# Research Training in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2021 · $610

## Abstract

Modern anesthesiology and pain medicine have increasingly become an interdisciplinary specialty of medicine
that requires integrated knowledge in anesthesiology, critical care medicine, neurobiology, pharmacology,
structural and computational biology, pulmonary physiology, and molecular biology and genetics. This
competitive renewal application seeks funding for years 11-15 of our successful T32 training program in
postgraduate anesthesia research training at the University of Pittsburgh. Our primary goal is to continue
training physician scientists to lead the future intellectual pursuits in anesthesiology beyond the confines of the
traditional provision of anesthesia and to become independently funded investigators and leaders in the field.
The trainees from our first funding cycle have demonstrated success in this path, producing numerous peer-
reviewed publications, achieving seed, startup, and K-level grant funding, and presenting at scientific
conferences. We propose to have 5 fellowship slots in years 11-15. A team of 36 principal training faculty, with
excellent training records and successful research programs funded by the NIH and other agencies, have been
carefully selected. Programmed training and research activities will target anesthesiology-related problems
defined in the broadest sense. A minimum of two-years of training is planned using a combination of structured
didactic and interactive teaching on both a group and individual basis as well as one-on-one mentoring in
laboratory/clinical research. Multiple courses and online training sessions in research integrity are mandatory
for all trainees. Departmental, institutional, and independent efforts are established to actively recruit
underrepresented minority trainees and people with disabilities into the program. The administrative
infrastructure consists of the Oversight Committee chaired by the Chairman of the Department of
Anesthesiology and the Executive Committee chaired by the Program Director. The executive committee,
working closely with the training faculty, will be in charge of the selection, appointment, and assignment of the
trainees, and will regularly review and evaluate them. Continued NIH support of this postdoctoral training
program, which focuses primarily on training of physician scientists, will provide both unique opportunities and
critically needed resources for the next generation of academic anesthesiologists to integrate multidisciplinary
knowledge from the bench-top to the bedside.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10201612
- **Project number:** 5T32GM075770-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** YAN XU
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $610
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10201612

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10201612, Research Training in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (5T32GM075770-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10201612. Licensed CC0.

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