# Investigator Development Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS · 2021 · $455,919

## Abstract

Investigator Development Core – Abstract
The goal of the Rutgers-NYU CAHPE Investigator Development Core (IDC) (MPI: Dong & Simon, with 20 years
of successful collaboration), is to support and increase the expertise of interdisciplinary scientists, including those
from underrepresented backgrounds, to prepare them to conduct innovative and impactful health equity
intervention, prevention, and management research on cardiometabolic and mental health outcomes among
Asian Americans. The Center in conduction with the IDC will provide an enriched environment that develops pilot
projects, strategies, and investigators who: 1) understand multi-level and multi-domain determinants of comorbid
cardiometabolic and mental health outcomes among US Asians; 2) integrate community partners and
perspectives utilizing principles of Community-Partnered Participatory Research into study design and
implementation; and 3) conduct translational research to improve health and wellbeing among Asian adults and
optimize cardiometabolic and mental health and disease prevention, treatment and management.
 To achieve this goal, the IDC will be fully coordinated with the Administrative Core and Community
Engagement Core to accomplish these aims: 1) Build research and mentorship capacity of a diverse group of
P50 Pilot Investigators focused on intervention research regarding cardiometabolic and mental health among
US Asians and expand collaborative efforts with established research scientists, with emphasis on content,
methods, and relevant supporting theoretical frameworks; 2) Support our Pilot Investigators in a nurturing,
interdisciplinary environment that encourages scholarly development, including presentations, publications, and
larger grant applications to leverage their pilot project experience and further develop pathways for
interdisciplinary implementation of effective strategies to address cardiometabolic and mental health outcomes;
3) Create a pilot funding mechanism to solicit, review and select 6 Pilot Projects per year to conduct
cardiometabolic and mental health translational research; and 4) Track and evaluate success of Pilot
Investigators using an iterative, user friendly, and longitudinal evaluation process designed to continuously
improve the Rutgers-NYU CAHPE infrastructure and support; foster development of a strong pipeline of new
pilots and successful pilot investigators throughout the funding period. Leveraging decades of collaboration
between MPIs Dong and Simon on building research infrastructure, we will utilize a lessons-learned approach
to synergistically facilitate the IDC with existing infrastructures for pilot investigator development. In this
application, we (PIs Dong and Simon) aim to support interdisciplinary research infrastructure and research
pipeline, harmonize resources to further translational research to improve cardiometabolic and mental health
outcomes among Asian adults, and promote adoption of research findings into practice in l...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10437455
- **Project number:** 1P50MD017356-01
- **Recipient organization:** RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS
- **Principal Investigator:** XINQI DONG
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $455,919
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-09-24 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10437455

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10437455, Investigator Development Core (1P50MD017356-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10437455. Licensed CC0.

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