# Investigator Development Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $338,661

## Abstract

The Mid-Atlantic Center for Cardiometabolic Health Equity (MACCHE) will establish an Investigator
Development (ID) Core with two objectives: (1) to promote career development for Early-Stage Investigators
establishing research careers focused on health disparities for chronic diseases; and (2) enhancing diversity of
the workforce in this area of biomedical research. MACCHE includes a partnership between The Johns
Hopkins University (JHU) and University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) – both of which have Centers for Health
Equity and both of which are centers of excellence for biomedical research. To accomplish its objectives, the
Investigator Development Core has established three specific aims:
Aim #1. To establish a pilot project program for postdoctoral fellows, early career faculty and other Early-Stage
Investigators to support innovative research related to chronic disease disparities. The pilot award program will
solicit applications from early-stage investigators at JHU, UMB, Morgan State University, community partners,
and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic region who have an interest in addressing chronic, cardiometabolic disease
disparities. MACCHE's pilot program will work deliberately to promote pilot applications from persons from
underrepresented groups in biomedical research, including those who have faced disadvantage, disability, or
come from an under-represented racial/ethnic group. After research applications undergo peer review,
applications will be selected for funding based on scientific merit as assessed by peer review in combination
with strategic considerations as determined by MACCHE's Steering Committee.
Aim #2. To create a multidisciplinary mentoring network and community for pilot project awardees (“MACCHE
health equity scholars”) inclusive of senior faculty with health equity expertise. With oversight by MACCHE's ID
Core, Early-Stage Investigators receiving MACCHE pilot awards will establish mentoring committees including
a primary mentor and two co-mentors to provide overall career mentoring in scholar's background discipline.
When possible, we will match scholars with a `national' mentor from another one of the P50 programs. In
addition, one of our Core program faculty advisors will oversee the scholar's progress in the program.
Aim #3. To support Early-Stage Investigators with structured didactic training to promote ethical, scientifically
rigorous, and reproducible research to address chronic disease disparities. Pilot grant awardees will be
required to participate in didactic training on “Responsible Conduct of Research” and “Scientific Rigor and
Reproducibility” offered at one of the parent institutions. In addition, they will be encouraged to participate in
other career development opportunities, including courses on Grant Writing, Scholar Skills and Community-
Building, and Writing Accountability Groups. By providing pilot research funding in combination with enhanced
mentoring, MACCHE's Pilot Award Program will promo...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10494171
- **Project number:** 5P50MD017348-02
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Tanjala Purnell
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $338,661
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-09-24 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10494171

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10494171, Investigator Development Core (5P50MD017348-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10494171. Licensed CC0.

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