The Clinical Research Scholars Program (CRSP) is a multidisciplinary career development program that is supported by the Clinical and Translational Science Award through the K12 mechanism. This program prepares scientists from a broad range of disciplines, specialties, and subspecialties for independent careers in clinical or translational research. This program brings together the collaborative efforts of the Health Science Schools of Dental Medicine, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health, the many multidisciplinary research centers at the University of Pittsburgh, and the extensive clinical entities that comprise the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
The Scholars engage in diverse types of multidisciplinary clinical research, including large and small clinical trials, patient-oriented research, epidemiologic studies, health services research, and translational research. Every Scholar has the opportunity to pursue educational offerings pertaining to best practices in clinical research, research ethics and regulations, working in multidisciplinary teams, and management and leadership skills. Mentoring is an integrated component of this program and is provided by a team of highly experienced, federally funded senior investigators.
