# Brown Respiratory Research Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · BROWN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $540,483

## Abstract

The Brown Respiratory Research Training Program has as its overall objective the training of physicians and
scientists who will become independent investigators in the pathobiology of respiratory diseases and in the health
services, outcomes, and epidemiology of these diseases. This will be accomplished by a rigorous program of
didactic and career development training and mentored research experience in a collaborative, multidisciplinary
setting. Two graduate students will be accepted per year into a 2-year research training program focused on
Pathogenesis of Respiratory Diseases, with an emphasis on Infections and Immunity. In addition, two
postdoctoral trainees with an MD, PhD, or MD/PhD degree will be accepted per year into a 2-year research
training program focused on either Pathogenesis of Respiratory Diseases or Health Services, Outcomes, and
Epidemiology of Respiratory Diseases. In the first grant year there will be a total of 4 trainees, in subsequent
years there will be 8 trainees total. Twenty six experienced and well-funded faculty trainers plus nine promising
junior faculty trainers from 11 academic departments have developed a Training Program that utilizes resources
from 3 Brown teaching hospitals plus Brown Biology and Clinical Departments and the Brown School of Public
Health. The Brown Respiratory Research Training Program aims to bridge gaps between biomedical, behavioral
and public health disciplines to advance knowledge regarding how best to reduce disease burden among patients
with diseases that affect the respiratory system. The Brown Respiratory Research Training Program is uniquely
positioned to train individuals in research related to respiratory diseases, and takes special advantage of resources
in training in Infection and Immunity. Having trainees looking at these problems from both bench to bedside and
bedside to practice aspects can lead to new insights, lines of synergistic research, and advances in science using
molecular methods and epidemiologic, clinical trials, and health services investigations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9872202
- **Project number:** 5T32HL134625-04
- **Recipient organization:** BROWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Richard John Bennett
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $540,483
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-02-01 → 2022-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9872202

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9872202, Brown Respiratory Research Training Program (5T32HL134625-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9872202. Licensed CC0.

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