# Postdoctoral Training in Arteriosclerosis Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2024 · $673,488

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
This application requests continued funding, at the present level of eight training positions, for the post-
doctoral T32 program, “Training in Arteriosclerosis Research” that began in 1978 and was last renewed on
August 1, 2018. The goal of this program is to provide basic and clinical investigators with broadly based
knowledge in scientific fields related to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which has a major impact on
the health of the American population. This training program is, therefore, very relevant to the mission of
NHLBI. This T32 functions within a broad framework of research addressing various aspects of
cardiovascular disease and the spectrum of biologic and social determinants, including diabetes, obesity,
dyslipidemia, hypertension, sleep disorders, and health disparities that increase the risk for atherosclerosis. A
major strength of the program is the many collaborations that exist between faculty mentors. The training
program has a long record of success, with over 75% of trainees that completed the program presently in
research positions, mostly in academic centers and funded by NIH and foundations. The faculty is anchored
by a group of outstanding Senior Mentors, who in addition to mentoring postdoctoral trainees working in
their laboratories will act as mentors for other trainees and junior faculty members in the program. Many of
the Senior Mentors have worked together in this program for more than 15 years, and to ensure the
continued success of the program in these challenging times, we have recruited a new group of younger and
significantly more diverse faculty, both at the Senior and Junior Co-Mentor levels, to join them. Importantly,
20% of the new faculty are underrepresented minorities and 40% are women. Dr. Henry Ginsberg, PI of this
program for 20 years, joins with Drs. Muredach Reilly (PI of Columbia's CTSA) and Jacquelyn Taylor
(Director of the Center for Research in People of Color in the School of Nursing) in a 3 MPI model that will
allow them to meet the many challenges facing sciences and healthcare. Associate Directors, the
Executive Committee, and several subcommittees, will assist the MPI's. In addition to one meeting each
month where trainees present their research, a second monthly meeting will focus on rigor and
reproducibility, health disparities, and the impact or gender or racial bias on research outcomes. All trainees
will enroll in didactic programs to strengthen their knowledge in biostatistics and translational/clinical
research, as well as Precision Medicine and Health Disparities, two new areas that will be highlighted.
Mentoring, particularly of women and minority trainees, will be a major focus of the program. The program will
continue to recruit Ph.D.'s, M.D.'s. and others with professional degrees, with new opportunities for graduates
of Columbia's Ph.D. programs in Nursing and Social Work. New collaborations with outside universities will
increase our ability...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10824211
- **Project number:** 5T32HL007343-47
- **Recipient organization:** COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** HENRY N GINSBERG
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $673,488
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1978-07-01 → 2028-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10824211

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10824211, Postdoctoral Training in Arteriosclerosis Research (5T32HL007343-47). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10824211. Licensed CC0.

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