# UNC-CH ISTEM Program

> **NIH NIH T35** · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2021 · $15,976

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The Intensive Summer Research Training in Emergency Medicine (ISTEM) program
described in this application will be instrumental in expanding the number of medical students’
exposed to research and launching students on a pathway to emergency medicine research.
The overarching goal of the program is to serve as a resource for engaging rising second-year
UNC-CH medical students in emergency medicine research, with the intent of recruiting
physicians into a lifelong research career. The short-term goal of the program is to provide
medical students with a meaningful research experience early in their medical school careers
emphasizing the treatment of acute severe or life-threatening illness and injury. In order to
achieve this goal, the aims of the program are: Aim 1. To match selected UNC-CH ISTEM
scholars to outstanding, funded research mentors who will provide a productive and rigorous
environment for conducting a summer emergency medicine research project in an area of
importance to the NIH mission; Aim 2. To provide selected scholars with a formative
educational experience in the goals, methods, and challenges of emergency medicine research,
including topics on research ethics and conduct; and Aim 3. To track the outcomes of UNC-CH
ISTEM students to determine the success of the program and to improve and expand this
training opportunity.
UNC-CH ISTEM program was designed by physician researchers who dedicate their time to
providing both excellent patient care and researching methods to improve patient care. Under
the guidance of renowned well-published physicians who bring expertise to many areas of
research, including emergent conditions, cardiovascular and pulmonary health, blood and
bleeding disorders, health services, and medical epidemiology, and who hold numerous
research grants, we except to train and incorporate several medical students each summer into
the program. These students will experience research design, execution, data collection, and
analysis, thereby training them as the next generation of physician researchers.
The UNC-CH ISTEM program administrative team will consist of two Program co-Directors,
three Associate Directors, an Administrator, and an Advisory Committee. The Program co-
Directors will be responsible for ensuring that the ISTEM program functions with the highest
scientific integrity in a way that fully leverages interactions between scholars and mentors to
meet program goals. The co-directors will be assisted in the day-to-day operations of the
program by three associate directors representing basic science, epidemiological science, and
clinical/translational science. The program administrator will provide support for the program
including financial and reporting functions along with website and database management.
Key activities in the training plan include the medical student application and review process,
mentor-mentee matching, mandatory didactics and training activities before and...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10192797
- **Project number:** 5T35HL134624-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
- **Principal Investigator:** Jane Brice
- **Activity code:** T35 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $15,976
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-05-01 → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10192797

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10192797, UNC-CH ISTEM Program (5T35HL134624-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10192797. Licensed CC0.

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