# UCLA Neurosurgery Research Training and Education Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2021 · $226,926

## Abstract

UCLA Neurosurgery Research Education Program
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The fundamental goal of the UCLA Neurosurgery Research Education Program is to train neurosurgery
residents in basic, translational, or clinical science research through direct investigative study, oral/written
scientific presentation, and intensive mentored career development. The structure of the training program
incorporates two tiers of mentoring, with a culmination in the production of career development grant
application (K-award) in the final year of the residency for each trainee. This training program is supported by
an excellent institutional environment for neuroscience research and education in the UCLA Departments of
Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, and Neuroradiology, as well as newly formed UCLA Neuroscience Theme
Area. We have had long-standing, strong collaborations with faculty members within the Department of
Neurology’s research education program. The UCLA Department of Neurosurgery has consistently been in
the top 5 NIH-funded neurosurgery departments in the nation, and has a significant depth and breadth of
clinical, translational, and basic research faculty with diverse and well-funded subspecialty programs. The
residency program has a strong track record of training many academic neurosurgeons over the past 25 years.
Our Neurosurgery Research Education Program leverages our past educational experiences and the strong
Neuroscience community at UCLA in order to provide a distinct research training track specifically for
neurosurgery residents and fellows who are inclined to pursue academic careers as independent researchers,
with the overall long-term goal to ensure that highly trained neurosurgeon-scientists will be available to make
future advances that will lead to a reduction in the burden of neurological diseases.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10168658
- **Project number:** 5R25NS079198-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** Linda M Liau
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $226,926
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-04-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10168658

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10168658, UCLA Neurosurgery Research Training and Education Program (5R25NS079198-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10168658. Licensed CC0.

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