# Neurobiology of CNS Injury and Repair

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2021 · $46,228

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
This is a renewal application requesting continued funding for a Neurobiology of CNS Injury and
Repair T32 Training Program to support 4 predoctoral fellows working toward their Ph.D. degrees.
During the first 4 years of the original funding period, 11 trainees have been appointed to the 2 year
program, of which 5 have completed training and their Ph.D.s (3 in Physiology and 2 in Anatomy &
Neurobiology). Of those 5, 2 are currently postdoctoral fellows, 2 have been hired into university faculty
positions and 1 has moved on to medical school. Of the other 6 trainees, 2 are expected to finish their
Ph.D.s during year 5 of the initial funding period. The remaining 4 are anticipated to complete their
doctorates within the next two to three years. The training of the predoctoral fellows will be mainly carried
out by training faculty whose primary appointments are either within the University of Kentucky (UK)
Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC) or are the affiliated with it as SCoBIRC Faculty
Associates. Three of the SCoBIRC faculty associates have their primary appointments within the UK
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA). In addition to their primary appointments, the SCoBIRC
and/or SBCoA training faculty have their academic appointments in one of three UK College of Medicine
basic science departments: Anatomy & Neurobiology, Physiology, or Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry.
One additional training faculty is from the UK College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences. The overall goal of the proposed program will continue to be providing broad-based training in
modern research concepts regarding the acute, subacute and chronic pathophysiology of SCI, TBI and
stroke, and the identification of potential disease-modifying molecular targets that can drive the discovery
of pharmacological or gene therapeutic strategies by which the devastating effects of these injuries can
be ameliorated. These strategies will include both “neuroprotective” and “neurorestorative” approaches.
Although it is anticipated that most of the trainees will pursue careers in laboratory-based therapeutic
discovery research, they will also receive training in clinical aspects of the targeted neurological
disorders and the practical issues involved in the design and conduct of neurological clinical trials. To
accomplish this, the predoctoral fellows will spend one day/week for a semester shadowing one of 6
Clinical Tutors from the Departments Neurosurgery and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and will
attend weekly grand rounds to gain an understanding of the clinical nature of TBI and SCI upon which
their research is focused. This will enhance their ability as independent investigators to not only make
therapeutic discoveries in experimental neurotrauma and stroke injury models, but also provide them
with knowledge concerning how to design their basic research in a manner that will more readily enable
the translation of promi...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10200898
- **Project number:** 5T32NS077889-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** KATHRYN E SAATMAN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $46,228
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10200898

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10200898, Neurobiology of CNS Injury and Repair (5T32NS077889-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10200898. Licensed CC0.

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