# Child Health Research Career Development Award (K1-Renewal Yrs 31-35)

> **NIH NIH K12** · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · 2024 · $444,598

## Abstract

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) is submitting an application for the competitive
renewal of its Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA/K12). This highly successful
program at CCHMC has completed 31 years of successful mentoring of physician scientists who leave our
program well positioned to catalyze transformational changes in pediatric research. In this, our sixth renewal
application, we celebrate the 59 CHCRDA Scholars who have achieved $629M in cumulative NIH grant
funding and published more than 4000 research papers. Our Scholars have advanced to become top leaders
in pediatric research, many holding major academic positions, with 21 of our Scholars serving as division
directors or department chairs in pediatrics. Since our last submission in 2017, the capacity of our research
infrastructure at CCHMC has continued to expand, with additions of outstanding new faculty engaged in basic
research in genetics, immunology, gene regulation, bioinformatics, rare diseases, and other areas. This
expanded faculty base provides outstanding mentor choices for young pediatric physician-scientists. In this
renewal, we are proposing 33 accomplished faculty members with mature and well-funded research
programs, with a particular focus on strengths in the basic sciences and technological innovation, to serve as
primary mentors or co-mentors for the CHRCDA Scholars. We propose four Specific Aims that have been
successful for this program through multiple cycles: Identifying top new Scholar candidates (Aim 1); Providing
an outstanding mentoring environment and curriculum (Aim 2); Supporting Scholar development through
exposure to relevant cutting-edge technologies (Aim 3); and Enhancing the diversity of new faculty entering
research-intensive careers (Aim 4). Our program is introducing three new Targeted Innovations this cycle:
Formation of a united institutionally-supported career development program (Proctor pre-K Scholar) and
CHRCDA Scholar program for physician-scientist early career development; a Technology Innovation
Program for our Scholars; and a series of enhancements to our diversity efforts including the appointment of
a new CHRCDA Director of Diversity and Inclusion. The CHRCDA program at CCHMC has matured during
its 31 years history into a highly interactive, collaborative, functional community, including the renewed
Executive Committee, External Advisors, Internal Advisors, and the CHRCDA Faculty Mentors, all of whom
are fully committed to the success of future generations of independent physician-scientists who are leaders
in pediatric medicine.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10788434
- **Project number:** 5K12HD028827-32
- **Recipient organization:** CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Tina Lee Cheng
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $444,598
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2002-02-20 → 2027-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10788434

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10788434, Child Health Research Career Development Award (K1-Renewal Yrs 31-35) (5K12HD028827-32). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10788434. Licensed CC0.

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