# UAB Health Services Research (HSR) Training Program

> **NIH AHRQ T32** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2021 · $468,666

## Abstract

Project Summary
Building on the strengths of the current program, the overall goal of our competitive renewal of our T32 for UAB
Health Services Research (HSR) Training Program is to further strengthen and expand our combined
predoctoral and postdoctoral HSR training capacity via the following specific aims:
1) Provide a talented cadre of predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees with individual and team mentoring,
 promoting the methodological skills and core competencies required as independent HSR investigators.
2) Provide an intensive, interactive, multidisciplinary HSR curriculum and focused training to assure
 trainees have the requisite knowledge and skills for career advancement. Training will include: a)
 Master's tracks within the Schools of Public Health/Health Professions and Graduate Certificate Programs,
 b) short rotations with HSR stakeholders and non-UAB collaborators, and c) enrichment activities such as
 conferences/symposia that include synergistic multidisciplinary collaborations with other HSR training
 resources, including the VA Quality Scholars Fellowship Program; the AHRQ-funded PCOR K12 training
 program, the CCTS TL1 training program; and the Health Disparities Research Training Program.
3) Continue an Alumni Council of former T32 trainees and an Advisory Committee tasked with
 independently evaluating the overall success and effectiveness of the program and trainees
4) Incorporate additional enhancements to our infrastructure including quarterly mentoring panels with
 Program Leadership and programmatic support to facilitate timely completion of trainee projects and
 development of F-, K-, or R-series grant proposals
Our extensive research and training base draws scientific and methodologic expertise from across 5 UAB
Schools (Medicine, Public Health, Health Professions, Nursing, and Arts and Sciences), and includes 41
Primary Mentors and 25 Associate Mentors and Mentors-in-Training. Over the last 15 years, 100% of our HSR
T32 trainees have completed the program, with 26% coming from under-represented minority communities.
We have had excellent success in promoting the independent HSR research careers of HSR trainees with 84%
of our 38 former T32 trainees remaining involved in research and/or academic positions. T32 trainees will be
supported by our research and training base in three broad domains highly relevant to the AHRQ mission
and priority areas: 1) Value, efficiency, accessibility, and equity; 2) Quality measurement and improvement,
patient safety, and implementation science; and 3) Outcomes research, health economics & health care policy.
We have assembled an outstanding research base and are well positioned and strongly committed to seeing
trainees achieve their research goals. Renewal of our T32 will allow us to enhance and expand our combined
predoctoral and postdoctoral programs to ensure the training of the next generation of HSR investigators and
generate knowledge relevant to the mission and priorities of ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10191036
- **Project number:** 5T32HS013852-19
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHAEL J MUGAVERO
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** AHRQ
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $468,666
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2003-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10191036

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10191036, UAB Health Services Research (HSR) Training Program (5T32HS013852-19). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10191036. Licensed CC0.

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