# Training and Dissemination Plan

> **NIH NIH P41** · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $72,578

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
There are two main objectives of this Core. First, we intend to provide training in the use of stable isotope
technology within the BTRC for use by scientists and clinicians outside the BTRC. The goal is to expand the
general knowledge of how to use stable isotopes for investigation of metabolic questions in intact tissues and
patients. Much of the technology, once understood, is easily transferred to most university and medical school
settings in the United States. Second, we intend to disseminate the results of the work described in the TR&D
projects to the clinical and scientific community. The goal is to make physicians and biomedical scientists
aware of the capabilities of the technologies and to encourage use of the advances from the BTRC. To achieve
these goals, we propose four specific aims. Aim 1 is to continue to present a two-day Annual Symposium with
a focus on magnetic resonance and metabolism. The first day will be refocused on training in technology and
the second day will continue to present broader biological and clinical topics that are relevant to the technology
developed in the BTRC. Aim 2 is to provide training tailored to the needs of visiting scientists, students,
medical housestaff and subspeciality clinical fellows as necessary to allow investigators outside the BTRC to
apply the technology to clinical problems. Aim 3 is to disseminate results and technologies via multiple
strategies including a continued local Mini-Symposium for Undergraduates, continued participation in the NIH
Isotope Course presented by the NIDDK, a newly proposed training course in 13C isotopomer and flux analysis
at the World Molecular Imaging Congress, the web page and teaching in graduate courses. Aim 4 is to
disseminate open source software designed for experiment planning, spectral analysis and metabolic fitting of
13C tracer experiments. Together, our training and dissemination activities provide a wide range of
opportunities for investigators to learn to use stable isotopes for their studies in intermediary metabolism in
patients and other systems.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9850596
- **Project number:** 5P41EB015908-32
- **Recipient organization:** UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Shawn C Burgess
- **Activity code:** P41 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $72,578
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9850596

## Citation

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