KUH Training Coordinating Center: Fostering the Advancement of an Inclusive Learning Community (KUH FAMILY)

May 2022 Council

Lead Division/Office

KUH

Point(s) of Contact

Tracy Rankin, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Executive Summary

The overarching goal of the KUH FAMILY Training Coordinating Center is to provide a home for all KUH trainees and junior investigators. This initiative is intended to build on the momentum being generated by the U2C Institutional Network Awards, the R25 KUH Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Awards, and other KUH-sponsored scientific consortia and training mechanisms that are actively recruiting an increasing number of trainees into the KUH space. To better engage these new cohorts of trainees and retain them in the KUH Community, the KUH FAMILY will provide opportunities for trainees to: 1) connect with other trainees across the nation via a national peer-to-peer network, 2) access the growing number of novel, modernized career development resources generated by the KUH FAMILY and U2C Institutional Network Awards, and 3) compete directly for funding to support their training and research projects via the KUH FAMILY opportunity pool. In addition, the KUH FAMILY will provide support to ongoing institutional training programs, such as the U2C and R25 awards, to coordinate annual meetings, large-scale program evaluations, and continuous improvement activities.