# National Research Service Award

> **NIH AHRQ T32** · BROWN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $383,877

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
 Over the past 32 years, Brown University’s AHRQ-supported Institutional T32 Training Program has
developed over 60 interdisciplinary and highly productive pre and post-doctoral health services researchers.
Over 75% of former trainees are employed in faculty, government or private sector research positions; over
65% of trainees completing the program more than two years ago have been PI or project directors of
externally funded research projects. Our last two awards provided support for pre-doctoral trainees in health
services research, and we capitalized on that opportunity to successfully recruit talented students who have
now become promising health services researchers. We attribute our success in both post- and pre-doctoral
training to: 1) attracting and recruiting high quality, diverse applicants; 2) an individualized training experience
to meet trainee goals; 3) a mentoring strategy consistent with multidisciplinary work; 4) an organizational
culture of synergy between training and research missions; 5) an extensive research portfolio (exceeding $40
million/year in Public Health); and 6) over 30 multidisciplinary faculty committed to pre and post-doctoral
training.
 Specific aims of this training program are: 1) To recruit highly qualified and socio-demographically diverse
post- and pre-doctoral trainees; 2) To develop scientists experienced in the use of state-of-the-art health
services research methods, with specific foci in evidence-based medicine, comparative effectiveness research,
chronic disease and aging, etc.; 3) To develop scientists skilled in the communication of scientific knowledge
who are able to work in multidisciplinary teams in academia, government and the private sector; 4) To provide
didactic as well as "hands on" supervised experience in research by matching trainees with externally funded
research teams; and, 5) To develop scientists equipped with the leadership skills to improve health care
delivery and influence health policy.
 Relevance to Public Health: Our training program aims to produce health services researchers who have
the leadership skills and methodologic expertise to inform policy, improve health system performance, and,
promote better population health outcomes.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9962401
- **Project number:** 5T32HS000011-35
- **Recipient organization:** BROWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** AMAL N. TRIVEDI
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** AHRQ
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $383,877
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1986-09-30 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9962401

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9962401, National Research Service Award (5T32HS000011-35). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9962401. Licensed CC0.

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