# Psychosis: A Convergent Neuroscience Perspective

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2020 · $394,821

## Abstract

Project Summary
The Psychosis: A Convergent Neuroscience Perspective training grant aims to provide basic and clinical
neuroscientists with skills and experiences necessary to launch an interdisciplinary research career that can
contribute to mechanistic understanding of psychosis spectrum disorders. This revised renewal application
capitalizes on the depth of resources, facilities and faculty dedicated to research and training in translational
neuroscience at Penn. The program forges cross-fertilization of clinical neuroscientists, with expertise in
psychosis spectrum disorders, and basic neuroscientists, with new methodologies to probe neural mechanisms
pertinent to psychosis. Training will be provided in four Units, reflecting concentrations of investigators and
laboratories and state of the field: (1) Brain Phenotypes; (2) Neurogenetics; (3) Cellular and Molecular; (4)
Computation. While each trainee will work primarily within a Unit, with a mentor supervising the research
training, there will be common courses and workshops across Units. The didactic experiences will be
coordinated by faculty to assure training in informatics, biostatistics and methodology, ethical conduct of
research and a solid grounding in behavioral phenotyping. The 5-year post-doctoral program will have five
trainees with M.D., M.D./Ph.D. and Ph.D. degrees, each trained for a period of 2-years. The program
capitalizes on extensive experience of the participating laboratories, which have joint grants, training programs,
seminars, and enjoy a productive collaboration in all academic activities. The training program dovetails with
the academic agenda of the Schizophrenia Research Center, where faculty interact by working collaboratively
in research teams in ways that can serve as role models for trainees. We hope that our efforts will continue to
help advance the careers of high quality clinical and basic neuroscientists who can move the field ahead
collaboratively. Through active participation in research, combined with didactic course work and workshops,
trainees learn to conduct research bridging clinical with basic neurosciences relevant to understanding the
neurobiology of psychosis spectrum disorders. The Training Committee, which includes the scientific leaders of
the Training Units, assists the Program Director and Associate Directors in coordinating recruitment and
admissions, assuring appropriate matching of Fellows to mentors and research laboratories, and monitoring
quality and progress of training. Responsible conduct of research, data reproducibility, and professionalism are
highly emphasized as is diversity, with an Internal Diversity Advisory Board. The program is guided by an
External Advisory Board Research projects of trainees span the scope of the participating laboratories with a
focus on neurobiology of psychosis. Notably, the proposed program is the only one at Penn emphasizing the
training of clinical and basic neuroscientists in the study of comple...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9935289
- **Project number:** 2T32MH019112-29A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Raquel E Gur
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $394,821
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1993-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9935289

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9935289, Psychosis: A Convergent Neuroscience Perspective (2T32MH019112-29A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9935289. Licensed CC0.

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