# The Ohio State University Research in Residency Physician Scientist Initiative

> **NIH NIH R38** · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $412,613

## Abstract

Project Summary
The Ohio State University (OSU) R38 StARR Program will leverage the large, collaborative and
multidisciplinary research environment of Ohio State with the support of the College of Medicine (COM), Office
of Graduate Medical Education (GME), and participating departments to provide 24 months of research
training in immune-mediated disease, infectious disease and/or immunotherapeutics for select Resident-
Investigators from the Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Pathology, Surgery, and Plastic Surgery. The R38
program will be embedded within the OSU COM Office of Physician Scientist Education and Training (PSET)
that will facilitate Resident-Investigator interactions, vertical peer mentoring and networking with a full spectrum
of physician scientists ranging from undergraduate trainees, MSTP students to early career physician scientist
faculty. The R38 program will benefit from an experienced leadership team engaged in national efforts to
fortify the physician scientist and surgeon scientist pipelines. The diversity driven recruitment strategy,
curricular design, ample NIH-funded faculty mentor pool and resources build upon OSU strengths while
leveraging opportunities for trainee networking with the successful Physician Scientist Training Program
(PSTP) in the Department of Internal Medicine (DOIM) and Department of Surgery’s Research Training
Program (RTP). The R38 program will spearhead the recruitment of exceptional residents to engage in
research training and entice and prepare them through tailored education, career development and culturally
sensitive mentorship to pursue physician scientist careers. The R38 program will offer two tracks: Track 1 for
residents without advanced research experience (categorical, undifferentiated “Late Bloomer” residents) and
Track 2 for categorical residents with advanced scientific backgrounds (including MD, MD/MS, MD/MPH, MD
PhDs). Track 1 Resident-Investigators will pursue mentored research and earn a COM Masters of Medical
Science (MMS) degree that has a well established core curriculum (research design, biostatistics, research
ethics and grant writing) and tracks for basic/translational, clinical and health services research. Track 2
Resident-Investigators will have individualized curricular plans including required Responsible Conduct of
Research (RCR) and Research Rigor coursework and selected optional coursework to enhance knowledge,
skills or abilities in immunology, host defense, immunotherapeutics, biomedical informatics, clinical trial
research, pharmacogenomics, computational biology, health services research. Resident-Investigators will
participate in a monthly OSU-StARR physician scientist career development seminar series consisting of
faculty led discussions on career topics and select workshops to enhance skills in science communication (oral
and written), mentoring, utilization of search tools, databases, etc. The OSU-StARR training opportunities for
less experienced as well ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10810244
- **Project number:** 1R38AI174264-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** GINNY L BUMGARDNER
- **Activity code:** R38 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $412,613
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-07-01 → 2029-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10810244

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10810244, The Ohio State University Research in Residency Physician Scientist Initiative (1R38AI174264-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10810244. Licensed CC0.

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