# Career Enhancement

> **NIH NIH U54** · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · 2022 · $19,839

## Abstract

Project Summary (Career Enhancement Core)
The Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR) Career Enhancement Core will
use CEGIR resources and the opportunities available at each site to create a Core that will train early stage
scholars in rare diseases research with a focus on rare eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs). Through
the CEGIR LEADERS (Longitudinal Enhancement And Development in Eosinophilic gastrointestinal and Rare
diseases Scholarship) program, the Core is designed to enhance the likelihood of rare diseases focus and
academic success of the scholars in training. The specific goals of the CEGIR Career Enhancement Core are to
1) attract early stage scholars to the field of rare diseases, with a focus on four rare diseases, eosinophilic
esophagitis (EoE), eosinophilic gastritis (EG), eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE), and eosinophilic colitis (EC); 2)
help scholars gain research experiences in these rare diseases; and 3) enhance and encourage scholars’ career
development along a rare diseases career path. These goals will be achieved through a variety of interventions
including recruiting stellar candidates; a series of online lectures and webinars developed in partnership with
professional organizations such as the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and
Nutrition (NASPGHAN); an annual CEGIR Education Symposium; interactions with established researchers and
patient advocacy groups (PAGs); opportunities to visit centers of excellence to learn new information,
approaches, and technologies; and through an apprenticeship program involving research projects. The CEGIR
LEADERS program will engage early stage scholars during graduate school (e.g., MD and PhD training) and
during the initial years beyond graduation (fellowship or postdoctoral positions) with special emphasis on
recruitment of underrepresented minorities. Each CEGIR site has experience and resources to aid career
development of early stage investigators in clinical investigation and translational research and has access to a
pool of early stage investigators who will be outstanding CEGIR scholar candidates. Thus, the CEGIR Career
Enhancement Core represents an unparalleled opportunity for early stage scholars to obtain training in the rare
diseases field with a focus on rare EGIDs and to enhance their career development.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10478136
- **Project number:** 5U54AI117804-09
- **Recipient organization:** CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** JONATHAN Micheal SPERGEL
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $19,839
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-08-15 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10478136

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10478136, Career Enhancement (5U54AI117804-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10478136. Licensed CC0.

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