# Training To Provide the Knowledge, Skills, and Culture To the Next Generation of Cardiovascular Scientists

> **NIH NIH T32** · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $237,124

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
 Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death in the United States. The efficient
development of future novel diagnostics and therapies to identify and treat cardiovascular disease will
require highly collaborative and multi-disciplinary teams consisting of the best basic, translational and
clinical investigators. We have a highly collaborative and multi-disciplinary scientific infrastructure that
has been created to support translational cardiovascular research, education, and training. The
mentors on this T32 application are all established scientists in their field, have a passion for training,
and recognize two unmet needs that will ultimately be required to optimally train and retain the next
generation of the best cardiovascular investigators. First, it will be essential for cardiovascular
researchers to possess multi-disciplinary skills and work in highly inter-disciplinary, collaborative and
translational teams to efficiently move knowledge from the bench to the bedside, to the community and
back. Second, in order to obtain optimal productivity towards improving cardiovascular health of the
population, it is essential to utilize the contributions from the best of the entire scientific workforce. At
The Ohio State University, our goal is to become a model 1) for impactful, collaborative and
translational cardiovascular research and 2) for establishing future women scientific leaders to expand
the quality of our best investigators. Our proposed T32 will address these goals during the predoctoral
period when training towards these goals is most impactful. This Predoctoral T32 Program therefore
has 2 goals:
1. To provide multi-faceted cardiovascular research training to work in collaborative,
 multidisciplinary teams that will facilitate efficient translation of scientific findings to improve
 human health.
2. To provide training for the advancement of women to all trainees, improve the culture for women
 to succeed, and advance the retention of women in independent scientific careers in
 cardiovascular research thus enhancing the numbers of quality researchers and leaders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9963050
- **Project number:** 5T32HL134616-04
- **Recipient organization:** OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Jill A Rafael-Fortney
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $237,124
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9963050

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9963050, Training To Provide the Knowledge, Skills, and Culture To the Next Generation of Cardiovascular Scientists (5T32HL134616-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9963050. Licensed CC0.

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