# Graduate Training in Integrative Physiology

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2021 · $190,610

## Abstract

Project Summary
This is a resubmission of a T32 application requesting funding for a new Graduate Training in Integrative
Physiology training program for 4 predoctoral fellows/year. Training of the predoctoral fellows will be carried
out by participating faculty with proven track records of cross-disciplinary research on a variety of health
issues. The overall goal of the proposed program is to provide broad-based training in modern research
concepts required to study quantitatively the nature of physiological processes in both healthy and disease
states, which is necessary to drive discovery of new therapeutic strategies for treating the underlying causes of
diseases affecting multiple organs and systems. The primary objectives are to: 1) provide a comprehensive,
quantitative training program for early stage trainees in physiology with a particular emphasis on
cardiovascular, aging, neurophysiology, and muscle biology research; and 2) promote interdisciplinary learning
teams involving basic scientists, clinicians and trainees to foster rigorous innovative translational science.
Predoctoral fellows will be trained in the practical issues involved in the design and conduct of basic and
translational research to enhance their future ability to make therapeutic discoveries for diseases of broad
etiology as independent investigators. To accomplish this, the predoctoral fellows will engage in cutting-edge,
quantitative, physiologically-based research. In addition to specialized didactic coursework, they will participate
in a comprehensive Experimental Design Workshop and attend weekly seminars and grand rounds
presentations focused on cardiovascular, aging-related, neurological, or musculoskeletal diseases. Although
most of the trainees are anticipated to pursue careers in laboratory-based discovery research, they will also
receive training in conveying knowledge to other scientists through grant-writing and communications skills
workshops. The combination of these training avenues will provide skills to disseminate their knowledge and
provide them with an understanding of how to design and conduct research in a manner that will enable the
translation of promising therapies into the clinic.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10201642
- **Project number:** 5T32GM118292-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** Kenneth S Campbell
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $190,610
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10201642

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10201642, Graduate Training in Integrative Physiology (5T32GM118292-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10201642. Licensed CC0.

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