# Clinical and Laboratory Research Training for Gastrointestinal Surgeons

> **NIH NIH T32** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $275,791

## Abstract

The current rapid pace of scientific discovery offers unprecedented opportunities for direct application of basic
and clinical scientific findings to the problem of gastrointestinal disease. This progress will be optimized by
providing rigorous training in research thought and technique to a group of surgical residents who have
expressed a strong interest in pursuing careers as gastrointestinal (GI) surgical investigators. The Specific
Aim of this program, currently in its twentieth year of funding, is to provide formal training in either
clinical or laboratory research to this select group of surgical residents as an integral component of
their postgraduate clinical training. One trainee per year is competitively selected from those in the general
surgery training program at Johns Hopkins University as well as accomplished surgical residents from other
institutions. Trainees will elect to enter either the Laboratory Research Track or the Clinical Research Track.
Each trainee will be guided to choose a senior preceptor/mentor from our list of participating faculty, all of
whom have demonstrated an outstanding record of achievement in either laboratory or clinical research, as
well as an established record of successful trainee mentorship. The formal scientific training period begins after
the third clinical year, and lasts for two or three consecutive years. Many of the T32 trainees complete our
program with additional Masters or Doctoral degrees. All trainees are assigned an Individual Progress
Committee charged with critiquing the trainee's research, monitoring long-term progress towards an
independent investigative career, and aiding in the selection of appropriate course work. Additional oversight
and guidance is provided by both Internal and External Advisory Boards. For Clinical Research Track trainees,
the research training environment includes the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation at the
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, in which either Masters or PhD programs are
pursued. This T32 training is uninterrupted by clinical duties, and includes formal training in research ethics
and mandatory course work directly relevant to the research topics, and tailored to individual interests. All our
trainees are immersed in an outstanding educational environment, which includes the McKusick-Nathans
Institute of Genetic Medicine, the NIDDK-funded Johns Hopkins Digestive Diseases Research Core Center,
and the NCI funded Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and the School of Public Health. The
specific recruitment of underrepresented minorities to this program is enhanced by the activities of the School
of Medicine's Office for Diversity, as well networking and advertising through the Society of Black Academic
Surgeons. Since inception in 1996, sixteen trainees have completed their combined clinical and research
training. All have achieved full-time academic faculty positions in prominent institutions, and ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9964774
- **Project number:** 5T32DK007713-24
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** DAVID J HACKAM
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $275,791
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1996-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9964774

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9964774, Clinical and Laboratory Research Training for Gastrointestinal Surgeons (5T32DK007713-24). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9964774. Licensed CC0.

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