# Stuart T. Hauser Research Training Program in Biological and Social Psychiatry

> **NIH NIH T32** · JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN'S CENTER · 2021 · $363,333

## Abstract

This is a resubmission of a competitive renewal of a T32 Institutional Training grant, named The Stuart T.
Hauser Research Training Program in Biological and Social Psychiatry. It is ending its 38th year of a very
successful post-doctoral training program for MDs, PhDs, and MD/PhDs, with trainees at varying levels of
experience, i.e., newly completed residency training or PhD degree to 7+ years of experience from initial
training. Drs. Hauser and McCarley provided leadership for this program from its inception and Dr. Shenton, a
former trainee of the program, joined as Associate Director in 1994. When Dr. Hauser passed away in July
2008, Dr. Shenton became the PI and Dr. McCarley remained as Co-Director. With Dr. McCarley's passing
in 2017, Dr. Marek Kubicki became Co-Director. We plan to continue this intentionally broad based program,
which fits well with NIMH's mission to “transform our understanding of mental illnesses” and “to pave the way
for prevention, recovery, and cure.” The rationale for this program is quite clear – to train the most diverse and
outstanding young investigators, and to equip them with the tools and knowledge needed to succeed in
developing their own research careers in biological and/or social psychiatry so as to understand, treat, and
ultimately prevent and possibly cure mental illness. We also agree with NIMH's mission that to meet these
goals we need to “foster innovative thinking” and to ensure “an array of novel scientific perspectives,” used “to
further discovery in the evolving science of brain, behavior, and experience.” The program is interdisciplinary
(e.g., areas of neuroscience, development, neuroimaging, genetics), and has as its cornerstone a weekly 1.5-
hour seminar that includes a 3-month grants module to demystify and to teach the grant process. Issues
relevant to the ethical conduct of research are also discussed as are the development of skills needed
for a successful career as a clinical researcher. Trainees also present their work, and outside speakers are
invited to discuss their careers. A further goal is for trainees to work with outstanding preceptors in their chosen
area to develop further their expertise, and to ensure that they receive the best training possible to compete in
what has become a difficult arena to support individual initiated investigator research. There are 41 preceptors,
across multiple research areas and sites, who help evaluate candidates and who serve as preceptors (13 new
preceptors). Trainees devote two years with the goal that at the end of this time they will conduct their own
independent research, or join established clinical research teams as junior colleagues. Over the past 5 years
trainees have received 1 K23 award, 1 K01 award, 1 F32 award, 1 VA Career Award, 4 Livingston Awards, 1
R03, 3 NIH Loan Repayment Awards, and 3 NARSAD Awards, as well as other awards, thus attesting to the
high productivity of trainees. Trainees fill out a needs assessment form upon ente...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10150087
- **Project number:** 5T32MH016259-41
- **Recipient organization:** JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN'S CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Martha E. Shenton
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $363,333
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1980-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10150087

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10150087, Stuart T. Hauser Research Training Program in Biological and Social Psychiatry (5T32MH016259-41). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10150087. Licensed CC0.

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