# PRIDE Coordination Center

> **NIH NIH U24** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $484,990

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Background: Some racial and ethnic groups are particularly susceptible to certain Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep
(HLBS) disorders. These disparities have persisted over time, even in the face of notable improvements in
morbidity and mortality rates overall. Since the diversity of the US population is projected to increase by 2043,
there is a sense of urgency to address these disparities now. The NIH is committed to recruiting and retaining a
more diverse workforce with the potential to contribute new ideas and innovative solutions to help reduce these
disparities. Objectives: In response to RFA-HL-19-001, this is a competing renewal application to serve as the
Coordination Core (CC) for the Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related
Research (PRIDE). The PRIDE consists of up to 10 Summer Institute (SI) research education training programs
with the general goal of providing research experiences, skills development and mentoring for early career
biomedical researchers who are members of underrepresented groups. The CC will facilitate the coordination of
education and evaluation activities among the SI programs via the following Aims: To facilitate 1) program-wide
outreach and recruitment efforts; 2) program-wide mentor identification and orientation; 3) program-wide
communications, including the program-wide annual scientific meeting; and 4) development and implementation
of a program-wide evaluation protocol and data analysis plan. The evaluation protocol will assess key outcomes,
collect and track outcomes across time so that it allows for an assessment of the impact of the PRIDE programs
on increasing diversity, and benchmark these outcomes against comparison group of untrained faculty matched
to the PRIDE participants. Significance and Innovation: Since this application is a competing renewal, much
of the infrastructure and organization needed to address these aims is already operational. Moreover, the PI has
served in this capacity since the beginning of this project (over 8 years), allowing a unique degree of
continuity. While changes undoubtedly will be required as new programs and new needs join the PRIDE, we are
prepared to make timely and efficient changes in our existing protocols as needed. Further, a critical barrier is
in knowing whether the training has been successful, primarily because relevant comparisons are difficult to find.
Our application specifically addresses this issue as by collecting a matched group of untrained early stage faculty
as a benchmark for this comparison. Methodology: This project is built around our web-based infrastructure
which allows Public or Secure access to program information, including our on-line data entry system.
Summary: Our team has unique expertise and experience to continue as the CC for the PRIDE and evaluate
those indicators of success outlined in the RFA and this proposal. Further, we are uniquely positioned to assess
the impact of this program by benc...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10111548
- **Project number:** 5U24HL127777-11
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Treva K. Rice
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $484,990
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-09-19 → 2023-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10111548

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10111548, PRIDE Coordination Center (5U24HL127777-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10111548. Licensed CC0.

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