# Transforming Training to Increase Diversity in the Tufts BIRCWH Program

> **NIH NIH K12** · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · 2022 · $189,365

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
This proposed administrative supplement to the Tufts BIRCWH (K12HD092535-06) will be transformative in
increasing the diversity of the exceptional researchers in women's health and sex/gender differences with the
ultimate goal to better understand basic mechanisms of disease and develop treatment that addresses the
heterogeneity of treatment effects by sex. The Tufts University Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in
Women's Health (BIRCWH) Scholars Program was recently renewed to continue a model program to recruit,
select, and train early career faculty to conduct basic research in sex/gender differences and clinical and health
services research on women's health issues. The long term goals of the Tufts BIRCWH Program are to
develop the next generation of leaders in research in sex/gender differences and women’s health. The
Program will fund faculty within six years of completing their training. For the additional scholar supported
through this administrative supplement, we propose to select from eligible candidates based upon disability or
from a group underrepresented in medicine and science who have completed their doctoral training but require
more in depth interdisciplinary research training. The Program will achieve its goals through five key activities,
tailored to meet each Scholar’s training needs: 1) interdisciplinary mentoring teams, 2) formal research
training, 3) interdisciplinary research seminars, 4) a mentored research project, and 5) development of skills in
grant proposal preparation. The addition of our BIRCWH DEI Director as part of the parent program will build
our existing capacity to advance the recruitment and retention of diverse scientists in the fields of women’s
health and sex and gender differences and advance inclusive excellence for all in the program.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10678506
- **Project number:** 3K12HD092535-06S1
- **Recipient organization:** TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Karen Freund
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $189,365
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2017-09-11 → 2027-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10678506

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10678506, Transforming Training to Increase Diversity in the Tufts BIRCWH Program (3K12HD092535-06S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10678506. Licensed CC0.

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