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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funds 27 institutions located across the country, which in turn recruit and train predoctoral and/or postdoctoral health services researchers. The objective of this program is to support postdoctoral fellows who have completed their residency training or Ph.D.s in the health sciences for 1 to 3 years each to pursue a career in health services research.

Content Areas:

Medical Informatics.
Clinical Health Services Research.
Clinical Epidemiology.
Outcomes Research.
Decision Science.
Health Policy.
Health Behavior and Education.

The program at Vanderbilt is comprised of two major components:

Participation in the M.P.H. program which includes a mentored research apprenticeship.
Participation in formal career development and mentoring activities.

The program takes advantage of strong collaborations between Vanderbilt and the State Health Department and Meharry Medical College.

Most trainees apply for this grant through the MPH program. For questions about the MPH application, please contact
cindy.naron@vanderbilt.edu, program coordinator or
william.cooper@vanderbilt.edu, director of admissions.

For questions about the T32 contact
marie.griffin@vanderbilt.edu, the training grant director.