# Training in Clinical and Basic Neuroscience

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2021 · $416,152

## Abstract

Abstract
This training program in translational Neuroscience has been funded for the past 34 years, and involves the
Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine,
Human Genetics, Radiology, Cell & Developmental Biology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Pathology, and
Epidemiology at the University of Michigan and the VA Ann Arbor Health System. Our preceptors' expertise
spans the whole Neuroscience translational continuum from basic mechanistic work through preclinical
research and clinical research to health services research. We train basic scientists and clinicians to conduct .
research across the whole Neuroscience translational research continuum. We offer laboratory and clinical
science training in neurodegenerative disorders, neuromuscular diseases, neuroinflammatory disorders,
stroke, systems neuroscience, and health services research. Mentored research under the direction of
established, productive investigators is the central pillar of this program. Mentored research experiences are
complemented by appropriate formal education and a well-defined Core Program to advance rigorous scientific
training and career progression. Laboratory based research training is largely a project oriented approach with
careful mentoring by trainee preceptors. All trainees in clinical science programs are required to complete a
Master's Degree, either the School of Public Health's Master's Program in Clinical Research or a unique
Health Services Research Master's Program. Trainees are biomedical scientists who seek training in disease-
oriented neuroscience and clinicians - neurologists, neurosurgeons, pediatricians, or other physicians - who
have completed clinical training and select a laboratory-based or clinical research career. Trainees are
selected competitively by the program's Executive Committee. Trainee recruitment includes a strong diversity
outreach program with a “bridging” program connecting this training program to NINDS sponsored programs
aimed at increasing diversity in Neuroscience graduate student education and a particularly strong connection
to the University of Puerto Rico. This training program is embedded within the rich research environment of the
University of Michigan which includes a highly collegial and interdisciplinary neuroscience research community,
excellent core resources for biomedical research, and strong resources for clinical and health services
research. The latter include a very strong School of Public Health, a Clinical and Translational Science Award
(CTSA) program, and the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, the largest academic health services
research program in the USA. Individual mentors are responsible for guiding their trainees in generating
research proposals, supervising trainees' work, and evaluating trainees' performance with additional mentoring
provided by discipline specific committees for each trainee and general oversight by the Executive C...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10189705
- **Project number:** 5T32NS007222-40
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** DAWN O KLEINDORFER
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $416,152
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1982-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10189705

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10189705, Training in Clinical and Basic Neuroscience (5T32NS007222-40). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10189705. Licensed CC0.

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