# Investigator Development Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2022 · $288,782

## Abstract

Abstract 
During the last RCMI funding cycle we have successfully established a Mentoring Academy at Morehouse School of 
Medicine (MSM) with the specific goal of facilitating faculty development leading to sustainable research growth. We 
took on a team mentoring approach to facilitate change in our scientific environment. The Investigator Development Core 
(IDC) will continue to build on the foundation of the previous RCMI accomplishments by working synergistically with 
the Administration Core, Community Engagement Core, Recruitment Core and the Research Infrastructure Core to create 
a vibrant research development environment conducive to nurturing the next generation of biomedical investigators who 
will sustain independent careers in basic, translational and/or clinical research related to health disparities and are 
responsive to the MSM mission of advancing health equity. The IDC is designed to establish an institution-wide 
organizational framework for research faculty development, research program start-up support and mentorship. Our 
central hypothesis is that mentoring constellations will lead to sustainable individualized growth leading to the 
advancement of health disparity research and health equity. We will address this hypothesis in three specific aims. 
Specific Aim 1: Provide an organizational frame work for enhancing research training and career development in an 
interdisciplinary biomedical, pre-clinical, clinical and social science environment. We expect to develop a sustainable 
investigator development core to facilitate the independent career advancement of our faculty who can translate the results 
of their research to reduce health disparity. Specific Aim 2: Provide a vibrant training environment that fosters innovative, 
interdisciplinary biomedical, pre-clinical, clinical and social science collaboration and scholarship. We expect to 
transform the siloed biomedical, preclinical, clinical and social science environment to one of engaged team science 
across the translational continuum. Specific Aim 3: Provide an institution-wide resource that leverages existing training 
programs and integrates research project support and mentorship to enhance independent career advancement. 
Achievement of this aim will lead to the sustainable growth of our research environment enterprise through individual 
career advancement. It is our expectation that the proposed program will significantly and positively impact the study of 
health disparity research by helping to build a pool of competitive, independent researchers who are dedicated to 
sustaining research careers that focus on diseases that disproportionately affect minority and health disparity populations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10402295
- **Project number:** 5U54MD007602-35
- **Recipient organization:** MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Jonathan K. Stiles
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $288,782
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-07-07 → 2023-09-19

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10402295

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10402295, Investigator Development Core (5U54MD007602-35). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10402295. Licensed CC0.

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