# UC Davis Paul Calabresi K12 Clinical Oncology Research Career Development Program

> **NIH NIH K12** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · 2022 · $669,440

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The overarching goal of the UC Davis Paul Calabresi K12 Clinical Oncology Research Career Development
Program (CDP) is to nurture clinician or basic/translational junior faculty to become independent, patient-
oriented cancer researchers who are highly trained in translational, team-driven research. Using 1) core
competencies, 2) advanced oncology coursework, 3) career development, 4) mentored research, and 5) cross-
discipline exposure, the CDP provides two new scholars per year (six at any one time) a three-year career
development program aimed at honing ideas and skills that go far beyond their initial disciplinary boundaries.
Scholars will overcome language and cultural barriers that typically exist between clinical and
basic/translational researchers, take advantage of the collaborative research environment at UC Davis,
participate in multidisciplinary and translational forums, and gather essential skills in research design, clinical
trial development, team science, grant writing, ethical conduct of research, communication, and career
development. The vision is to enhance translational research by training physician-scientists to incorporate and
utilize basic/correlative science in their pursuit of clinical trials ("Clinical Track"), and conversely, driving basic
scientists towards patient-driven drug development and clinical research ("Basic/Translational Track"). To
maintain the emphasis on patient-driven clinical research, CDP scholars, under the mentorship of both a
clinical mentor and basic/translational mentor, will be required to develop and initiate/conduct their own
investigator-initiated clinical trial during the training period. The program will leverage the outstanding research,
training, and evaluation expertise and infrastructure of the NCI-designated UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer
Center, NCATS-funded Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTSC), and School of Medicine Career
Development Program. It will be overseen and enhanced by a highly organized internal Oversight Committee
and external Advisory Board. Overall, the CDP seeks to accomplish the following specific aims: 1) Offer a
competency-based didactic curriculum to promote team science, encourage translational research, and hone
essential skills for clinical trial development and career/research success; 2) Oversee individualized patient-
oriented research projects customized to the interests and needs of each scholar; and 3) Provide oversight of
scholar training to ensure the progressive development of fully competent interdisciplinary researchers who
can successfully conduct cancer clinical trials. These specific aims will build a critical mass of trained scientists
at the forefront of innovative, impactful, evidence-based research, who can oversee projects encompassing the
entire continuum of research from basic science (target identification and drug discovery) through translational
science (drug development and correlative science) to clinical i...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10429982
- **Project number:** 5K12CA138464-12
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
- **Principal Investigator:** PRIMO N. LARA
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $669,440
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-08-01 → 2026-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10429982

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10429982, UC Davis Paul Calabresi K12 Clinical Oncology Research Career Development Program (5K12CA138464-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10429982. Licensed CC0.

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