# Training Researchers in Clinical Integrative Medicine (TRIM)

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2020 · $403,458

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Integrative medicine, including meditation, yoga, tai chi, massage, and other modalities are widely used by
Americans in the hope of obtaining health benefits. Evidence for the health effects of these practices, however,
has important limitations. The goal of the “Training for Research in Integrative Medicine” (TRIM) fellowship is to
train outstanding pre- and postdoctoral behavioral and social scientists, physicians, and other qualified health
professionals to design and conduct rigorous clinical and translational research in preparation for careers in
integrative medicine. The program has four postdoctoral positions and two predoctoral positions. Postdoctoral
fellows train for two to three year periods, and predoctoral fellows typically train for a one year period. The
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine provides an exceptional context in which to offer the program,
and TRIM is designed to leverage the extensive training opportunities available as a result of being embedded
in the rich UCSF research environment. Since its inception 10 years ago, TRIM has maintained a record of
attracting extremely well qualified candidates, all of whom have completed the core training experience, and all
of our postdoctoral fellows have gone on to successful careers related to integrative medicine research. The
TRIM program provides an interdisciplinary clinical and research environment; strong mentoring by an
experienced and diverse research faculty; advanced training in clinical, biological, and psychological research
methodologies to support research in integrative medicine; special attention to research methodology issues
that are particularly relevant to integrative medicine research; opportunities to conduct original research;
training in research ethics; and exposure to diverse integrative approaches to patient care involving all age
groups from early childhood through old age. The interprofessional TRIM faculty is strongly committed to
mentoring and has ten core and ten affiliated members representing internal medicine, family medicine,
psychology, neuroscience, molecular biology, anthropology, biostatistics, psychoneuroendocrinology, women's
health, pediatrics, health services research, medical ethics, and psychiatry. In addition, a major strength of the
training program is the clinical advisory faculty who are available to provide technical assistance and
consultation on specific integrative medicine approaches that trainees might want to study. TRIM faculty
provide expert and comprehensive mentoring, as well as required and optional academic activities that are
tailored to each trainee's individual learning objectives. The TRIM program provides research training and
career development opportunities that will equip a new generation of researchers to expand our knowledge-
base of whether and how integrative medicine approaches work for specific health conditions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9991753
- **Project number:** 5T32AT003997-14
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** SHELLEY R ADLER
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $403,458
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-07-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9991753

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9991753, Training Researchers in Clinical Integrative Medicine (TRIM) (5T32AT003997-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9991753. Licensed CC0.

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