This Administrative Supplement targeting complementary and integrative health (CIH) practitioners seeks support to enhance the research capabilities of Dr. Wren Burton, MPH, DC. The proposed award targets a critical phase in Dr. Burton’s career trajectory, aiming to facilitate her transition to an independent clinician-researcher and to be competitive for a future NIH career development award to advance her independence. Dr. Burton’s research interests focus on multimodal chiropractic care (MCC) for older adults with chronic pain, aligning with NCCIH priorities. This award will support Dr. Burton’s time to serve as a study team member for our NCCIH-funded R34 trial, which will afford her with essential hands-on training in clinical trial conduct. The parent award evaluates combined MCC and Tai Chi for chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNNP). Phase I established treatment regimens through a Delphi process, while Phase II will investigate feasibility and participant experiences while optimizing data collection processes. Dr. Burton’s participation in this trial offers a unique opportunity to hone her skills in clinical trial design, IRB protocols, participant recruitment, outcomes assessment, safety monitoring, and data management, while addressing a topic central to her research interests. In addition to primary hands-on learning in the parent award, she will engage in three related and complementary training activities with her mentorship team. These include 1) completing data analyses and publishing multiple peer-reviewed articles related to an observational study of CNNP and gait health (same study population as parent award), 2) contributing to the design and initial conduct of an adjunct neuroimaging pilot study employing the same combined MCC and Tai Chi interventions for CNNP as the parent award, and 3) drafting a competitive K23 application. The proposed activities will substantially extend Dr. Burton’s hands-on experience in clinical trial conduct, enrich her data management/analysis skills, strengthen her writing of peer reviewed manuscripts and grants, and introduce her to the fundamental neuroimaging research. This training will significantly contribute to the development of Dr. Burton as an independent clinician researcher and further enhance the CIH research community.