This multidisciplinary T32 competitive renewal application will allow trainees at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) to continue to successfully launch research careers in lung diseases. Graduates of this program have had productive and successful research careers, providing this program with a great return on the initial investment in training. At this time, this Texas Medical Center based grant is the only T32 pulmonary research training program in the only T32 pulmonary research training program in the 9 contiguous southern states. Superb training opportunities exist at BCM in a number of areas, highly relevant to lung diseases. Trainees are recruited and selected from a large pool of outstanding applicants to BCM training programs in pulmonary and critical care medicine as well as to individual mentors laboratories. Trainees are competitively selected for appointments to the T32 training program for two to three years of rigorous scientific training. Multi-disciplinary sixteen faculty members have been carefully selected from various departments to serve as mentors, based on their excellence in research, teaching and track record in mentoring. Most of the faculty members are linked by collaborative research interests, which have been strengthened during the previous period of this training program. Mentors in this program have strong record of federal funding and training experience. They provide training opportunities in allergic inflammation, innate and adaptive immunity, asthma and emphysema pathogenesis, cystic fibrosis, skeletal muscle biology, Nano-medicine, stem cell research, chemokine biology, adhesion molecules, signal transduction, molecular genetics, lung remodeling, cellular immunology, murine models of inflammation, infection and immunity, acute respiratory pathogens, tuberculosis, epidemiology and clinical trial outcome analysis. Trainees enroll in graduate school courses and BCM NIH K30 supported Clinical Scientist Training Program, to acquire a sound fund of knowledge in basic science and pulmonary, the principles of conducting clinical research, and the ethical conduct of research. Trainees will be comprehensively mentored in hypothesis driven research, preparation and publication of manuscripts, presentations at national meetings, preparation of grant proposals, and skills for teaching and mentoring, and academic career development. The goal of this training program is to continue to develop pulmonary physician-scientists and researchers who will serve as future academic leaders.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Institutional National Research Service Award (T32)
Project #
5T32HL007747-25
Application #
9968382
Study Section
NHLBI Institutional Training Mechanism Review Committee (NITM)
Program Officer
Kalantari, Roya
Project Start
1993-07-01
Project End
2021-06-30
Budget Start
2020-07-01
Budget End
2021-06-30
Support Year
25
Fiscal Year
2020
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Baylor College of Medicine
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
051113330
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77030
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