# J: NRSA Training Core

> **NIH NIH TL1** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $871,414

## Abstract

Project Summary / Abstract – NRSA Training Core (TL1)
The Training Core (TL1 Core) is a key educational component of the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science
Alliance (GaCTSA). The TL1 Core is closely integrated with the Institutional Career Development Core (KL2
Core) and both cores will be governed by a joint KL2-TL1 Research Education Executive Committee. The TL1
Core is dedicated to providing a diverse cadre of predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees with state-of-the-art
scientific knowledge, tools and methods to improve human health through didactic and mentored clinical and
translational research (CTR) training. Through the TL1 Core, we will promote personalized career
development pathways and facilitate the development of future leaders and members of the biomedical
research workforce. The TL1 Core will continue to support, innovate and enhance the Master of Science in
Clinical Research (MSCR) graduate degree program and Certificate Program in Translational Research, both
of which provide CTR training to TL1 and other GaCTSA-supported trainees. The TL1 Core will also enhance
influential mentoring through a formal mentorship training program. Our proposed predoctoral and
postdoctoral CTR training program will support the 5 major goals outlined by the National Center for Advancing
Translational Sciences (NCATS) for the CTSA Hubs: 1) Workforce Development of the translational science
workforce, with the TL1 Core focus on predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees, and enhancing the diversity of
the workforce; 2) Collaboration/Engagement with an emphasis on linking our trainees to other community
stakeholders via externships and training in multidisciplinary team science, leadership, and management
needed to catalyze translation of discoveries to improve human health; 3) Integration by providing a diverse
cadre of trainees with scientific research tools relevant to CTR across multiple disciplines across the lifespan;
4) Methods/Processes in providing training in research methodologies for predoctoral and postdoctoral
trainees to advance all levels of scientific translation (T1, T2, T3 and T4); and 5) Informatics by providing the
TL1 trainees with novel informatics solutions to advance translational research, including new training in “Big
Data” analytics. TL1 trainees will be recruited from the strong and diverse pool of potential candidates at the
GaCTSA partner institutions, which include Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Institute
of Technology, and our new partner, the University of Georgia. Our academic institutions feature world-class
research facilities, a large and dedicated pool of successful and well-funded investigators who are committed
to serve as mentors, and an outstanding research environment that provides exceptional opportunities for
multidisciplinary CTR training for junior investigators at all levels.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10213867
- **Project number:** 5TL1TR002382-05
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** HENRY M BLUMBERG
- **Activity code:** TL1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $871,414
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-22 → 2022-08-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10213867

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10213867, J: NRSA Training Core (5TL1TR002382-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10213867. Licensed CC0.

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