Training a New Generation of CAM Clinical Investigators

Principal Investigator: Richard Grimm, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota

Co-Investigator: Mary Jo Kreitzer, Ph.D., R.N.; Director, Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota; Co-program director and advisor, member of the Advisory Board of the Training Program

Funding Source and Amount:  National Institutes of Health-NCCAM 1-T32-AT00487-01 (Grimm); $1.6 million

Grand Period:  4/1/01-3/31/06

Research Abstract:  This proposal provides funding for up to nine post-doctoral fellows per year to research Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). The fellows who undergo the training program are expected to meet the growing need for qualified investigators capable of evaluating the safety and effectiveness of CAM therapies. Fellows will be a part of the Minnesota Program in CAM Clinical Research (K30), if funded by NIH.