psychiatrists by addressing several key areas – recruitment, career counseling, and better
preparation of trainees for formal research training at the T32 level. PRREP will build on the strong history of
research and mentoring of our Department of Psychiatry at Washington University. The program will have two
phases. Phase 1 covers the application/recruitment period and the first two years of residency training and
Phase 2 covers the advanced years of training and transition into early post-residency research fellowships.
Phase 1 is designed to increase the number of psychiatry trainees interested in a research career by
enhancing recruitment and providing early education (career counseling/mentoring, didactics, seminars, on-line
coursework) and introductory research experiences. Participants interested in continuing in the program will
transition to Phase 2. Phase 2 will provide additional research education and participants will design and
conduct a formal research project with the aid of a mentor so that the participants are better prepared for more
formal research training at the T32 level. Total time spent in research will be 12 months for a resident in the 4-
year Adult program and 13.5 months for a CAP resident who is in training for 5 years. The program is also
structured to accommodate individuals with significant past research experience (e.g. MD/PhDs) as well as
trainees who come to Washington University as a first year CAP fellow. There are additional evaluation and
dissemination components to the program. The requested R25 funds will allow us to transform our efforts in
preparing residents for a career in academic psychiatry. PRREP will change training that consisted of a short
period of required research time in the last year of training into one that will include recruitment efforts,
mentoring, restructured didactics, formal coursework, and research opportunities throughout residency training.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10083765
- **Project number:** 5R25MH112473-04
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** NURI B FARBER
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $213,878
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-04-06 → 2023-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10083765

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10083765, Washington University Psychiatry Residency Research Education Program (5R25MH112473-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10083765. Licensed CC0.

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