# Training Program in Investigative Gastroenterology

> **NIH NIH T32** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $243,935

## Abstract

This proposal is a competitive renewal application for five years of support to continue the Yale Training
Program in Investigative Gastroenterology. The Program is entering its 41st year and provides training in
both laboratory-based and patient-oriented research for: 1) physicians-scientists who have completed their
clinical gastroenterology training (in the Departments of Medicine or Pediatrics) with the goal of supporting
their training and transition to established independent investigators who pursue digestive tract research
and similarly to 2) Ph.D. scientists who are seeking post-doctoral training in the biology and disease of the
digestive tract. Resources and mentors come from the Internal Medicine Digestive Diseases Section, the
Pediatric Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the Departments of Cell Biology, Cellular and
Molecular Physiology, and Immunobiology and the Yale MD-PhD Program. The Program also has close ties
to the educational programs of the Yale Investigative Medicine Program (YIMP), the Yale CTSA and the
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. Program preceptors have expertise in several primary
areas: Intestinal epithelial biology and the microbiome, cell biology, immunobiology, and
clinical/translational/genetic sciences. The training opportunities in clinical and translational science as
well as immunobiology and studies of the microbiome have most expanded during the most recent funded
period, aided by recruitment of new preceptors and the development of new educational and degree
programs. Reflecting this are several recent first-author high impact prospective clinical studies published
by our trainees. Training duration depends on the trainee background. Physician-trainees who have
completed their clinical training will usually receive three years or more of research training whereas Ph.D.s
in this Program will receive two years of training. The trainees' curriculum will include didactic learning,
research seminars, and journal clubs. Trainees' research will be presented locally and nationally. Formal
application and interviews will be required to enter the program. Each trainee will have a progress
committee comprised of their mentor, the Program Director (Fred Gorelick) or an Associate Director, a
member of the Digestive Diseases faculty, and faculty from another section or department. Over the past 10
years, for those who completed their training by July 1, 2016, 65% hold or have held full-time academic
positions (9% have part-time appointments). Over the past 10 years, 6/22 program graduates (27%) have
Pediatric GI trainees; of these have had full-time academic appointments and two have been under-
represented minorities in medicine. Renewal of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) and
establishment of a Yale Center for Scientific Teaching has substantially increased the resources and
educational opportunities for our trainees.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9938541
- **Project number:** 5T32DK007017-44
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Fred Sanford Gorelick
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $243,935
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1977-01-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9938541

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9938541, Training Program in Investigative Gastroenterology (5T32DK007017-44). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9938541. Licensed CC0.

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