# Development of Psychopathology, Psychobiology & Behavior

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2021 · $393,815

## Abstract

Development is critical for understanding psychopathology, particularly for understanding the
precursors and early manifestations of illness. This postdoctoral training program, entering its
39th year, focuses on training scientists in areas related to translational developmental
neuroscience. The Developmental Psychobiology Research Group (DPRG) is a multi-specialty,
multi-departmental, multi-institutional group of collaborative scientists from throughout the
Denver metropolitan region. The DPRG has administered this T32 training program since its
inception almost 40 years ago and is requesting an additional five years of funding with six
trainees per year for its 2-3 year postdoctoral training program. The program recruits physicians
(primarily child psychiatrists) who will generally enter the program with five to seven years of
postdoctoral experience and individuals with a PhD, who will generally enter the program with
zero to four years of postdoctoral training. Mentoring faculty are chosen based on research
accomplishment, a history of successful research collaborations, and a history of successful
research mentoring; 100% of the faculty are senior faculty (Associate or full Professors). The
program includes both core and individualized curricular components. Core curricular
components includes an ongoing work-in-progress seminar with both faculty and trainee
involvement, a writing seminar, yearly retreats, career development retreats, and a seminar
related to the Responsible Conduct of Research. The individualized curricular components
include both class work and direct project experience, including dissemination, mentored by a
mentorship team. Ongoing empirically-based review of the program demonstrates both a high
level of success of this program's graduates as well as the program's curricular flexibility in
responding to the results of those reviews. Evaluation of the program is ongoing. Strengths of
the program include the quality of the applicants, a collaborative group of outstanding faculty,
interaction of trainees from a variety of disciplines, and a strong evaluation process. The
scientists trained by this program become leaders in identifying the child and adolescent
precursors to mental illness, and in developing novel strategies for treatment and prevention.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10172977
- **Project number:** 5T32MH015442-43
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** JASON R TREGELLAS
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $393,815
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1978-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10172977

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10172977, Development of Psychopathology, Psychobiology & Behavior (5T32MH015442-43). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10172977. Licensed CC0.

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