Lung Biology & Translational Medicine Training Program
Hosting: Information Session & Interview Room
Division: Pulmonary
Description: The Training Program in Lung Biology and Translational Medicine provides multidisciplinary training in a stimulating and collaborative environment that nurtures the development of highly competent and innovative biomedical research scientists. The faculty mentors are experts in four thematic areas based on scientific expertise: (1) immunology-microbiology and cell biology-tissue repair; (2) multi-omic biomarkers; (3) data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning; and (4) translational sciences. Our training program equips trainees to lead independent research programs across the translational spectrum necessary to advance care of patients with lung diseases. During the fellowship, trainees develop and strengthen expertise to enable translational research in statistical genetics, computational biology, biomarker discovery, and drug discovery/development and clinical trials will facilitate the clinical translation of basic science research. In addition to the research projects that will be conducted in the mentor’s laboratory, training will encompass a highly structured didactic program that includes weekly teaching conferences in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, a “survival skills” curriculum (in collaboration with the UAB Office of Postdoctoral Education), and a Research Core Curriculum, conducted by the T32 training faculty, that includes emerging themes such as cellular plasticity, human immunology, stem cell biology, aging, drug discovery/development, single and multiomic analyses, clinical trials, and personalized medicine.