Russell Richardson, PhD
Mark Supiano, MD
Division of Geriatrics

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute  
Cardiovasomobility Research Training Program - T32
7/01/2018 – 6/30/2023

The training program is based on the premise that research investigating the maintenance of cardiovascular health, functional status and the associated quality of life is best approached in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary manner. This training program will create an innovative, interdisciplinary program to train both Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral scientists in mobility and cardiovascular health research. This holistic training program will span the translational spectrum of cardiovascular health and mobility research to provide a unique opportunity for the program’s trainees to both parse out and integrate these important determinants of health. Twenty-eight faculty serve as potential T32 mentors.

This grant is for five years beginning on July 1, 2018.  Recruitment for Pre- and Post-Doctoral trainees is now underway.

Kristina Allen-Brady, PhD
Division of Epidemiology  
Kathryn Peterson, MD
Division of Gastroenterology

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Shared Genetics and Histopathology of Familial Eosinophilic Esophagitis - R21
6/15/2018 – 5/31/2020

Drs. Kristina Allen-Brady and Kathryn Peterson and colleagues Drs. Fred Clayton and Jacob Robson were awarded an R21 to study shared genetic variants and shared histology-based immune signatures in high-risk eosinophilic esophagitis pedigrees. Through study of the underlying histologic immune milieu (i.e., mast cells, mast cell bound IgE, TSLP, and IL33) within individuals and across family members, the study team expects to further characterize presentations of eosinophilic esophagitis; and, along with assessment of shared genetic and clinical characteristics, they hope to provide increased knowledge of eosinophilic esophagitis pathogenesis. 

Molly Conroy, MD
Division of General Internal Medicine
Kolawole Okuyemi, MD
Department of Family & Preventive Medicine

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Transition Scholar (StARRTS) – R38
07/01/2018 – 06/30/2022

The Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (Utah StARR) Program will train resident physicians in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics to become physician scientists working across a broad spectrum of basic, clinical/translational, and health services research relevant to the NHLBI mission. We will admit up to four trainees per year. The Utah StARR program will administratively be housed at the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the U of U Health and will include collaborative efforts from across the three other participating departments.