# Interdisciplinary Training in Injury and Critical Illness

> **NIH NIH T32** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2024 · $223,134

## Abstract

Project Summary
Over 25 million people per year are treated emergently for injuries and more than 5 million people are admitted
annually for critical illness. This Interdisciplinary Training in Injury and Critical Illness will help contribute to the
next generation of trauma surgeon-scientists who can tackle the basic, translational, and clinical aspects of
research spanning the bench to bedside. This research will center on the broad-expertise of our 16 Scientific
Mentors covering the domains 1) Injury and 2) Critical Illness. Interdisciplinary participating faculty have
extensive collaborations with each other and hail from the 6 Departments (Surgery, Orthopedics, Plastics,
Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Engineering). Vanderbilt is at the nexus of 70,000 miles of injured and critically
ill patients with annual trauma evaluations exceeding 6,000/year, offering robust opportunities for primary and
secondary analysis of prospective clinical cohort and multicenter clinical trial data, as well as translational
approaches to important aspects of injury and critical illness (e.g., lung injury, peripheral nerve injury,
orthopedic trauma, sepsis, burns, cognitive impairment). Dr. Mayur B. Patel, a previous post-doctoral T32
trainee, now established academic trauma surgeon-scientist, will lead this T32 program as Program Director to
develop the next generation of future surgeon-scientists. Scientific Mentors who serve as primary mentors for
T32-funded trainees hold secondary appointments in multiple basic science and clinical departments and
associated research centers. The proposed T32 training program will commence after a national search for
high-performing candidates, who have completed a minimal of two years of surgical training (or equivalent
clinical or post-doctoral experience), and ultimately support up to one new post-doctoral trainees per year. Two
years of dedicated research training will be required for all trainees. To maximize scientific career development
potential, our training program offers the rigorous opportunity to earn additional graduate training (e.g., Master
of Public Health, Master of Clinical Investigation).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10818409
- **Project number:** 5T32GM135094-04
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Mayur B Patel
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $223,134
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-07-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10818409

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10818409, Interdisciplinary Training in Injury and Critical Illness (5T32GM135094-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10818409. Licensed CC0.

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