# HCHDS Investigator Development Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $247,683

## Abstract

Project Summary
The overall goal of Investigator Development Core (IDC) is to create a more diverse biomedical workforce by
building the capacity of a cadre of new investigators who are committed to investigating how place-based
determinants impact minority health and health disparities. This goal will be largely achieved via a competitive
application process to identify postdoctoral trainees, junior faculty, and other early stage investigators that will
be called Health Disparities Scholars. These Scholars will be equipped with the skills to develop and
implement cutting edge pilot studies, with support of the Research Methods Support Team in the
Administrative Core, and translate and disseminate the findings to research, policy, and practice audiences
with support from the Community Engagement and Dissemination Core. In addition to funding and
methodological support, Health Disparities Scholars will also be provided with access to a career development
program, training and mentoring, and oversight of the pilot projects to completion. The IDC will leverage other
innovative Center programs that build on over 10 years of expertise and leadership in the field through the
“Certificate in Health Disparities and Health Inequality”; journal club for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and
graduate students; and a lecture series that is open to the public and the campus community. The key
outcome of the IDC is to create a community of scholars committed to the study of place-based determinants
who are able to successfully obtain external research funding and advance the field.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9938333
- **Project number:** 5U54MD000214-19
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** ROLAND J. THORPE
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $247,683
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9938333

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9938333, HCHDS Investigator Development Core (5U54MD000214-19). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9938333. Licensed CC0.

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