# Biomedical Alcohol Research Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · 2021 · $446,399

## Abstract

The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) Biomedical Alcohol Research Training
Program (BARTP) brings together outstanding pre- and postdoctoral fellows from diverse backgrounds (basic,
clinical, public health, etc.) to train with an interdisciplinary group of scientists focused on studying the
biomedical consequences of heavy or risky alcohol use, and specifically on their impact on comorbid
conditions. Our holistic and integrative approach to professional development of our trainees provides
opportunities for exploration and consideration of a wide range of career options in biomedical, healthcare,
policy, and advocacy fields and uses personalized Individual Development Plans to guide each trainee’s
experience. Primary and support faculty from the LSUHSC Schools of Medicine and Public Health, the Tulane
University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and the Tulane National Primate Research Center
collaborate to provide interdisciplinary training and mentoring in diverse areas of alcohol research in addition to
specialty training, including experimental design and statistical analysis, use of animals in research, and
translational approaches. Trainees will pursue alcohol research projects under four interrelated themes: 1)
Alcohol/HIV disease; 2) Neurobiology of alcohol use, abuse, and dependence; 3) Alcohol and comorbidities;
and 4) Alcohol and the microbiome. Training and mentoring in a transdisciplinary environment with access to
rodent and non-human primate models as well as clinical and translational studies provide a broad range of
scientific areas for research training. Didactic and educational programs, including the study of responsible
conduct of research, integrates pre- and postdoctoral trainee development. Participation in a professional
development program designed to increase trainees’ knowledge in the alcohol research field, experimental
design and execution, data analysis, grantsmanship, and administrative and regulatory aspects necessary to
conduct research is complemented with training and mentoring in written and oral communication skills to
further their professional development. Five predoctoral trainees in the PhD or MD/PhD combined program,
and four postdoctoral fellows (MD, DVM and/or PhD) will be recruited to the program each year. Particular
emphasis is placed on recruitment of outstanding candidates from the combined MD/PhD program.
Furthermore, efforts to continue recruitment, mentoring, and retention of fellows from diverse cultural, ethnic,
and training backgrounds, particularly those that are underrepresented in the biomedical research field, will be
emphasized. This program leverages and expands the scientific environment created by the NIAAA-funded
LSUHSC Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center (CARC).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10241974
- **Project number:** 5T32AA007577-23
- **Recipient organization:** LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** PATRICIA E. MOLINA
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $446,399
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1999-09-22 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10241974

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10241974, Biomedical Alcohol Research Training Program (5T32AA007577-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10241974. Licensed CC0.

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