# Surgeon-Scientist Research Training in Injury Pathobiology and Outcomes In Critical Illness

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · 2023 · $84,177

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The urgent need to refill the physician-scientist pipeline by training the next generation of physicians in basic and
translational laboratory and applied clinical research has been widely recognized. A declining number of
surgeon-scientists, however, threatens future advancement of surgical practice. The overall goal of this training
program is to train the next generation of surgeon-scientists, who have the knowledge, skillsets and motivation
to perform translationally relevant and meaningful research that will lead to significant improvements in patient
outcomes. Our training program seeks applications from surgery residents interested in a 2-year full-time
research training centered on injury pathobiology and outcomes in critical illness, a broad research arena
essential for all surgical specialties. Each year, 1 trainee, who has typically completed 3 years of surgery
residency, will be recruited primarily from a large pool of diverse and highly talented applicants for the general
surgery and the integrated vascular surgery residency programs in the Department of Surgery, Morsani College
of Medicine at University of South Florida (USF). The central hub of our training program is the Division of
Surgical Research (DSR) in the DOS. Experienced investigators in the DSR, alongside carefully selected
investigators from 5 other USF departments will form the training faculty. The training faculty is composed of 14
individuals who are committed to the research training of young surgeons, have an establish track record of
extramural funding related to various aspects of injury pathobiology and outcomes in critical illness, and currently
hold more than 30 NIH/VA awards as principal investigators. Many of our training faculty are physician scientists,
which provides our trainees with critical experience and knowledge in both medical and basic sciences. Based
on the experience of the MPI/PDs as PIs of previous T32 training programs at other institutions, we propose an
optimized training plan to provide trainees with intensive state-of-the-art training in responsible conduct of
rigorous and reproducible research that is guided by individual development plans. While trainees will select a
scientific mentor of their choice, all trainees will be required to develop written research proposals and progress
reports, to give formal research presentations, to participate in seminars, journal clubs and in didactic course
work in biomedical data analysis and responsible conduct of research. In addition, trainees will have the
opportunity to obtain additional graduate degrees/certifications in health informatics or health care analytics. We
have the infrastructure, resources, expertise and motivation to provide our trainees with advanced and
individualized research training in a vibrant scientific environment. We believe that our training program will
ultimately provide the society with much needed surgeon-scientists, who will be at the fore...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10555523
- **Project number:** 1T32GM144274-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
- **Principal Investigator:** PAUL C KUO
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $84,177
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2023-07-01 → 2028-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10555523

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10555523, Surgeon-Scientist Research Training in Injury Pathobiology and Outcomes In Critical Illness (1T32GM144274-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10555523. Licensed CC0.

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