# NIH grant: Mentoring Patient-Oriented Translational Research to Understand the Host Response in Community Acquired Pneumonia (1K24HL186030-01) — retained record

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NIH grant 1K24HL186030-01: Mentoring Patient-Oriented Translational Research to Understand the Host Response in Community Acquired Pneumonia
Institute: {'code': 'HL', 'abbreviation': 'NHLBI', 'name': 'National Heart Lung and Blood Institute', 'admin_org_id': '12500068', 'admin_funding_url': ''}. PI: Pavan Kumar Bhatraju. Award: $131880.
Start: 2026-07-10T00:00:00.
PROJECT SUMMARY
I am a mid-career pulmonary and critical care physician, associate professor of medicine and Co-Director of the
Sepsis Center of Research Excellence at the University of Washington (SCORE-UW). I have been a NIH-funded
physician-scientist since 2016 and have an active patient-oriented translational research program that focuses
on pneumonia, sepsis and sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (AKI). The overall goal of my translational
research program is to understand the heterogeneity in the host response in critical illness syndromes to lead
to more personalized strategies for prevention and treatment of severe pneumonia and pneumonia related
extra-pulmonary organ failure. There is a critical need to increase the pipeline of physicians and scientists
who choose to pursue a research career and mentoring is central in inspiring and supporting trainees to
pursue a scientific career. One of the greatest joys and privileges of my career has been serving as a mentor.
am a core-mentor on three different institutional training grants at UW. I currently mentor junior faculty and
trainees across a variety of disciplines including Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Nephrology,
Infectious Diseases, and General Internal Medicine. I have mentored 27 pre- and post-doctoral trainees. The
work of these mentees has been productive, yielding >15 first author publications, five NIH or foundation
grants, two career development awards, and 63% of trainees who have finished training have remained in
academia. I have established a productive and impactful research group with many original research
publications and a strong record of collaboration, and I have become a sought-after mentor. However, I
recognize that being an effective mentor requires the acquisition of multiple skills, resources and protected
time. I believe I am at an ideal stage in my career for a K24 award to improve and expand on my effectiveness
as a mentor. With the support of this K24, I plan to devote substantial effort to mentorship and mentorship-
related research activities. My approach to mentorship is based around three core components: 1)
Establishing realistic and achievable goals for the mentee; 2) Identifying opportunities, skills and knowledge
necessary to achieve the mentee's goals; and 3) Providing adequate interaction, direction, and resources to
ensure that mentee's take advantage of these opportunities to progress toward their goals. Importantly, I tailor
my mentee development program to the goals and experience level of each mentee. UW is one of the nation's
leading academic medical centers, and it has an extensive infrastructure to support patient-oriented research.
This award will support the expansion of translational research opportunities for mentees leveraging my
existing NHLBI-focused research projects. The overall goals of this proposal are to: 1) expand my skills and
experience in patient-oriented research, with an emphasis on longitudinal data collection, analysis and causal
inference; and 2) increase mentoring time, enhance mentoring and leadership skills, and thereby expand the
cadre of junior faculty and students pursuing research careers in translational research in pneumonia.
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