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Investing in the Future to Promote Diversity in GI Training

Award Number: R25DK096968
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES & DIGESTIVE & KIDNEY DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/10/2012
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2018

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Investing in the Future to Promote Diversity in GI Training - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To reverse the projected shortfall of minority and female research physicians, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has developed a mentoring program in response to the NIH funding opportunity Professional Society Programs to Promote Diversity (RFA-DK-11-014) to engage underrepresented minorities and encourage them to pursue careers in medical and biomedical research. The proposed program, Investing in the Future to Promote Diversity in Gastrointestinal (GI) Training, leverages the experience and resources of the AGA to build upon successful initiatives that reach targeted underrepresented and minority groups over a five-year period. Critical strategic objectives are to recruit and retain underrepresented and minority (URM) students and to foster their academic and professional development. AGA committees working to achieve these goals include academic medicine and science, community physicians, trainees, URMs, women, and international colleagues. AGA proposes to build upon the Investing in the Future Program (IFP) by focusing on medical students and GI fellows at historically black educational institutions as well as expand recruitment of URM students into AGA's Student Research Fellowship Award Program. Both programs expose students to a range of basic, translational, clinical, and population research careers and opportunities as well as encourage them to pursue M.D. and M.D. /Ph.D. programs. Four highly respected academic gastroenterologists (i.e., Maria Abreu, Rick Boland, Bishr Omary, Vince Yang) with decades of experience as program leaders and mentors will serve as co-principal investigators (co-PIs) to provide administrative oversight of these efforts. In addition, 14 faculty members, together with the co-PIs, will serve as mentors to work with selected mentees over the 5-year period of the grant and beyond. Objectives include 1) nurture and strengthen interest of URM participants in pursuing gastroenterology as a specialization with special focus on research careers, 2) evaluate and track selected mentees over a 5-year period, and 3) write up and disseminate best practices to the medical community on this program. Specific aims of the proposal are: Aim 1: Expand Investing in the Future Program to target underrepresented minorities at historically black medical colleges; Aim 2: Expand current URM Student Research Fellowship Award Program and offer a wide menu of potential mentors and research opportunities; and Aim 3: Build a URM-focused education and research forum within AGA-sponsored national meetings, including the annual Digestive Disease Week and Academic Skills Workshop. AGA has a long tradition of supporting pro-diversity initiatives. The proposed program extends this tradition to maximize the pool of talented young people entering the field of GI and hepatology and to serve the increasingly diverse U.S. population.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = -$112,324 )
2019	2016	AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE, INC.	4930 DEL RAY AVENUE	BETHESDA	MD	20814	MONTGOMERY	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	001	5	2/21/2019	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$16,591
2019	2016	AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE, INC.	4930 DEL RAY AVENUE	BETHESDA	MD	20814	MONTGOMERY	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	002	5	2/21/2019	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$112,324
2019	2015	AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE, INC.	4930 DEL RAY AVENUE	BETHESDA	MD	20814	MONTGOMERY	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	4	2/21/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$16,591
														Subtotal = -$112,324

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $148,448 )
2016	2016	AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE INC	4930 DEL RAY AVENUE	BETHESDA	MD	20814	MONTGOMERY	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	5	8/18/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$148,448
														Subtotal = $148,448

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $148,448 )
2015	2015	AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE INC	4930 DEL RAY AVENUE	BETHESDA	MD	20814	MONTGOMERY	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	4	7/28/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$148,448
														Subtotal = $148,448

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $148,448 )
2014	2014	AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE INC	4930 DEL RAY AVENUE	BETHESDA	MD	20814	MONTGOMERY	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	3	8/13/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$148,448
														Subtotal = $148,448

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $143,252 )
2013	2013	AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE INC	4930 DEL RAY AVENUE	BETHESDA	MD	20814	MONTGOMERY	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	2	8/22/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$143,252
														Subtotal = $143,252

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $148,448 )
2012	2012	AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE INC	4930 DEL RAY AVENUE	BETHESDA	MD	20814	MONTGOMERY	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	1	9/10/2012	NEW	$148,448
														Subtotal = $148,448

Grand Total All Awards = $624,720

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Investing in the Future to Promote Diversity in GI Training

Award Number: R25DK096968

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES & DIGESTIVE & KIDNEY DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/10/2012

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2018

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