Career-Enhancement Core for rare disease investigators
Official title: Career-Enhancement Core
Funded at University of Cincinnati · NIH-11453394 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A career-building program to train new researchers in rare disease and build strong ties with patient communities.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Cincinnati NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Cincinnati, United States) |
| Project start | September 5, 2026 |
| Project end | July 31, 2031 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $64,594 |
| NIH project number | 1U54HL188781-01 |
| Project ID | NIH-11453394 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Not applicable to patients directly; designed for early-career researchers in rare diseases, with the potential to benefit patients through better-designed studies.
✕Less likely to help
Patients may not directly participate in the training activities, but may benefit from improved future research quality.
What this research studies
This grant supports training early-career scientists in rare disease research, with emphasis on lab work, epidemiology, statistics, genomics, and clinical trial conduct. It focuses on developing researchers who can engage patients, organize education, and collaborate across a network of investigators. The program aims to recruit, mentor, and sponsor rising investigators and to connect them with patient communities to advance translational work. By strengthening skills and patient partnership, it seeks to enable high-quality rare disease clinical studies.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: It could accelerate the development of researchers who can efficiently run rare disease studies and meaningfully involve patients in every research step.
How similar studies have gone: Similar career-enhancement cores have helped train investigators who subsequently conducted successful translational studies in rare diseases.
Where this research is happening
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University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Young, Lisa R. — University of Cincinnati
- Study coordinator: Young, Lisa R.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.