July 21, 2022

This session is geared especially for early stage investigators who are embarking upon or contemplating writing a NIH Kseries grant, and will address the role this mechanism can play in one’s research career trajectory. People who advise or mentor K grant writers can also benefit!

Dr. Shimbo is a boardcertified cardiologist and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He codirects the Columbia Hypertension Center, a multidisciplinary center of excellence that provides high quality care and stateoftheart diagnostic testing for patients with hypertension. Dr. Shimbo’s clinical interests include the accurate diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, and evaluating the cardiovascular manifestations of hypertension. Dr. Shimbo conducts rigorous, innovative, interdisciplinary research that increases the understanding of the behavioral, psychosocial and biological processes in the pathogenesis of the increased cardiovascular disease risk associated with hypertension. In 2018, Dr. Shimbo was appointed Director of Training and Education of Columbia University’s TRANSFORM KL2 Career Development Program to provide training and mentoring in skills essential to conducting clinical and translational science (CTS) in the era of interdisciplinary team research. He also coteaches the Columbia K Award Program for Ontime Proposal Preparation (KPOPP).

Daichi Shimbo, MD
Principal Investigator (MPI)
Director, Investigator Development Core
Center to Improve Chronic Disease Outcomes through Multilevel and Multigenerational Approaches Unifying Novel Interventions and Training for Health Equity (COMMUNITY)

Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
CoDirector, Columbia Hypertension Center; Director, Translational Lab at Columbia
Director of Cardiovascular Physiology Research, Cardiovascular Ultrasound Laboratories, Division of Cardiology
Director of the TRANSFORM (TRaining And Nurturing Scholars FOr Research that is Multidisciplinary)
Associate Dean of Research Career Development
Columbia University

Presented by the Investigator Skills Development Unit (ISDU) of the UCSF Research Coordinating Center to Reduce Disparities in Multiple Chronic Diseases (RCCRDMCD)