# University of Michigan UroEPI Career Development Program

> **NIH NIH K12** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2020 · $195,398

## Abstract

PROJECT ABSTRACT
New medical discoveries and health care reforms are emerging at a pace that far exceeds our current capacity
to translate new tests and treatments into an ever-evolving clinical environment. As such, while training in the
skills required for bench to bedside translation remains fundamental, there is also a compelling need to expand
the pool of epidemiological scientists capable of performing the clinical, health services, comparative
effectiveness, dissemination and implementation research necessary to translate scientific discoveries not only
into clinical practice but into population health benefits as well. This proposed new UM Urological Epidemiology
(UroEPI) Institutional Research Career Development Program (K12) will inspire and provide junior
investigators/scholars with the necessary technical skills so that he/she can initiate and sustain an independent
research program in the study of the epidemiology of benign urological conditions, and embrace the
interdisciplinarity of our institution. The proposed UroEPI K12 consists of two principal components: 1) one
year of didactic course work with concentrations in epidemiology and biostatistics; and 2) one year of applied
experience in the conception, execution, and dissemination of a well-designed research project. Guided by
their faculty mentor, scholars will be instructed in the philosophy, ethics and theory behind epidemiological
research, as well as methodological techniques derived from a broad array of clinical, public health and social
sciences. The Director and Co-Director will undertake administration of this program while progress will be
monitored continuously by mentors, and biannually by the Mentor Steering Committee (MSC). Scholars will be
expected to present their work to the MSC as well as at national scientific conferences. By the end of the
training program, scholars will have completed both the requirements for an advanced research degree and a
mentored research project, including publication of their findings in the peer-reviewed literature. Graduates of
this training program will be well positioned to establish a longitudinal research agenda and to pursue an
independent research career in academic Urology with a focus on the epidemiology of benign urological
conditions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9982889
- **Project number:** 5K12DK111011-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** J. QUENTIN CLEMENS
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $195,398
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-08-16 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9982889

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9982889, University of Michigan UroEPI Career Development Program (5K12DK111011-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9982889. Licensed CC0.

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