Vanderbilt-wide Limited Submission Opportunity on Alzheimer's and related dementia deadline is Nov. 12
This is a joint competition for VU and VUMC investigators. All investigators should follow these instructions.
Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may submit one application to NIA's MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences (T32) by NIH.
This MD-PhD Training Program is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to address the nation's challenges posed by Alzheimer's disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent). This FOA invites applications from institutions with externally funded grants in the social/behavioral sciences that are relevant to the research topics proposed under this FOA. Fields of graduate training that are responsive to this FOA are economics, health economics, health services research, public policy, healthcare policy, social work, demography, sociology, social epidemiology, and psychology. Integrated medical and graduate research training programs may be built around single disciplines or may be multidisciplinary, may be flexible in structure, and should be consistent with individual institutional strengths. Proposed training programs should be flexible and adaptable in providing each trainee with the appropriate background in the social/behavioral sciences relevant to AD/ADRD research and clinical practice, yet be rigorous enough to enable graduates to function independently in both basic social/behavioral science research and clinical investigation.
The specific objective of this T32 is to grow the workforce of outstanding physician-scientists who will integrate social and behavioral science perspectives and approaches for theoretical, empirical, and clinical application to the challenges raised by Alzheimer's disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). The training program should provide:
· A strong foundation in research design, methods, and analytic techniques in one or more of the following social/behavioral science disciplines as they relate to AD/ADRD: economics, health economics, health services research, public policy, healthcare policy, social work, demography, sociology, social epidemiology, and psychology. Applicants may choose to design an MD-PhD training program around a single discipline or a program that is multidisciplinary.
· Enhancement of the trainees’ ability to conceptualize and think through research problems with increasing independence.
· Experience conducting research using state-of-the-art methods and data resources, as well as experience presenting and publishing their research findings.
· The opportunity to interact with members of the scientific community at relevant scientific meetings and workshops; and
· Enhancement of the trainees’ understanding of AD/ADRD-related sciences and the relationship of their research training to AD/ADRD.
The proposed research training program may appoint up to four trainees annually. It may complement other ongoing research training and career development programs at the applicant institution, including formal MD-PhD training programs, but the proposed program must be clearly different and distinct from related programs currently receiving Federal support.
See the solicitation for full program details.
Internal Application Process:
Anyone interested in being considered to submit Vanderbilt’s proposal must submit the following (in a single PDF) to LSO@vanderbilt.edu by 5 p.m. on November 12:
Brief (2-page maximum) research plan including summary budget;
- Statement of support from department chair/center director;
- NIH Biosketch
Any questions about this opportunity or the LSO process may be directed to LSO@vanderbilt.edu.