# Pittsburgh Undergraduate Research Diversity Program (PURDIP)

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2022 · $122,040

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
The goal of the Pittsburgh Undergraduate Research Diversity Program (PURDIP) is to catalyze the training and
career development of underrepresented minority undergraduate students in research, to enhance the diversity
of the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce in the mission areas of importance to the NHLBI.
This goal will be achieved through the provision of an intensive summer research educational experience in
innovative technologies and conceptual paradigms related to heart, lung, blood and sleep-related science at the
University of Pittsburgh. The focus of PURDIP is knowledge in Fundamentals of Biomedical and Behavioral
Research and Health Disparity, Mentored Research Projects and Learning Skills. Its objective is to help the
students discover their passion for research in heart, lung, sleep and blood science, provide hands-on research
experience to trainees to help them to better understand the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research
profession, and finally to motivate the trainees to continue on to graduate and other health professions careers.
Over 70 University of Pittsburgh academic faculty from the broad disciplines of cardiology, hematology/oncology,
vascular biology, molecular biology, pharmacology, coagulation and thrombosis, transfusion medicine,
regenerative medicine and sleep at the University of Pittsburgh are available to provide a broad array of basic,
behavioral, translational and clinical research topics and study patient populations to carry out this project. The
program is focused on multiple areas of heart, lung, blood and sleep research including hemolysis-related
vascular disorders, sickle cell disease, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac imaging, and cardiovascular health
outcomes. Training will incorporate the learning of cutting edge methodologies that is applied to a clinical
problem, leading to potentially novel therapeutic approaches or clinical studies in patients. Trainees will be paired
up with one clinical investigator and one basic or behavioral investigator to give them a broad perspective on
health-related research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10360902
- **Project number:** 2R25HL130600-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $122,040
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2016-09-01 → 2027-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10360902

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10360902, Pittsburgh Undergraduate Research Diversity Program (PURDIP) (2R25HL130600-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10360902. Licensed CC0.

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