T32 Nurse Scientist Training Grant

Improve Health Outcomes
This National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) funded training program prepares pre-doctoral and post-doctoral nurse scientists to develop and test interventions to improve health outcomes of persons with or at risk for chronic conditions such as cardiovascular and neurological diseases, cancer, diabetes mellitus, HIV-AIDS, and asthma/COPD.
Faculty are from Nursing, Medicine, Public Health, Arts and Sciences, and other disciplines across Emory University. Primary training faculty include: Predoctoral Trainees The program is embedded in the PhD in Nursing program, and includes specific coursework in health outcomes research, intervention research, chronic conditions, and health economics. Postdoctoral Trainees Selected courses are completed with consideration of prior courses and individualized research goals. All applicants to this T32 predoctoral and postdoctoral program must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States and must submit official transcripts from previous and/or current institutions and 3 reference letters. Applications to the post-doctoral program should be either enrolled in or graduated from a research-focused doctoral program at the time of application. Applicants to the predoctoral program must meet the admission criteria for the Emory University Laney Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (BSN-PhD or MSN to PhD Track) and have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in nursing and a professional nursing license. Pre-doctoral applicants must also submit GRE scores taken within the last 5 years and a brief essay indicating their prior research experience and their research interests related to interventions for persons with or at risk for a specific chronic condition. In addition, a short predoctoral application is required. All applicants to this T32 predoctoral and postdoctoral program must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States and must submit official transcripts from previous and/or current institutions and 3 reference letters. Applications to the post-doctoral program should be either enrolled in or graduated from a research-focused doctoral program at the time of application. Postdoctoral applicants must submit their curriculum vitae and a brief description of their research goals including the next logical step in their research and research training, goals for research skill development, and interest in a faculty mentor; three letters of reference; and transcripts from doctoral degree program. Select applicants will be invited to complete an interview with training faculty.Pre and Postdoctoral Training Programs Include: