# Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Training in Urologic and Gynecologic Cancers (PCORT UroGynCan)

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2021 · $401,573

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The proposed new mentored postdoctoral training program at UCLA, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Training in Urologic and Gynecologic Cancers (PCORT UroGynCan), is designed to prepare outstanding
postdoctoral scholars (including MD, PhD, MD/PhD, ScD, DrPH, and PharmD) for research careers focused on
development and uptake of new scientific discoveries and innovations that improve the design, delivery, and
outcomes of reproductive system cancer care at the individual, population, and health care system levels. In
the current era of declining numbers of health scientists nationwide, particularly among clinical providers, and
of expanding necessity to bridge the gap between research and practice across diverse real-world settings of
health services and systems as well as demographically diverse populations, the PCORT UroGynCan program
will train next-generation researchers to formulate and conduct studies in close collaboration with and
responsive to the actual interests, needs, and priorities of health care system stakeholders. To illuminate and
better understand variation in practice and outcomes and the barriers of T4 translation, the interdisciplinary
curriculum and mentored hands-on research opportunities of the new T32 program interweave the scientific
expertise and mentoring experience of 27 multidisciplinary faculty who are committed to collaborative, team-
based cross-training and research in health services and patient-centered outcomes, clinical epidemiology,
and dissemination and implementation, including the newly emerging field of learning health systems. With four
postdoctoral trainees per year, each for a 2- or potentially 3-year appointment, instantiating, for workforce
expansion, multidisciplinary cohorts of PCOR-dedicated trainees both experienced in and newly attracted to
research in urologic and gynecologic oncology, PCORT UroGynCan will leverage topically germane resources
of education, training, and career development programs at UCLA for the core curriculum and protected time to
achieve the following specific aims: (1) expand the multidisciplinary knowledge base of evidence-based
practice as it relates to reproductive system cancer care; (2) provide didactic and hands-on research training in
the intellectual and philosophical foundation of rapid and sustainable uptake of novel, proven interventions
within the broader research enterprise of translational medicine; (3) develop trainees' scientific writing skills for
presentations, publications, and grants; (4) provide an academic environment that enables development of the
research skills and experience needed for successful, independent scientific careers as members and leaders
of interdisciplinary teams dedicated to improving patient and population outcomes and health system
performance in urologic and gynecologic oncology; and (5) model research-empowering teaching and
mentoring skills for trainees' development, including their eventual replicatio...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10246498
- **Project number:** 5T32CA251072-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** Deborah Krakow
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $401,573
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10246498

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10246498, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Training in Urologic and Gynecologic Cancers (PCORT UroGynCan) (5T32CA251072-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10246498. Licensed CC0.

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