Training Support — The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has renewed Dr. Margaret Kielian’s Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Genetics T32 training grant with an award of $4 million over five years. The grant, which has been in effect since 1987, financially supports the training of Ph.D. graduate students in interdisciplinary areas of cell biology, molecular biology and genetics. The diverse research conducted by the trainees has implications for major human health issues, including cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmunity, and developmental problems. The program includes faculty from eight basic science departments at Einstein and, over the past decade has graduated 45 Ph.D. students, 90 percent of whom have continued to work in science-related careers. Dr. Kielian is professor of cell biology and has been the training grant director for the past five years.
Posted on: Wednesday, August 29, 2012