# Neurology Physician Research Training Grant

> **NIH NIH UE5** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2024 · $447,290

## Abstract

Physician-scientists occupy a critical niche in the translation of basic science findings into new clinical
treatments. Within the field of neurology, physician-scientists have been at the forefront, among many
examples, in developing new models of human disease, developing new clinical treatments for Parkinson’s
disease, epilepsy and stroke and identifying novel genetic signatures of brain tumors, glial progenitors and
neural stem cells that may facilitate new therapies. However, the relative and absolute numbers of physician
scientists have been declining over the past 25 years, despite the doubling of the NIH research budget during
a portion of this epoch. This is in large part due to the prolonged nature of the training for a physician-scientist.
The NIH has recognized this problem in the release of this RFA for Research Education Programs for
Residents and Fellows in Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, Neuroradiology and Emergency
Medicine. The goal of the neurology research education program in this grant proposal is to train neurology
residents in either basic or clinical science research through direct investigative study, oral and written
scientific presentation and intensive mentored career development. The structure of the training program
incorporates several tiers of mentoring and focused time on oral and written presentations, with a culmination
in the production of career development grant. This training program is supported by an excellent
environment for neuroscience research and education in the UCLA Neurology Department. The department
has been a top ten NIH funded neurology department, and has a large clinical and basic research
faculty with diverse and well-funded programs. The residency program is relatively large (9 per year) with
flexibility to place selected residents in a research program, and has a track record of training many
academic neurologists. The proposed education program takes advantage of the substantial neuroscience
community within the Neurology Department and allied departments to have a large and scientifically
diverse group of mentors with great depth of research and past training experience. By serving to integrate
clinical and basic neuroscientists with Neurology residents in the context of their clinical training
program, this grant develops a Translational Neuroscience Training Grant.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10891633
- **Project number:** 5UE5NS065723-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** Stanley Thomas Carmichael
- **Activity code:** UE5 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $447,290
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2009-03-04 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10891633

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10891633, Neurology Physician Research Training Grant (5UE5NS065723-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10891633. Licensed CC0.

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