# Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency

> **NIH NIH R38** · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2024 · $231,044

## Abstract

Abstract
University of Utah Health is the only academic health center in the Intermountain West and has a strong
history of knowledge discovery. The proposed Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (Utah
StARR) R38 Program will train resident-investigators in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology,
Medical-Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics to become physician scientists working across
a broad spectrum of clinical, translational, community-engaged, and health services research. We will admit
up to four trainees per year. The Utah StARR Program will administratively be housed at the Department of
Family and Preventive Medicine in the UofU Health and will include collaborative efforts from across the four
other participating departments.
The program will include three tracks: 1) Clinical and Translational Research Track; 2) Health Services
Research Track; and 3) Community-Engagement Research Track and will emphasize training in research
methods, career development including scientific writing, and expert faculty mentoring by seasoned NIH and
NHLBI researchers. The program’s research curriculum, mentored research, and career development
activities will lead to success in transitioning resident-investigators to successful careers as clinician-scientists
in primary care-serving and related specialties focused on research targeted to reduce health disparities in
cardiovascular and pulmonary and related diseases impacting disadvantaged populations. It is expected that
by the end of the program resident investigators will be well positioned to apply for early career research
awards, including career development (K-type) awards.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10766246
- **Project number:** 5R38HL167282-02
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
- **Principal Investigator:** Margaret B Conroy
- **Activity code:** R38 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $231,044
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-02-01 → 2028-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10766246

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10766246, Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (5R38HL167282-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10766246. Licensed CC0.

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