# Research Training in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

> **NIH NIH T32** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $132,403

## Abstract

Project Summary
This revised application for renewal of our T32 award, which has been funded since 1980, requests support for
two trainees per year in each of the next five years. The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Yale is
composed of a diverse group of serious investigators who conduct laboratory-based or clinically-based
translational research and who have made important contributions to our understanding of the pathogenesis,
epidemiology, and prevention of infections in both children and adults. The Division also has a long history of
selecting and training highly motivated pediatricians for productive careers in research, many of whom have
assumed prominent leadership roles in academic medical centers, government agencies, NGOs, and industry.
What is new in this proposal? We plan to: (1) Offer formal advanced didactic training in combination with
mentored research that will culminate in either a Master of Health Science degree or a PhD degree in
Investigative Medicine; (2) Establish two formal research tracks: clinically-based and laboratory-based
translational research – with opportunities for international research in either track; (3) Increase opportunities
for conducting global infectious diseases research in low and middle income countries through international
collaborative research of Yale faculty mentors/trainers and selected global mentors in Jamaica, Brazil, and
Ghana; (4) Further expand potential research areas for fellows by enlisting additional faculty mentors/trainers
with expertise in important areas such as the microbiome, the interface of infections and the immune system
and emerging infectious diseases; (5) Expand the applicant pool for the T32 to include PhD post-doc trainees
who want to be immersed in significant translational research in infectious diseases; (6) Enhance diversity
through active recruitment of individuals underrepresented in biomedical research; and (7) Introduce new
leadership for the program. Our goals are to identify and to recruit outstanding applicants, to help them learn to
think critically, and to acquire research skills and experience that will prepare them for productive careers in
clinical/translational research in globally significant infectious diseases that will make a real contribution to
improving health. We describe a program that is tailored to each individual trainee, yet is designed to assure
that all gain core competencies to be able to perform top quality clinical/translational research. The cornerstone
of this training program will consist of a closely mentored and intensive training in laboratory- or clinically-
based research related to Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Required didactic training will be available through
Graduate level courses offered by the Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, the
School of Public Health, the National Clinician Scholars Program (formerly the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical
Scholars Program), and the Yale Investi...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10614518
- **Project number:** 5T32AI007210-40
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** THOMAS SCOT MURRAY
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $132,403
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1980-09-30 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10614518

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10614518, Research Training in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (5T32AI007210-40). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10614518. Licensed CC0.

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