# Yale Training Program in Health Services Research

> **NIH AHRQ T32** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $354,624

## Abstract

Project Summary
This proposal requests a renewal of our T32 research training grant that supports 4 pre-doctoral trainees and 2
post-doctoral trainees annually. The Yale program is based in the Department of Health Policy and
Management in the School of Public Health, engaging core faculty from four other departments within YSPH
and ten other departments outside YSPH. The program is now in its tenth year, having supported 26 trainees
(13 pre-docs and 13 post-docs). The metrics of success are clear: trainees complete the program in a timely
manner; trainees have published 73 unique articles based on their program engagement; 95% of those who
have completed the program are currently in research-intensive or research-related positions. This program is
designed with a distinctive objective: to train young scholars who are skilled at working in cross-disciplinary
teams, who are committed to tackling problems of real-world importance, and who are engaged in the process
not simply of creating policy-relevant findings, but also actively translating those findings into policy (both the
public and private sector) and practice. The program is designed to foster those objectives. It incorporates
multiple mentors for each trainee to provide them with a breadth of disciplinary exposure. It incorporates an
applied field experience (the TRIPP) to help them better understand the practical and institutional constraints
on translating research in practice, in their specific field of interest. And it provides trainees with access to a
constellation of research centers, each with established ties to real-world decision-makers. Looking ahead, we
propose to continue the mix of pre- and post-doctoral training and their expected duration of funding (3-4 years
for the pre-docs, 2 years for the post-docs). Over its ten-year history, the research training program has
evolved in response to lessons we have learned about effective ways of fostering in young scholars a deep
engagement with research that has impact. Over that time, we have expanded the program arrangements that
foster effective mentorship and develop our trainees as independent scholars. In addition, we have adapted
the composition of our program faculty to better accord with the current priorities at AHRQ; half of the core
faculty are newly affiliated with the program, emphasizing enhanced attention and expertise in key priorities of
safety, equity, and promoting patient-centered care.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10197050
- **Project number:** 5T32HS017589-14
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** MARK J SCHLESINGER
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** AHRQ
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $354,624
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2008-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10197050

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10197050, Yale Training Program in Health Services Research (5T32HS017589-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10197050. Licensed CC0.

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