# Advanced Research Training in Transplantation Science

> **NIH NIH T32** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $206,901

## Abstract

Abstract
This competitive renewal seeks funding for years 11-15 of a successful institutional training grant focusing on
the science of organ and tissue transplantation. The Advanced Research Training in Transplantation Sciences
(ARTTS) program at Emory University serves an area of medical science, transplantation biology, that is
exceptionally rigorous, uniquely multidisciplinary, and in dire need of new students to take up the substantial
momentum established in the past 20 years. The application seeks to fund 1 pre-doctoral and 2 post-doctoral
trainees each year, and individual appointments will last for 2 years. It seeks to produce trainees that go on to
establish independent research programs in the area of transplantation biology. Since its inception in 2006, the
program has successfully recruited and trained 6 pre-doctoral trainees and 9 post-doctoral trainees. Of the 6
pre-doctoral ARTTS trainees who have completed training, 100% had a first author publication as a result of
their graduate research, and the average numbers of first author and total publications for this group was 2.67
(range 1-4) and 5.17 (range 1-9), respectively. Of the 6 past post-doctoral ARTTS trainees who have
completed training, 100% had a first author publication as a result of their post-doctoral research, and the
average numbers of first author and total publications for this group was 1.9 (range 1-6) and 4.3 (range 2-8),
respectively. Furthermore, 93.3% of ARTTS Program trainees are in research-intensive careers or are still in
training. Thus, the program has been highly successful in recruiting and training the next generation of
transplantation scientists. The current proposal represents the continued commitment of a team of highly
productive, diverse, and actively collaborating junior and senior investigator/mentors, with an associated group
of dedicated instructors, on a strong institutional foundation of fundamental academic excellence, to execute a
unique and carefully designed training program that will continue to attract and retain highly motivated trainees
to the transplantation field, and give them the unique tool set needed to influence the prevailing problems in the
field. In the current application we propose to further enhance communication and collaboration between basic,
translational, and clinical transplantation sciences by offering formal training in clinical and translational science
analytics, bioinformatics, and clinical trial design. The ARTTS Program thus now offers an incredibly rich
environment spanning powerful murine models in transplantation and viral immunology, an intensive
translational program at the Yerkes National Primate Center, and markedly augmented opportunities in clinical
trials and human immunology. The program continues to evolve to better attract highly qualified candidates
from across the country representing a diversity of races and ethnicities, and importantly now offers a research
focus on health disparities amon...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173618
- **Project number:** 5T32AI070081-15
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Mandy L Ford
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $206,901
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2006-09-01 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173618

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173618, Advanced Research Training in Transplantation Science (5T32AI070081-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173618. Licensed CC0.

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