# Emory R38 Research Training Program

> **NIH NIH R38** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $344,760

## Abstract

The overarching goal of the Emory R38 Research Training Program (Emory StARR Program) is to leverage
the rich infrastructure and the interdisciplinary research environment at Emory to provide at least 12 months of
clinical research training for resident physicians in the field of infectious diseases, microbiology, and
immunology. The long-term goal is to expand the pool of physician scientists engaged in these areas of
research. This goal will be operationalized through the development of a structured research training program
that offers an in-depth training in the fundamentals of clinical and translational research; fostering an Emory
R38 specific mentoring program that is tailored to the training needs of resident physicians; and building a
systematic approach for identifying and recruiting a diverse cohort of resident physicians into the program.
Importantly, we plan to leverage the Emory R38 RTP to attract trainees in our Categorical Track with interest in
pursuing clinical and translational research careers. As a result of the size and the diversity of our Internal
Medicine residency training program, we have a highly competitive pool of eligible candidates whose research
interests and skills will be significantly enhanced by a program that provides individualized didactic and
mentored research training by an outstanding multidisciplinary team of preceptors and sufficient (80%
protected) time to gain skills and expertise in clinical and translational research. Research training will be
personalized, and the duration of training will range from 1 – 2 years depending on the resident’s training
needs and future career plans, while fulfilling all requirements for clinical board certification. Research training
plan, which has been approved by the ABIM (see ABIM approval letter), will be spread across the last 2 years
of the internal medicine residency in protected blocks of >3 months plus 6 -12 months of residency focused on
mentored research and research training after the third year to complete their research projects.
Research training addressed by the selected short coursework, seminars, and workshops for the Emory R38
RTP will include the fundamentals and ethics of clinical and translational research, practical research skill
acquisition, effective communication, time management, understanding research funds flow in an academic
health center, building a successful research team, job negotiation, identifying grant opportunities, navigating
an IRB and/or animal protocol, as appropriate for the research project. Preceptors with mentoring experience
and federally-funded research projects in broad areas of the target fields have been strategically assembled for
this program, including: transmission, prevention, basic and applied immunology and microbiology, end-organ
complications (cardiac, endocrine, pulmonary, etc.), disease management, therapeutics, pharmacology, and
vaccinology. Preceptors will be offered mentorship training that includes t...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9980286
- **Project number:** 5R38AI140299-03
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Ighovwerha Ofotokun
- **Activity code:** R38 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $344,760
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-01 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9980286

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9980286, Emory R38 Research Training Program (5R38AI140299-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9980286. Licensed CC0.

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