# UAB Public Health/Biomedical Research Training Program

> **NIH NIH T37** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2022 · $272,528

## Abstract

Summary
The major goal of the UAB Public Health/Biomedical Research Training Program (UAB MHRT) is to train and
promote the professional development and participation of underrepresented minority students in biomedical
and behavioral research both in the U.S. and abroad. This will contribute to the cadre of researchers engaged
in reducing health disparities in populations. The program will recruit and train 5 undergraduate (juniors and
seniors), 3 masters (research degree) and 2 PhD students annually for five years. Each trainee will be
matched with a research project at UAB or at a collaborative site in one of the four countries: Institute for
Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala; Western Regional Health
Authority, Ministry of Health, Jamaica; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) Lima, Peru and the
Nepal Fertility and Care Center, Kathmandu Nepal. Trainees going to a foreign site will receive pre-departure
training and post-training follow-up from UAB Faculty Mentors. Pre-departure training will include training in
research ethics, cultural orientation and scientific methods such as experimental design, data collection and
analysis and use of data software. UAB masters and doctoral students will receive training in research ethics,
scientific methods, experimental design, data collection and analysis and will be closely guided by a UAB
mentor. Research areas include infectious diseases (HIV, STIs, TB, HPV), maternal and child health, nutrition,
chronic and cardio-metabolic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, cancer), and health care service delivery. Each
trainee will perform research and collect and manage data under the guidance of one or more UAB mentor(s)
for students conducting research in the U.S., and a UAB and a Foreign Mentor for students conducting
research at a foreign site. Trainees are required to write a final paper based on their project data under
guidance from the UAB and foreign mentors that can be submitted for presentation at a national or
international conference and for publication. The program is budgeted to cover travel, living and research
expenses for trainees as applicable, and provide each trainee with a monthly stipend based on the NRSA
levels. UAB Faculty Mentors may travel to the foreign site annually, and two Foreign Mentors may visit UAB for
collaborative work annually. The program will be evaluated annually for achievement of the specific objectives
and overall effectiveness.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10308381
- **Project number:** 5T37MD001448-25
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** PAULINE EVADNE JOLLY
- **Activity code:** T37 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $272,528
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1995-09-20 → 2024-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10308381

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10308381, UAB Public Health/Biomedical Research Training Program (5T37MD001448-25). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10308381. Licensed CC0.

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