# Restorative practice in repairing harm and promoting safe and inclusive practices in the  laboratory.

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2021 · $86,400

## Abstract

Project Summary:
Trainees who are underrepresented in the biomedical research enterprise report negative marginalizing
experiences that lead them to leave academic research environments. Many such experiences are not
addressed by existing reporting mechanisms since they do not rise to the level of policy violation, even though
such incidents cause great harm and disrupt learning, health, and safety. Simultaneously there is a significant
lack of information around the types and prevalence of bias and diversity-themed incidents to inform the
development of interventions that would prevent harm and support trainees, and there is no mechanism for
repairing this harm. We propose an institutional collaboration between Student Life Services, the Office of
Diversity and Outreach, the Graduate Division, Student Health and Counseling Services, and eight NIGMS-
funded training grant programs to pilot a (1) centralized mechanism for trainees to share their everyday
experiences of bias; (2) the use of restorative justice approaches in addressing, repairing, and preventing racial
harm in the basic science training environment, and (3) the development of a program of training to prepare
future practicing psychologists to more effectively meet the needs of graduate student trainees. The proposed
program will serve as a pilot for efforts to develop an institutionalized Bias Response program for the wider
doctoral and postgrad population at UCSF, and will provide a roadmap for other institutions seeking to promote
safe and inclusive biomedical research training environments.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10393434
- **Project number:** 3T32GM136547-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Karl Mark Ansel
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $86,400
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10393434

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10393434, Restorative practice in repairing harm and promoting safe and inclusive practices in the  laboratory. (3T32GM136547-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10393434. Licensed CC0.

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