# Clinician Scientist Training Program (CSTP)

> **NIH NIH K12** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $539,464

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The Division of Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine requests a
5th 5-year renewal for our Clinician Scientist Training Program, which has been providing intensive training in
research methods for clinical and translational investigation of drug abuse since 1991. Presently the Clinician
Scientist Training Program supports three early career faculty members engaged in various aspects of drug
abuse research with a focus on treatment development. The support will permit the Clinician Scientists to
spend 3-5 years at Yale's Division of Substance Abuse obtaining clinical and research training under the
mentorship of a team of 47 senior investigators whose interests range from molecular neurobiology to health
services research. With over 100 externally funded research projects, the central theme of our research
program is the development and evaluation of innovative pharmacological and behavioral treatments for
individuals with drug addictions in a manner informed by emerging neuroscientific findings. Our
multidisciplinary, translational program enables us to conduct research that moves rapidly in both directions
from preclinical projects (“bench”) to clinical studies (“bedside”). The training goal for this program is to provide
Clinician Scientist Scholars at the junior faculty level with an opportunity to devote virtually full-time effort
during the initial phase of their careers to learning research skills and conducting research projects as a critical
step toward launching careers as independent research scientists. After initial work conducted with the support
of this program, they will be guided to develop scientifically meritorious research proposals (using, for example,
R03 and R01 mechanisms) which will provide support for research that extends beyond the period of the
program. Since the onset of the program we have provided training for 32 Clinician Scientists, many of whom
are among the leaders of their generation of drug abuse investigators.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10224148
- **Project number:** 5K12DA000167-30
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** STEPHANIE S O'MALLEY
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $539,464
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1991-09-30 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10224148

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10224148, Clinician Scientist Training Program (CSTP) (5K12DA000167-30). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10224148. Licensed CC0.

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