# Brief Research In Aging and Interdisciplinary Neurosciences (BRAIN)

> **NIH NIH T35** · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2024 · $187,816

## Abstract

Project summary
The Department of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center serves as a rich site for multidisciplinary
neurological research, with particular focus on disorders associated with the aging nervous system. This
proposal seeks to continue funding for positions for 25 preclinical students participating in the Brief Research in
Aging and Interdisciplinary Neurosciences (BRAIN) program each summer. For the BRAIN program, we have
developed a comprehensive approach to develop a formal research program for predoctoral students early in
developing careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical research. The work is collaboratively approached
through brief but intensive mentored summer research training experiences for these students. The research
training provides opportunities in basic, behavioral and clinical research through ongoing research in the fields
of basic neuroscience, neuropathology, neurogenetics, neuropsychology, stroke, Alzheimer disease and
related disorders, motor neuron disease, Parkinson disease and related disorders, and epilepsy, as well as
neurologic clinical trials treating patients with these disorders. In addition, a comprehensive structured research
education curriculum is delivered over the course of the intense research experience, with topics including
responsible conduct of research and methods to enhance reproducibility, basic research methodologies,
introductions to abstract authorship and poster presentations, and introduction of statistical concepts and
approach to analyses, as well as epidemiologic and pathophysiologic reviews of the most common neurologic
disorders associated with aging and thus likely to be studied. Our institution has the strongest track record of
developing academic neurologists of anywhere worldwide, and this short-term, intense program builds upon
this wealth of resources through hands-on introductions to neurological research, comprehensive review of
principles of research, and thus assures the best opportunity for these students to develop research careers in
the field and be prepared to developing research projects of their own.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10834985
- **Project number:** 5T35AG044303-12
- **Recipient organization:** COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Sachin Agarwal
- **Activity code:** T35 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $187,816
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-05-01 → 2028-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10834985

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10834985, Brief Research In Aging and Interdisciplinary Neurosciences (BRAIN) (5T35AG044303-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10834985. Licensed CC0.

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