1. American Evaluation Association
Evaluation of Domestic and International Biomedical Research Training and Capacity Building Activities: Examples From the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Panel Session 2459
American Evaluation Association
Evaluation 2015
November 13, 2015

2. Session Presenters Julie Mason – National Cancer Institute
James Corrigan
Chair
Julie Mason – National Cancer Institute
Evaluation of the National Cancer Institute’s Intramural Training Program—Experience, Satisfaction, and Diversity
Jennifer Sutton & Deepshikha Roychowdhury – National Institutes of Health
The Pathway to Independence—Early Outcomes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) K99/R00 Career Transition Awards
Celia Wolfman – Fogarty International Center
Capturing Long-Term Impacts Associated with Capacity Building
Margaret Bertram – National Cancer Institute
Evaluation of Cancer Control Leadership Forums at the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Global Health

3. National Institutes of Health
Office of the Director
National Cancer
Institute
National Eye
Institute
National Heart,
Lung and Blood
Institute
National Human
Genome Research
Institute
National
Institute on Aging
National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse
And Alcoholism
National Institute
of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases
National Institute
of Arthritis &
Musculoskeletal &
Skin Diseases
National Institute
of Biomedical
Imaging and
Bioengineering
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute
of Child Health and
Human Development
National Institute
on Deafness and
Other Communication
Disorders
National Institute of
Dental and
Craniofacial Research
National Institute
of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney
Diseases
National Institute
on Drug Abuse
National Institute of
Environmental
Health Sciences
National Institute
of General Medical
Sciences
National Institute
of Mental Health
National Institute on
Minority Health &
Health Disparities
National Institute
of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke
National Institute
of Nursing
Research
National Library
of Medicine
John E. Fogarty
International Center
for Advanced Study in
The Health Sciences
National Center for
Advancing
Translational Science
National Center for
Complementary &
Alternative Medicine
Clinical Center
Center for
Information
Technology
Center for Scientific
Review

4. Multiple Strategies for Training, Capacity Building, and Evaluation
Intramural training of international and domestic fellows and students [Survey of Trainees]
Extramural program for navigating the path to faculty positions and research independence [Subsequent NIH Grant Activity]
Tracking capacity growth in global health research [Trainee Tracking & Evaluation System]
Tracking capacity growth in international cancer control planning and implementation [Survey of Program Participants]

5. Key Question
How to define the success of biomedical research training & capacity building programs?