# Professional Development Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · MAINEHEALTH · 2022 · $234,601

## Abstract

The Professional Development Core (PDC) of the NNE-CTR supports project-directed education and training,
career development, and mentorship, promoting high quality scientific endeavors that will improve the health
and lives of the residents of northern New England. Recently developed education/training offerings include
the Clinical Research ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) and the Fundamentals in
Clinical Research course. Mentorship opportunities have been strengthened for early career investigators by
creating a mentorship network of accomplished clinical/translational scientists. Other innovations include
development of a Research Scholar Program, the Research Professionals Network, and the Research
Navigator Training Program. The PDC will now build upon these successes to expand the reach and impact of
its offerings. Our aims will target priorities identified by needs assessment; specifically to improve access to
education and training, to grow mentorship and support of early investigators, and to grow collaborative team
science. An exciting new collaboration with the Northern New England Practice-Based Research Network
(NNE-PBRN) that is affiliated with Dartmouth has been initiated. The PDC can now engage additional primary
care clinics and community health centers across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. PDC offerings,
including ECHO and Fundamentals, will be disseminated to investigators and research professionals
throughout the NNE-PBRN and northern New England. The PDC will also further develop and expand mentor-
training programs to enhance availability of skilled mentors. Opportunities for emerging clinical investigators to
have protected time for mentored research experiences will be supported by the NNE-CTR Research Scholar
Program and mentorship to aid submission of quality NIH K-award proposals. The PDC will also grow
collaborative team science by disseminating training in team science fundamentals and by enlisting additional
collaborators within the larger northern New England community and IDeA states. The PDC will emphasize
diversity, equity, and inclusion in all programs and activities with particular attention to health disparities and
social determinants of health and healthcare.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10505151
- **Project number:** 2U54GM115516-06
- **Recipient organization:** MAINEHEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Kimberly Luebbers
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $234,601
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2017-07-03 → 2027-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10505151

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10505151, Professional Development Core (2U54GM115516-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10505151. Licensed CC0.

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