This $385,700 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) will fund research at the University of Pittsburgh over a 5-year period from September 2024 to August 2029. The research aims to develop advanced computational and machine learning models that integrate diverse biomedical data, from genetics to transcriptomics and proteomics, to better predict the effects of therapies on diseased cells....
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), aims to develop a generalizable model for how social networks can facilitate diverse students' success in biomedical engineering (BME) research careers. The $748,930 award will fund a longitudinal, randomized experiment over three cohorts (2024-2026) to test peer and mentor network interventions designed to promote...
This Project Grant award of $809,850.00 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) is intended to support a 6-month randomized controlled trial (RCT) assessing the impact of a virtual, enhanced peer-led writing accountability group (WAG) and a virtual manuscript writing course on publication productivity for early-stage investigators from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical science. The primary...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $752,456 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to the University of Pittsburgh. The grant, effective September 1, 2024 through July 31, 2029, supports the development and application of innovative, user-friendly computational technologies for identifying new bioactive small molecules and improving their pharmacological properties. Key focus areas include creating a database of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $308,978 to the University of Texas at Arlington to design and validate a diversity intervention training program focused on teaching employees specific skills to be allies for one another and for marginalized groups. The project aims to (a) assess the long-term effectiveness of this type of training longitudinally and (b) develop an online version of the...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under CFDA Program 93.859 (Biomedical Research and Research Training), will support the development of innovative computational models to leverage spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomics data. The $198,750 award to the University of Pittsburgh aims to create novel geometric deep learning models that can identify tissue structures and pathologies, and provide the underlying spatial...
This $777,500 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), will fund a study on interventions to promote STEM motivation through failure. The project aims to better understand the impact of failure and develop approaches to de-stigmatize and normalize failure in STEM education, particularly for historically excluded communities (HECs). The research will involve two experiments: 1)...
This $183,750 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) supports a study on how dimensions of childhood adversity, such as deprivation and threat, impact affective skills in adolescents that are linked to stress vulnerability and mental health risk. The study will assess 200 adolescents aged 11-20 to investigate the associations between childhood adversity, interoceptive accuracy,...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $243,840 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to the University of Pittsburgh. The project, titled "An Effective Statistical Inference Framework to Develop Innovative Compensations for Protein Mutations," aims to develop quantitative methods for predicting the impact of protein mutations and identifying compensatory mutations that can restore normal protein...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $1,096,170 Project Grant (CFDA 93.859 - Biomedical Research and Research Training) to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on February 1, 2025. The grant will fund a program titled "UCSF IMSD" that aims to cultivate a supportive academic community and enhance the success of historically underrepresented and marginalized (HUG) students in biomedical research programs at UCSF. Key innovations of the...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) provides $4,344,407 to the University of Pittsburgh to test an intervention using structured cognitive behavioral training (SCBT) to address systemic inequities and promote inclusive excellence in the biomedical research workforce.
The project will conduct a cluster randomized trial across 26 institutions, following participants for two years to study the impact of the SCBT intervention on postdocs, fellows, and junior faculty. The project will also engage in qualitative research using participant interviews and study the neuroscience response before and after the intervention. Upon conclusion of the trial, the intervention will be disseminated to wait-list controls and other institutions. This work aims to improve the culture and promote inclusive excellence in the biomedical research workforce.