# Integrative Physiology of Aging Training Grant

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2021 · $614,619

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT
The overall objective of this proposal is to continue our aging-related research training efforts on the University
of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (UC-AMC) and the University of Colorado-Boulder Campus (UC-B),
and add the new Eastern Colorado (Denver) Health Care System VA (ECHCS) as an important new training
program site. Throughout the next 5 years of this renewed training grant we will continue to focus on the
“Integrative Physiology of Aging.” The major participating programs will be the Division of Geriatric Medicine
(DGM) at UC-AMC, the Department of Integrative Physiology (IPHY) at UC-B and the newly funded Eastern
Colorado (Denver) VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC). Of the 55+ training grants
at the University of Colorado, this is the only one specifically dedicated to aging-related issues. The recently
funded small (2 slots) Palliative Care T32, is not specifically focused on aging of physiology. Based on our
exceptional success during the past 15 years of funding, and our projected higher numbers of faculty and
trainee applicants, we are requesting to continue 5 pre- and 5 post-doctoral trainees each year. The
specific objectives of this T32 training program are to: 1) continue to expand the cohort of faculty mentors
interested in aging research; 2) recruit, select, support and retain outstanding pre- and postdoctoral trainees; 3)
support research training through a combination of exceptional experiential and didactic instruction; 4) ensure
academic success through the meticulous monitoring of a well constructed career development plan (CDP); 5)
enhance the academic achievement of trainees through preparation in the team science and leadership skills;
6) augment the mentoring skills of our “Secondary Mentors” through co-mentoring with a “Primary Mentor.”
Our objectives will be carried out by offering: 1) up to 2 years of research training support (with the second
year being dependent upon successful progress); 2) dual mentoring by outstanding primary and secondary
mentors; 3) a wide variety of relevant classroom/research experiences; 4) frequent and careful review of
trainee progress/success; 5) a new formalized evaluation program to appraise the program goals, strength and
weaknesses; and 6) a mandatory skills program for trainees and secondary (junior) mentors concentrating on
team science; and 7) sound financial and administrative oversight.
Our previous success has been exemplified by our ability to: 1) fill our all of our allotted positions with
outstanding trainees, with an average of ~2.5 carefully screened applicants for each position; 2) produce
academically successful and productive trainees; 3) build a pipeline of mentors by transitioning trainees to
secondary mentors and secondary mentors to primary mentors; and 4) expand aging-research across our
campuses through ongoing collaboration among participating faculty.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10164684
- **Project number:** 5T32AG000279-19
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** Kerrie Moreau
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $614,619
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-05-01 → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10164684

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10164684, Integrative Physiology of Aging Training Grant (5T32AG000279-19). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10164684. Licensed CC0.

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