# The Vanderbilt Emergency Care Research Training Program

> **NIH NIH K12** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $184,513

## Abstract

H. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Remarkable advances in understanding of the pathophysiology of acute, life-threatening disorders have
occurred in the past several decades. However, there are too few clinical investigators who can translate these
research findings into improved care, making it critical to create and maintain a cadre of emergency care
clinician-scientists. Innovative programs are needed to identify, train, and support such individuals. Vanderbilt
has an extremely successful history in developing the careers of clinician-scientists. One such program is the
Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine Research Training Program, a K12 program funded in 2011 to develop
clinician-scientists in emergency care. Of the 7 Scholars in this program, 3 have successfully obtained external
K23 funding, and 3 have K23 applications under review or in preparation in 2015. In response to RFA-HL-16-
019, we propose to extend our successful K12 program by leveraging: 1) a dedicated and senior mentorship
team; 2) a diverse Scholar roster; 3) strong collaboration between the Departments of Medicine, Emergency
Medicine, and Psychiatry, and the School of Nursing, all located on a single campus; 4) an environment with a
rich history of highly successful clinical-scientist training and career development; 5) a robust infrastructure for
clinical and translational research; and 6) strong institutional support. We propose to recruit a total of 6
clinician-scientists who have completed residency (or those with PhDs or equivalent training) and who show
exceptional aptitude for successfully pursuing an academic research career. The program will concentrate on
developing expertise in 3 core areas: acute cardiopulmonary emergencies, the neurobiology of acute
psychiatric illness, and patient-centered emergency nursing. The Program Directors, Alan B. Storrow, MD
and Thomas J. Wang, MD, have assembled a team of experts in each focus area who are currently engaged in
successful academic research and who have devoted their careers to training and mentoring new
investigators. Both early-career (Mentors-in-Training) and senior investigators (Primary Research Mentors) will
combine with experts in career development (Academic Mentors) to support the Scholars toward independent
careers in emergency care research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9973108
- **Project number:** 5K12HL133117-05
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** ALAN B STORROW
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $184,513
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-08-15 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9973108

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9973108, The Vanderbilt Emergency Care Research Training Program (5K12HL133117-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9973108. Licensed CC0.

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