# NRSA Training Core

> **NIH NIH TL1** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2020 · $1,415,513

## Abstract

Contact PD/PI: Grandis, Jennifer Rubin NRSA-Training-001 (564)
TL1 Abstract
The fundamental goal of the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute TL1 Training Program is to
provide pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows with the methodological, analytic, leadership, and team science
skills required to conduct transformative clinical and translational research relevant to precision health. To
date, the Program has served only pre-doctoral fellows, who have co-authored 846 papers (2006-2014); 89%
of trainees > 5 years following the TL1 experience report that they occupy academic positions; 89% report that
the TL1 experience was worthwhile and influenced their commitment to a research career. The Program now
proposes to expand to admit both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral clinical and PhD fellows, recruited from all 4
professional schools at UCSF (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Nursing), with the following Aims: Aim 1. To
enhance the highly successful TL1 program to train outstanding pre-doctoral professional students by creating
a new 1-year training track that will allow them to obtain a Master's in Clinical Research; Aim 2. To stimulate
UCSF pre-doctoral professional students to pursue careers as clinical and translational precision health
researchers through short duration mentored research experiences; and Aim 3. To expand the Program to
include 5 clinical and 5 PhD post-doctoral fellows per year, with the aim of enhancing their skills to ensure
success as clinical and translational precision health researchers. All trainees will be supported by committees
of their lead mentor and relevant co-mentors to help them devise and execute their individual development
plans (IDP). All fellows will take didactic coursework supplemented by precision health-oriented coursework
tailored to the IDP, carry out an individual precision health mentored research project, participate in bi-weekly
faculty presentations and student-led works-in-progress, and have the option of pursuing internships or
externships. This proposal aims to expand the successful pre-doctoral program, which confers an MD and
Master's in Clinical Research in 5 years, to 8 year-long fellows. Four of these will be admitted to the TL1
Program concurrently with their medical school admissions process; an additional 4 fellows will be admitted
after the first year of medical school. They will participate in TL1 activities after year 3 of medical school, and
complete the required Advanced Training in Clinical Research (ATCR) Certificate Program and a Master's in
Clinical Research by the end of the fifth year. Short-term pre-doctoral slots (3-4 months) will be offered to 10
professional students between years 1 and 2 of education, providing them with an intense introduction to
clinical and translational precision health research. For the first time, the TL1 will provide precision health
research training for 5 clinical and 5 PhD post-doctoral fellows with an emphasis on team science. Pos...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9935171
- **Project number:** 5TL1TR001871-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** KAMRAN ATABAI
- **Activity code:** TL1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,415,513
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-07-18 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9935171

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9935171, NRSA Training Core (5TL1TR001871-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9935171. Licensed CC0.

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