# Research Training in Child Mental Health

> **NIH NIH T32** · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · 2022 · $398,987

## Abstract

Project Abstract
This competitive continuation application requests a five-year renewal for our institutional national research
service award (T32) entitled, “Research Training in Child Mental Health.” Support is requested for six
postdoctoral fellows. The overarching aim of this program is to train the next generation of researchers to
design and carry out innovative research projects that will help advance knowledge in the field of child mental
health. Strengths of the program include a breadth of faculty research interests and expertise, a number of
faculty members conducting T2-T3 translational research, and research projects with diverse, underserved and
disadvantaged populations. The program embraces an apprenticeship model in which fellows work with a
primary research mentor, and in many cases, a secondary research mentor. In the apprenticeship model, the
mentor works closely with the trainee on existing projects, secondary data analyses, grant writing, and
scientific presentations. The didactic program includes both a core and individualized curriculum including
seminars on grant writing, responsible conduct of research, professional development, and innovative
multidisciplinary approaches to research. This latter seminar helps stimulate discussion of translational
research ideas within the context of the NIMH strategic plan. The breadth of research interests, from basic to
applied, helps broaden research perspectives and educate fellows with respect to the process of collaboration
and conducting research across disciplines. During this past cycle we have trained 17 T32 postdoctoral
fellows (10 graduates, 7 still enrolled); 7 additional postdoctoral fellows funded by F32s, a diversity
supplement, and other sources also took part in the T32 training. Of the 10 graduates of the T32 in this 5th
cycle, all have faculty positions, 7 in medical schools and 3 in psychology departments; all have submitted NIH
grants as PIs during their fellowship, and 4 K awards, a 40% hit rate, were funded. Fifteen of 17 former T32
fellows from our prior (4th) cycle have faculty positions and they have been awarded a total of 11 NIH PI grants
including 3 R01s (and a 4th awaiting funding with a 5th percentile), an R03, R34, R21, R21/R33, and 3 K
awards. Three Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator awards have also been secured.
The 10 graduates from the 5th cycle have published 195 peer-reviewed papers (M = 19.5), 80 first author (M =
8), and 65 (M = 6.5) directly related to their fellowship research. The 17 graduates in the 4th cycle have
published 453 peer-reviewed manuscripts (M = 26.6), 171 first author (M = 10.1), and 125 (m = 7.4) directly
related to their fellowships. In this competing continuation, we integrate new, accomplished independent
investigators into the mentoring pool, introduce mentor training opportunities, expand our scientific reach to
wet-lab research, and expand opportunities for exposure to team science.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10398205
- **Project number:** 5T32MH019927-29
- **Recipient organization:** RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Anthony Spirito
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $398,987
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1994-08-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10398205

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10398205, Research Training in Child Mental Health (5T32MH019927-29). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10398205. Licensed CC0.

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