# Research Training in Otolaryngology

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2021 · $454,649

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT
 The primary mission of the Research Training Program at the University of Washington Department of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OtoHNS) is to educate residents to develop and support research
programs that will enhance the treatment of patients with diseases of communication relating to the special
senses of hearing, balance and olfaction, with airway dysregulation, and with cancer of the head and neck.
This Research Training Program creates a strong research culture, facilitating investigative activity throughout
the residency period and beyond.
 This continuation of an Institutional Training Grant (T32) that began in 1983 supports full-time research
training for every OtoHNS Resident for one or two years in the first half of residency. In the two years of
residency prior to the T32-supported research period, the residents engage in a structured program to identify
a Primary Research Mentor, develop an individualized research training plan with their mentor that
complements the structured research training, and prepare their main research project. During the T32-
supported research period, all residents design and perform hands-on mentored research, and they participate
in several structured research training activities (e.g., research presentations, a statistics course, a grant
writing program, responsible conduct of research seminars, and others). After the T32-supported research
period, residents are required to continue research productivity during each year of the Residency Program,
facilitated by an additional department-supported research period free of daily clinical responsibility.
 We request five positions for Postdoctoral Resident Research Trainees (every OtoHNS Resident
participates in the T32-supported Research Training Program) and one position for a Predoctoral Medical
Student Research Trainee who wishes to acquire a full year of intensive research training during their medical
training. Postdoctoral trainee positions not filled by an OtoHNS Resident (i.e., T32 positions vacated for
individual NRSA F32 grants) are awarded (on a competitive basis) to a Post-Residency Research Trainee to
obtain full-time research training for one or two years in conjunction with a subspecialty clinical fellowship.
Concerted effort is made to recruit and train candidates from under-represented minority groups. The
Research Training Program is continuously evaluated and altered to fit the changing needs of the research
trainees.
 Experienced investigators in biomedical sciences throughout the University of Washington system are
available as potential Primary Research Mentors. In addition to the Director (PI) and Co-Director (Co-PI), we
name 14 investigators with prior mentoring experience and commitment to training to support our T32-funded
research trainees. Analysis of the results of this program over the past 15 years reveals that 70% of the
physician trainees that are out of clinical training have joined full-...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10200745
- **Project number:** 5T32DC000018-38
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Jennifer S. Stone
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $454,649
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1983-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10200745

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10200745, Research Training in Otolaryngology (5T32DC000018-38). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10200745. Licensed CC0.

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