# Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Transition Scholar (StARRTS)

> **NIH NIH R38** · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2020 · $337,025

## Abstract

Abstract
University of Utah Health is the only academic medical center in the Intermountain West and has a strong
history of knowledge discovery. The Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (Utah StARR)
Program will train resident physicians in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and
Pediatrics to become physician scientists working across a broad spectrum of clinical, translational, and health
services research. We will admit up to four trainees per year. The Utah StARR program will administratively
be housed at the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the UofU Health and will include
collaborative efforts from across the three other participating departments.
The program will include three tracks: 1) Clinical and Translational Research Track; 2) Health Services
Research Track; and 3) Community-Engagement Research Track and will emphasize training in research
methods, career development including scientific writing, and expert faculty mentoring by seasoned NIH and
NHLBI researchers. The program’s research curriculum, mentored research, and career development
activities will lead to success in transitioning resident investigators to successful careers as physician scientists
in primary care-serving specialties focused on research targeted to reduce health disparities in cardiovascular
and pulmonary diseases impacting disadvantaged populations. It is expected that by the end of the program
resident investigators will be well positioned to apply for early career research awards, including career
development awards.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9968352
- **Project number:** 5R38HL143605-03
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
- **Principal Investigator:** Margaret B Conroy
- **Activity code:** R38 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $337,025
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9968352

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9968352, Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Transition Scholar (StARRTS) (5R38HL143605-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9968352. Licensed CC0.

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