# Post Graduate Studies in Cardiovascular Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2020 · $309,740

## Abstract

Abstract/Overview (Project Summary)
This is a competitive renewal of a highly successful T32 training grant at the University of Colorado to support
the training of post-doctoral fellows (MD and PhD) who wish to prepare for careers in cardiovascular research.
The broad objective of this training program is to create an environment that will provide the next generation of
cardiovascular researchers with training that is linked to the broad research goals of the NIH/NHLBI strategic
plan: 1. to understand the molecular and physiologic basis of cardiovascular health and disease; 2. to develop
personalized preventive and therapeutic regimens for cardiovascular diseases and 3. To generate an improved
understanding of the processes involved in translating research into practice. We are proud of the success of
our trainees over the past decade, the vast majority of whom have become full-time members of academic
faculty. However, we also recognize that the landscape of academic medicine is changing and we are
committed to providing our trainees with the skills that they will need to succeed in this changing landscape. To
meet this objective, we have assembled a group of mentors from the rich cardiovascular research community
at the University of Colorado campuses in Denver and Boulder and we have developed a comprehensive
training plan that includes new emphasis on team science, management of “big data”, and entrepreneurship.
The specific goals of the training program are:
 1. To assemble a group of established scientists with a shared commitment to training the next generation
 of cardiovascular investigators. Focus areas of investigation sub served by the trainers is consistent
 with the NIH/NHLBI strategic plan and includes faculty with an interest in basic biology of the cardiac
 myocyte and the vasculature; integrative and human physiology; and health services and outcomes
 research. We have modified our roster of trainers from the time of the previous submission to include
 several more junior scientists so that we can develop a program that provides training to the trainers
 (as well as the trainees) and contributes to the maintenance of a community of cardiovascular
scientists.
 2. To develop a program of didactics and a multi-tiered mentoring process designed specifically for
 trainees supported by this grant that includes both depth of domain specific scientific training and the
 acquisition of integrative skills that cross disciplines and that will provide our trainees with the fluency
 necessary to build team-oriented investigative approaches to cardiovascular disease. This latter area
 will include didactics that are specific to this training program, including topics in cardiovascular
 science, entrepreneurship; a mini-course focused on techniques in cardiovascular research; an
 informatics tutorial specifically focused an informatics approaches to large data sets; access to degree
 granting programs (PhD and/or MSPH) in both Health Services...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9855036
- **Project number:** 5T32HL007822-22
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** Peter N. Buttrick
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $309,740
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1996-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9855036

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9855036, Post Graduate Studies in Cardiovascular Research (5T32HL007822-22). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9855036. Licensed CC0.

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