# Research Education Component

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2022 · $150,879

## Abstract

Recruitment and Education Component: Summary/Abstract:
The primary goal of the Research Education
Component (REC) is to identify, attract, and promote the career development of ADRD investigators. The
PITT-ADRC REC assumes primary responsibility for executing the Center’s bold vision for advancing the
ADRD research workforce with a particular emphasis on cultivating the growth of our field’s future leaders.
The inclusion and promotion of junior investigators in multiple areas of dementia research within our PITT-
ADRC is an important responsibility of our senior faculty.
 With over a dozen federally funded training programs (T32s) in the neurosciences and/or aging, the
University of Pittsburgh has the infrastructure for scientific mentoring and a critical mass of trainees – both
basic and clinical – with an interest in ADRD research. Through participation in the aforementioned training
programs and/or one-on-one mentorship by a senior investigator, early stage investigators at Pitt have many
excellent opportunities to develop their skills in clinical and basic research methodology, grant writing, and
manuscript preparation. We plan to leverage these existing resources for career development at the University
of Pittsburgh by providing an additional centralized program of ADRD-specific research mentoring and an
innovative pathway for the development ADRD research leadership through the Optimizing Scientific Careers
in AD Research (OSCAR) scholars program.
 The REC is tightly integrated with the Center’s cores. We view research training through a primarily
apprenticeship model, where the trainees develop through one on one work with their mentors, many of whom
are participating faculty in other cores of the ADRC. The REC will enhance the research education occurring in
the cores by coordinating trainee-wide activities, individualizing curriculum (especially in matching clinical
research activities), and devoting administrative support to organizing events, matching mentees with mentors,
and developing centralized resources for navigating the complex clinical research and regulatory environment
of ADRD research.
 If successful, this REC will have a large and sustained impact on the field by training new leaders. This
leadership is essential for meeting the expanding needs of the growing ADRD research work force. The
innovative OSCAR ADRC core leader training program can become a model for research education and
leadership training across the ADC network.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10410389
- **Project number:** 5P30AG066468-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** HOWARD J AIZENSTEIN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $150,879
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-05-15 → 2025-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10410389

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10410389, Research Education Component (5P30AG066468-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10410389. Licensed CC0.

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