# Career Enhancement Program

> **NIH NIH P50** · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2021 · $96,688

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The goal of the Career Enhancement Program is to provide support for young investigators pursuing careers
in translational lymphoma research as well as provide a support mechanism for established investigators to
refocus their work on lymphoma. The program is co-ordinated by the Administrative Core with oversight from
the Executive Committee and Advisory Board. The program has well–defined processes for candidate
recruitment, and will continue to devote significant effort to recruit women and minorities an initiative that has
been successful in the past funding periods when 50% of trainees were female and 31% minorities (Hispanic
or African American). Both MD and PhD trainees will be able to take advantage of courses available through
the Clinical Scientist Training Program at BCM and will have a strong group of mentors with broad translational
expertise. We have also developed mentoring strategies that enhance the training program. These include
providing trainees with multiple mentors that possess complementary skills, and with individualized training
plans. Additionally, trainees have access to the SPORE cores (clinical research and biostatistics, cell
processing and vector production, biospecimen and pathology) with unique expertise in cell and gene therapy
and clinical research. In the last 9 years, 14 awardees have completed this program and seven are now
incorporated into SPORE projects. This program will therefore insure that the SPORE will train investigators
who will contribute to translational lymphoma research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10247745
- **Project number:** 5P50CA126752-15
- **Recipient organization:** BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** HELEN E HESLOP
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $96,688
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-04-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10247745

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10247745, Career Enhancement Program (5P50CA126752-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10247745. Licensed CC0.

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