# Learning Health System training program: PROgRESS--Patient/ pRactice Outcomes and Research in Effectiveness and Systems Science

> **NIH AHRQ T32** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $536,709

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Major gaps exist in the generation of relevant clinical evidence, widespread implementation of proven clinical
interventions into practice, and formulation of informed policies. The learning healthcare system is designed
to “generate and apply the best evidence for the collaborative healthcare choices of each patient and provider,
drive the process of discovery as a natural outgrowth of patient care, and ensure innovation, quality, safety,
and value in healthcare.”
Vanderbilt is committed to develop a cadre of investigators who are formally trained and well versed in best
methods for integrating scientific discovery, evidence implementation, and information and evaluation of
health policies within the learning healthcare system. We propose to establish the Vanderbilt Patient,
pRactice Outcomes and Research in Effectiveness and Systems Science (PROgRESS) Program to
cross train post-doctoral investigators with the focus of the learning healthcare system in three core disciplines:
1) Patient Centered Outcomes Research -To determine which strategies are most effective for patients; 2)
Implementation Science-To implement and evaluate those effective strategies into practice; and, 3) Health
Policy/ Community Health-To influence policy to benefit all patients and improve health of the community.
By cross training researchers in these areas we will draw together groups of trainees and mentors across
disciplines and model team science; we will provide role models and forums that demonstrate the intellectual
productivity and practical benefits of interdisciplinary research in advancing human health; and we will
endorse team approaches to filling gaps in knowledge and translating knowledge into application. A diverse
pool of talented applicants is available through clinical/research fellowships, a thriving Implementation Science
program, a well-positioned Department of Health Policy, and in partners including Meharry Medical College.
PROgRESS trainees will have access to well-established faculty mentors with sustained federal funding and
an extensive track record of mentoring early career trainees. Each trainee's Scholarship Oversight Committee
(SOC) will draw from an experienced pool of mentors in Patient Centered Outcomes Research,
Implementation Science and Health Policy/Community Health. The program will have 3 training components
conducted over 2 years: 1) advanced didactics, including degree program or focused classwork; 2) formal
mentorship that prepares trainees for K level training in Learning Health Systems science; and 3) experiential
learning through the conduct of a research project. Trainees will be supported by a broad array of institutional
resources for training and development, including: Health Services Works in Progress; Clinical Quality and
Implementation Research scholarly series, journal clubs, Biostatistics Seminars, clinical and translational
seminars, and peer-mentoring activities. Taken together, these resources pr...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9962417
- **Project number:** 5T32HS026122-03
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** CARLOS G GRIJALVA
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** AHRQ
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $536,709
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9962417

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9962417, Learning Health System training program: PROgRESS--Patient/ pRactice Outcomes and Research in Effectiveness and Systems Science (5T32HS026122-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9962417. Licensed CC0.

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