# Enrichment-Program-001

> **NIH NIH P30** · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · 2020 · $85,201

## Abstract

The mission of the HDDC Enrichment Program is to facilitate advances in digestive disease-related research
by organizing events that promote exchange of ideas and knowledge among HDDC Members and the Boston
research community at large. The Program fosters the development of young investigators and the productivity
of established investigators whose interests are consistent with the Themes of the Center. By serving as the
intellectual crossroads for this research community, the HDDC Enrichment Program seeks to catalyze new
research collaborations and multidisciplinary projects, and to attract talented investigators from other fields into
research on the digestive tract in health and disease.
Specific Aims of the Enrichment Program are:
1: To organize monthly seminars focused on each of the four HDDC Research Themes featuring HDDC
members, local leaders and visiting scientists from relevant fields, with the goal of enhancing knowledge and
forging connections among investigators in digestive disease research.
2: To organize annual half-day symposia and full-day conferences that feature new scientific advances and
facilitate interactions and new collaborations among HDDC members, as well as non-members whose
research is potentially applicable to the digestive tract. Spring Symposium topics rotate among the four major
Themes of the HDDC. A biennial Frontiers in Mucosal Immunology (FIMI) conference attracts scientists from
the entire Northeast.
3: To contribute to the professional training of young investigators by providing mentored public speaking and
leadership opportunities in multi-lab mini-retreats, an annual Pilot Feasibility Program Retreat, focused
workshops, and journal clubs.
The Enrichment Program continues to have a significant impact on the careers of young investigators in the
digestive diseases, to catalyze collaborations among HDDC Members, and to raise awareness of digestive
diseases research in the Boston scientific community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9850253
- **Project number:** 5P30DK034854-35
- **Recipient organization:** BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** WAYNE I LENCER
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $85,201
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2021-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9850253

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9850253, Enrichment-Program-001 (5P30DK034854-35). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9850253. Licensed CC0.

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