# Training in Investigative Infectious Diseases

> **NIH NIH T32** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $272,927

## Abstract

This is a competing renewal of a postdoctoral training program entitled "Training in Investigative Infectious
Diseases" based in the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine at the Yale School of
Medicine. The aims of this training program are to: (a) develop the next generation of Infectious Disease (ID)
investigators trained in basic, clinical, and/or translational research (b) develop new insights into infectious
diseases of national and international significance (c) advance the principles associated with high quality
research including adherence to ethical principles and (d) increase diversity among ID physician-investigators.
The program is designed for physicians with an MD, MD PhD, DO or equivalent. Most trainees will be Fellows
in Infectious Diseases, but selected MDs or MD-PhDs with clinical training in other fields will also be eligible
to participate. The highly accomplished training faculty has four broadly defined areas of research: (1) Innate
Immunity and Microbes, (2) Vector-borne Diseases, (3) Molecular and Human Infectious Disease
Pathogenesis, and (4) Clinical and Epidemiologic Infectious Disease Research. Detailed plans for trainee
admission to the program, mentor and mentorship committee selection, and evaluation of trainee progress are
in place. In addition to outstanding research training, Yale has opportunities for study toward advanced
degrees such as a Masters in Health Science or Masters of Science with a concentration in Epidemiology of
Infectious Diseases or PhD in Investigative Medicine that are open to physicians in the T32 training program.
Extensive didactic training is also available through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School of
Public Health and the Yale National Clinician Scholars Program and includes required training in rigorous
experimental design, statistical methods, grant writing and the responsible conduct of research. This
combination of outstanding research opportunities, didactic coursework and seminar series, and career
development training in grant writing and presentation skills has resulted in a high level of programmatic
success in training physician-investigators at Yale who choose research careers in academia or industry.
At the same time, the T32 Infectious Diseases training program at Yale continues to evolve and improve,
with the addition of new training faculty with interests in global health, enhanced recruitment of MD-PhD
physician-scientists in part through recruitment from the Physician-Scientist Track of the Yale Internal
Medicine Residency Program, a plan to enhance the number of trainees who are members of groups
underrepresented in medicine (URiM) that leverages a critical nucleus of URiM fellows and faculty, and new
initiatives such as a research and career development retreat. We believe these changes will further
enhance the ability of graduates of the program to contribute to high impact, new knowledge in Infectious
Disease research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10282899
- **Project number:** 2T32AI007517-21A1
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Jaimie Meyer
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $272,927
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2021-08-01 → 2026-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10282899

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10282899, Training in Investigative Infectious Diseases (2T32AI007517-21A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10282899. Licensed CC0.

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