Graduate Program

New technologies such as DNA sequencing, fMRI imaging and high-throughput electrophysiological recording have led to the generation of very large data sets. However, in order to use these big data sets to improve scientific understanding and human health, there is a need for a new generation of scientists with interdisciplinary training that spans three areas: computer science, statistics, and biology. The BDGN Training Grant is an NIH funded program that provides training for students engaged in big data research in genomics and neuroscience at the University of Washington. The program draws students from Biology, Biostatistics, Genome Sciences, Neuroscience and Statistics. 

This training program provides formal coursework as well as research and intervention experience in cancer prevention and control. This program is funded by a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The goal of this National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Institutional Training Program is to provide trainees with research opportunities of a cross-disciplinary nature at the molecular and cellular level in the PhD-degree-granting programs of five participating departments (Biochemistry, Genome Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology, Pharmacology) and two interdisciplinary programs (Molecular & Cellular Biology, Neuroscience).

This award supports research training and projects in nutrition, genetics, metabolic pathways, and other lifestyle factors in relation to cancer prevention with an emphasis on survivorship.  Trainees are provided with formal coursework in epidemiology, nutrition and genetics/human biology and with innovative and transdisciplinary research experiences. The program also ensures trainees gain the skills to prepare for an independent research career; including practice with grant writing, scientific manuscript preparation, oral presentations and long-term career development planning.

This NIH Training Grant provides support for students in the Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Washington. This grant is funded by a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The Cardiovascular Pathology Training Program is devoted to the study of the molecular and cellular basis of cardiovascular disease. The extensive collaborative research of CVP faculty produces a synergistic effect in training as well as an important bridge between basic and clinical science with major foci of interest in growth control, developmental biology, adherence signaling and direct studies of vascular pathology in atherosclerosis and hypertension.

The goal of our program is to train new independent investigators who will utilize molecular and genetic techniques to investigate the biology of aging. The objective of this research is to elucidate the basic mechanisms underlying the process of aging and age-related changes in humans and in animal models of human aging. This includes investigations of the mechanisms responsible for the gradual or programmed alterations of structure and function that characterize normal aging, as well as how these adverse changes become risk factors for, or accompany, age-related conditions and disease states.

This program supports the next generation of physicians and scientists, currently MD or PhD, with expertise in infectious diseases in the immunocompromised host.  Trainees are provided with a scientifically rigorous and culturally inclusive training environment to foster creative, innovative and collaborative research on infectious diseases in non-HIV immunocompromised patients (e.g. transplant, cancer, immunomodulatory therapy).

The aim of this program is to train young scientists to design and conduct research on significant problems in cancer by combining information and approaches from different scientific disciplines, including basic cellular and molecular biology, epidemiology, clinical trials and studies, and behavioral-social sciences.

The NIH/NHGRI Genome Training Grant prepares trainees for research careers in acquiring and interpreting genomic data and using this information in biomedical research. We recognize that this type of research will demand interdisciplinary approaches and multidisciplinary collaborations. One goal of this program is to attract individuals from the physical sciences and engineering to the forefront of modern biological research. The program also trains cellular and molecular biologists in other disciplines so that they can effectively collaborate at this interdisciplinary interface.

This Scholarship provides critical bridging support for young physician-scientists (e.g. MD Senior Fellows) to launch careers as leaders in infectious disease research and patient care, with a focus on infections in immunocompromised patients.

This NIH-supported training program's goal is to train the next generation of leaders in STD and AIDS research. Predoctoral trainees must be enrolled in doctoral programs at the University of Washington and must be working with a Program faculty member.

The major goal of this program is to train students in molecular biophysics, the use of physical and quantitative approaches in the study of biomedically relevant systems. Students in the Training Program receive training beyond the standard graduate program through a bi-weekly student research presentation series, a student journal club/discussion group, an annual retreat that includes the trainees and their advisors, and through lectures supported by this program.

The aim of this program is to support predoctoral trainees in the area of virology research. The program is funded by a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.