This training grant (T32HG008961) is an Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) T32 grant funded by the NGRI within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), created to prepare postdoctoral trainees for academic careers in genomic medicine.
It assists trainees in obtaining skills necessary for the conception, planning, and conducting of research in genomic medicine and subsequent presentation and publication of results. Trainees have the option of conducting their research either at the University of Alabama at Birmingham or the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama. There are also opportunities to participate in clinical and clinical laboratory activities in genomic medicine, as well as didactic and other educational activities.
Program Directors
Translational Genomic Medicine
Nita A. Limdi, Pharm.D, Ph.D., MSPH, FAHA
Ray L. Watts Heersink Endowed Chair in Neurology, Associate Dean for Genomic Medicine, Alabama Genomic Health Initiative Director, Genomic Medicine T32 Training Program
Rare Disease Genomics
Greg M. Cooper, Ph.D.
Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Population Genomics and Data Science
Ryan Irvin, Ph.D. MS
Professor & Associate Dean for Research, UAB School of Public Health
Committee Members
Internal Advisory Committee
Etty Benveniste, PhD – Chair
Orlando Gutierrez, MD, MMSc
Lisa Curtis, PhD
James Cimino, MD
External Advisory Committee
Sharon Plon, MD, PhD
Marshall Horwitz, MD, PhD
Leslie Biesecker, MD
Executive Committee
Nita Limdi, Ph.D. (UAB, program director, Chair)
Greg Cooper, Ph.D. (HAIB)
Ryan Irvin, Ph.D. (UAB)
Richard Myers, Ph.D. (HAIB)
Kelly East, MS, CGC (HAIB)
Anindya Dutta, Ph.D., MBBS (UAB)
Nathaniel Robin, M.D. (UAB Health System)
Grant Number
T32HG008961