# Expanding Training in Social and Behavioral Sciences Across the Georgia CTSA

> **NIH NIH TL1** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $86,400

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
 Behavioral and social sciences research is a multidisciplinary field that is fundamental to
clinical and translational research that studies mechanisms of the physical, familial, social,
community, and social environments that influence behaviors. Critical to the translation of
evidence-based interventions into clinical practice is implementation science, which involves
methods to adopt and integrate evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies into
routine health care and public health settings. Our TL1 scholars need training in key theories
and methods of behavioral and social sciences and implementation science methods to
complement their current rigorous training. This TL1 administrative supplement supports the
integration of core behavioral and social sciences methods training in the Georgia Clinical and
Translational Science Alliance (CTSA) training programs in clinical and translational research.
We aim to integrate core social and behavioral methods within existing curriculum, as well as
expand learning opportunities by offering new annual training workshops and monthly lectures
focused on evaluation and implementation science, targeted to TL1 Master's in Science in
Clinical Research (MSCR) and Certificate Program in Translational Research (CPTR) trainees.
Our specific aims are to: 1) integrate and evaluate the impact of social and behavioral methods
within our existing MSCR and CPTR coursework, including new content on behavioral theory,
evidence-based intervention development, study design/conduct of implementation research,
qualitative methods, measurement theory, and translation and dissemination methods. 2)
catalog resources and content for training in social and behavioral sciences for inclusion into
TL1 trainee's Individualized Development Plans (IDPs) and host a new annual half-day
workshop on social & behavioral research methods, and 3) expand an existing network of
evaluation and implementation sciences at Emory to include TL1 trainees within all the Georgia
CTSA institutes. We hypothesize that such new training will lead to rigorous new research in
applied social and behavioral sciences.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10088813
- **Project number:** 3TL1TR002382-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** HENRY M BLUMBERG
- **Activity code:** TL1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $86,400
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2017-09-22 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10088813

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10088813, Expanding Training in Social and Behavioral Sciences Across the Georgia CTSA (3TL1TR002382-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10088813. Licensed CC0.

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