# Mental Health Services and Systems Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $166,266

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Mental illness is a major public health concern in the United States and a significant source of morbidity and
mortality. The goal of the training program is to produce the next generation of researchers with rigorous
training in: health services research and economics, statistics and other methodologies, and implementation
science, all applied to mental health, and with an in-depth understanding of how health services and care
delivery and financing systems might optimally be designed to serve the needs of persons with mental illness.
Trainees will also have an understanding of the importance of producing knowledge to transform mental health
services and systems to promote equitable mental health services access, quality, and outcomes. This training
program capitalizes on the rich resources for mental health research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health (BSPH), the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and the University. Three pre-doctoral
trainees each year will obtain the skills and experiences needed to lead multi-disciplinary, collaborative
research teams. Pre-doctoral trainees undertake a rigorous program of coursework in the core domains of
public health and mental health including epidemiology, biostatistics, mental health services, psychopathology,
and research ethics. Each trainee will also obtain take additional coursework in the three braided threads of the
program: (1) health services and economics, (2) statistics and methodology, and (3) implementation science,
all with a cross-cutting focus on health equity. The braided threads build on strengths within BSPH and are
recognized as priorities highlighted in NIMH’s Research Priorities. All trainees also participate in a year-long
practicum experience, a bi-weekly seminar, ongoing mentored research projects, and yearly integrative
activities to complement their didactic curriculum. These components provide trainees with a solid
interdisciplinary foundation in mental health services and systems research. This training program is the first to
provide formal NIH-funded T32 pre-doctoral training in implementation science. The renewed program will
include 3 pre-doctoral students per year. These trainees will be supported by an experienced group of the 2
program directors, 15 additional core faculty and 13 affiliate faculty members with expertise in mental health
services research. The training program Co-Directors, Drs. Beth McGinty and Elizabeth Stuart are
accomplished scholars and national leaders in their research fields. A nationally recognized 9-member
Advisory Committee will provide high-level guidance. The training program is housed in the BSPH Department
of Health Policy and Management and run jointly with the Department of Mental Health, and has strong ties to
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The overarching aim of the renewed program is to continue to identify and
train scholars who will become leaders in mental health services and systems research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10833582
- **Project number:** 5T32MH109436-07
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Matthew Eisenberg
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $166,266
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2028-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10833582

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10833582, Mental Health Services and Systems Training Program (5T32MH109436-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10833582. Licensed CC0.

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