# Molecular Biology in Burns and Trauma

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · 2024 · $353,436

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
This Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) training Program proposes to take primarily
surgeons during the second or third year of their general residency programs, and expose them to two to four
years of mentored research with highly productive basic science mentors focused on inflammation‐related topics.
Four training positions are requested. The overall research program will focus on mastery of molecular biology,
functional genomics and gene regulation, and in some cases applying artificial intelligence to this data, as it
applies broadly to inflammation research. Although the bulk of the training program will be in the laboratory of
an experienced research mentor, trainees will be expected to participate in didactic experiences that complement
their research experience. Select trainees will have the opportunity to complete a Ph.D. program in the Graduate
School in three to four years. Trainees can also participate in alternative advanced degrees (M.S., M.P.H.), or
can complete graduate certificate programs which are formal collections of courses that together form a coherent
program of study offered through an academic unit. This training program takes advantage of the unique
strengths of the College of Medicine in the expanding field of personalized medicine, as well as the existing
collaborations between basic scientists and clinicians committed to the training of future clinical academicians.
The interface between molecular biology and inflammation research will be targeted to trauma, sepsis,
ischemia/reperfusion injury, burn and vascular injury pathology and patients who enter chronic critical illness.
The faculty will be drawn from funded basic and clinical scientists with expertise or faculty appointments within
and without the Department of Surgery who will serve as research mentors to the trainees. Clinical mentors will
interact with the trainees and the research faculty to assure that the trainees are being exposed to clinically‐
important issues in inflammation research. Overall direction of the program will rest with the Program Director
and an Executive Committee. Candidates for the fellowship are recruited nationally and from the University of
Florida College of Medicine (Gainesville and Jacksonville). Successful applicants with the assistance of the
Executive Committee will identify a research and clinical mentor who will help formulate a formal individual
training program and periodic review of the trainee’s progress. Furthermore, trainees are expected to participate
in basic science seminars in the Institute on Aging, Emerging Pathogens Institute and Genetics Institute, and in
their own basic science departments, as well as laboratory research meetings. They will also be expected to
attend clinical seminars, including Surgery and Critical Care Medicine Grand Rounds and the Department of
Surgery Academic Research Conference. Based on our past experiences, it is anticipated that success...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10780666
- **Project number:** 2T32GM008721-26
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
- **Principal Investigator:** Philip A Efron
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $353,436
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1999-07-01 → 2029-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10780666

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10780666, Molecular Biology in Burns and Trauma (2T32GM008721-26). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10780666. Licensed CC0.

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