# Research in Infectious Disease

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2020 · $393,010

## Abstract

Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle): Schooley, Robert T.
This application requests a renewal of support for the UCSD “Research in Infectious
Disease” T32 Training Grant. The program, now in its 36th year, supports the career
development of physician scientists who wish to pursue research training in infectious
diseases and microbiology. We are requesting five years of ongoing support for the
training of six postdoctoral trainees per year. The training program seeks to recruit a
diverse group of trainees who have completed residencies in internal medicine or
pediatrics and the first year of clinical training required for board certification in Adult or
Pediatric Infectious Diseases. The goal of the T32 is to recruit trainees who wish to
pursue rigorous research training that will place them on the pathway to productive,
independent research careers. Because of the complexity of contemporary biomedical
research and the highly competitive funding environment (especially for early career
research scientists), we have extended the average duration of research support for our
trainees to three years although the duration ranges from 2 – 4 years. Based on an
assessment of interests of potential trainees and of career development opportunities,
the program has continued to evolve from the heavy focus on traditional “wet lab”
research in prior years to include patient oriented and global health research. Although
the program is organized into three tracks (Microbial Pathogenesis, Patient Oriented and
Global Health Research Training Tracks), multidisciplinary, multi-track training is the
hallmark of the training program. The high level of commitment to each trainee in terms
of training duration and intensity, coupled with the multidisciplinary character of the
training experience has attracted outstanding applicants and has enabled them to be
extremely successful in progressing to the next stages of development of careers as
physician scientists. Based on a recently completed strategic planning process, we
have put plans into place that we believe will allow the program to build on its strengths
as we recruit additional faculty with new talents and skills, to strengthen our mentoring
programs and to enhance our highly collaborative research environment. The
overarching goal of the training program remains to prepare the next generation of
physician scientists for highly productive careers in biomedical research with local,
national and international impacts.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9964624
- **Project number:** 5T32AI007036-40
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Victor Nizet
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $393,010
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1976-07-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9964624

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9964624, Research in Infectious Disease (5T32AI007036-40). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9964624. Licensed CC0.

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