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CTSA Postdoctoral T32 at Virginia Commonwealth University

Award Number: T32TR006000
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/15/2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2031

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CTSA Postdoctoral T32 at Virginia Commonwealth University - The Training Program in Translational Population Health and Data Science Using Service Member, Veteran and Civilian Healthcare Datasets will prepare postdoctoral fellows with the skills and competency in Big Data Analytics (BDA) methods and techniques to support Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). As healthcare systems generate increasingly sophisticated data, and digitization and transparency become universal among providers, BDA has become an increasingly important research approach. It is helping to usher a shift from clinicians’ individual decisions to EBM using systematic analyses of clinical data, as well as decision-making and treatments from the best available information. To make this shift, the next generation of health scientists must have formal training in the theoretical and practical application of BDA to existing and evolving data sets. This novel training program will train postdoctoral fellows to use both Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) data and the less- studied mega-datasets maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) that encompass >20 million Veterans over the past two decades. The training program is led by Virginia Commonwealth University and Central Virginia Veterans Affairs Health Care System, two organizations with a longstanding history and track record of productive research and research training partnership. By spanning both organizations, the program maximizes BDA research and training opportunities. The program leadership, research resources and mentors are drawn from both institutions. The overarching objective of this 5-year T32 training program is to recruit and train a skilled cohort of up to 8 postdoctoral fellows (MD/DO and/or PhD/ScD) who will develop competencies and build capacity in population health and data science, and its real-world evidence translation to service members, Veterans and civilians. The T32 program also has high potential to develop novel data science approaches and advance knowledge in areas such as: (1) service members transitioning from DoD to VA care, (2) dually-enrolled (CMS/VA) Veterans’ healthcare utilization and outcomes, (3) harmonizing service member, Veteran and civilian datasets to better understand the complex needs and outcomes of these populations, (4) comparing risk and protective factors for healthcare utilization and outcomes between service members, Veterans and civilians, (5) using DoD and VA datasets to inform civilian population and individual-level interventions, research programs, and policy, and (6) examining quality of services across DoD, VA and civilian healthcare systems. In addition to recruiting one fellow per year who completes two years of training, the program will also serve as a pipeline for VA-funded postdoctoral fellows to complete the same training in parallel with the NCATS-funded fellows, allowing up to 8 fellows to be trained across the project period. Each fellow will disseminate at least two scientific presentations and two publications as the primary author, and two additional non-first-author publications. They will receive extensive grant writing training. Fellows will be coached in developing a career pathway to continue and expand their BDA research.


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: 2026 ( Subtotal = $91,070 )
2026	2026	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	910 WEST FRANKLIN ST	RICHMOND	VA	23284	RICHMOND CITY	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	1	8/11/2026	NEW	$91,070
														Subtotal = $91,070

Grand Total All Awards = $91,070

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CTSA Postdoctoral T32 at Virginia Commonwealth University

Award Number: T32TR006000

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/15/2026

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2031

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