# Integrated Clinical Neuroscience Training for Translational Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $161,859

## Abstract

The Integrated Clinical Neuroscience (ICN) Training Program, operating in the Psychology Department at
Florida State University for the past four years, seeks to train the next generation of investigators to become
leaders in translational research who will make major advances across several areas of psychopathology
characterized by dysregulated (“disinhibited”) behaviors including eating disorders, suicidality, trauma-related
disorders, and aggression. These problems are associated with significant psychological and medical
morbidity, elevated mortality, and high economic burden, underscoring the need for research that translates
the neural mechanisms that underlie normal and abnormal behavior in animals into clinical studies of the
causes and treatment of mental disorders. However, segregation of doctoral training in Clinical Psychology and
Neuroscience, with separate course requirements, lab experiences, and exposure to outside speakers,
impedes new scientists' preparation to undertake translational approaches in their own research. The ICN
Training Program was designed to break down these barriers. Here, we seek continued funding to provide
integrated instruction, research experience, and mentorship to 4 predoctoral ICN trainees earning Ph.D.s in
Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience through several components: 1) cross-area courses, 2) cross-area lab
rotations to conduct collaborative, cross-area research, 3) a Special Speaker Series in which trainees present
their ongoing research to national scholars conducting translational science, and these scholars present their
work to trainees, ICN training faculty, the Department, and community, 4) presentation of research at
conferences and in published papers, and 5) instruction in grant writing. Predoctoral trainees apply for the ICN
Training Program by describing research they plan to conduct in collaboration with their primary advisor and
cross-area mentor, classes they will complete, and how the ICN Training Program will contribute to their career
development as translational scientists. ICN training faculty come from the Clinical and Neuroscience
programs based on cross-area connections in research addressing dysregulated behaviors. Trainees are
appointed at the beginning of their 2nd through 4th year to ensure selection of the most promising trainees who
have completed basic program requirements and have established research interests in their primary advisor's
lab that they can extend through work in a cross-area lab rotation. The duration of support is 2 years. Our
training model has produced a highly accomplished first cohort of ICN trainees, two of whom are now in
prestigious postdoctoral positions. Training faculty continue to excel in securing grant funding and training
students for productive research careers with strong publication records. Continuation of the ICN Training
Grant for an additional five years will build upon our accomplishments and ensure that a second cohort of
Ph.D. s...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10136089
- **Project number:** 5T32MH093311-10
- **Recipient organization:** FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** LISA A ECKEL
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $161,859
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10136089

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10136089, Integrated Clinical Neuroscience Training for Translational Research (5T32MH093311-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10136089. Licensed CC0.

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