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Pre and Post-Doctoral Training in Joint Health

Award Number: T32AR073157
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS & MUSCULOSKELETAL & SKIN DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2029

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Pre and Post-Doctoral Training in Joint Health - We propose a predoctoral and postdoctoral training program in the multi-disciplinary area of musculoskeletal biology and mechanics with the ultimate aim of developing future leaders in orthopedic- and rheumatology- related research. The program emphasizes research training in joint health, encompassing five major programmatic areas: osteoarthritis and cartilage, total joint replacement, bone disease and regeneration, spine degeneration, and small molecule therapeutics. Dr. Rick Sumner (Anatomy & Cell Biology) will serve as the principal investigator with Dr. Markus Wimmer (Orthopedic Surgery) and Dr. Rachel Miller (Internal Medicine- Rheumatology) as the co-directors. We are requesting support for two predoctoral, three postdoctoral fellows and three short-term trainees. Joint health is a theme that connects many departments at Rush, offering an environment and intellectual capital available to trainees that is unique in the nation. The multidisciplinary training that is offered integrates the research endeavors of scientists in basic science and clinical departments with clinician investigators, caregivers, and educators who specialize in musculoskeletal disease and joint health. The training themes for this grant represent the strengths of the preceptors who have been selected as mentors. Training will take place in the laboratories of 28 faculty in 3 basic science departments (Anatomy & Cell Biology, Microbial Pathogens & Immunity and Physiology & Biophysics), 3 clinical departments (Internal Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatrics) and one center (Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center). There are currently 15 predoctoral students and 27 postdoctoral fellows in the training grant faculty labs. The 28 faculty are principal investigators on grants totaling nearly $20M in annual direct costs, mainly from NIH grants. We will continue to make every effort to recruit candidates with clinical training into our program. One means to encourage interest among clinical trainees is to provide meaningful introductory research experiences, justifying the continuance of our request for short-term trainee positions, which so far have been exclusively used by medical students in our program. There is a deep history of collaborative research among musculoskeletal researchers at Rush. We will take advantage of a reorganized Graduate College, a very strong mentoring program and an active postdoctoral research society that has created a vibrant community for trainees. Trainees will focus on knowledge acquisition, skill development, communications, professionalism, leadership and management skills, and responsible conduct of research. Each mentee, his/her primary advisor and thesis or mentoring committee will use individual development plans to guide their efforts with a focus on publishing and participating in national research meetings and submitting independent grants (F31’s for the predocs and F32’s for the postdocs). We anticipate that trainees will be assigned to the T32 for two years with the expectation that support will transfer to individual awards or their preceptors’ grants. After completing our program, we expect the trainees to continue their career path as independent, team-oriented, investigators.


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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $352,914 )
2025	2025	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1653 W CONGRESS PKWY	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	002	7	6/12/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$352,914
2025	2024	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1653 W CONGRESS PKWY	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	001	6	2/26/2025	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$36,490
2025	2023	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1653 W CONGRESS PKWY	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	000	5	2/26/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$36,490
														Subtotal = $352,914

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $367,877 )
2024	2024	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1653 W CONGRESS PKWY	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	000	6	5/17/2024	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$367,877
														Subtotal = $367,877

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $201,821 )
2023	2023	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1653 W CONGRESS PKWY	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	000	5	6/2/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$201,821
														Subtotal = $201,821

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $251,562 )
2022	2022	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1620 W HARRISON ST	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	001	4	6/3/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$251,562
2022	2021	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1620 W HARRISON ST	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	000	3	5/5/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $251,562

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $204,372 )
2021	2021	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1653 W CONGRESS PRKWY	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	001	3	7/15/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$204,372
2021	2020	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1653 W CONGRESS PRKWY	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	000	2	6/24/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $204,372

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $237,926 )
2020	2020	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1653 W CONGRESS PRKWY	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	000	2	6/5/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$237,926
														Subtotal = $237,926

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $261,412 )
2019	2019	RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1653 W CONGRESS PRKWY	CHICAGO	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	000	1	5/30/2019	NEW	$261,412
														Subtotal = $261,412

Grand Total All Awards = $1,877,884

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Pre and Post-Doctoral Training in Joint Health

Award Number: T32AR073157

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS & MUSCULOSKELETAL & SKIN DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2029

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