T32 – Training Grant
This training grant proposal seeks support to prepare individuals (MD, MD / PhD or PhD) for a career in biomedical science as it relates to pediatric and adult rheumatology. The program is based in a large pediatric Division of Rheumatology, with several center grants (P30, P60, PO1) and NIH-funded investigators with the participation of an enlarging adult Division of Rheumatology that also has strong NIH funding.
The pediatric division, including its related clinic, is part of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center andthe Children's Hospital Research Foundation, as well as part of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine with its clinical and biomedical science departments. The Adult Division is part of the Department of Medicine of University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and has strong ties to the pediatric division and to immunobiology researchers at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
The primary faculty advisors come from divisions within the Department of Pediatrics including:
- Rheumatology
- Allergy and Immunology
- Experimental Hematology
- Hematology / Oncolcogy
- Human Genetics
- Immunobiology
- Informatics
- Molecular Immunology
- Psychology
Some primary faculty advisors come from the Department of Medicine, Immunolgoy and Infectious Disease and from the Departments of Environmental Health, Pathology and cover broad areas of expertise.
Area of expertise include:
- Immunobiology
- Genomics and bioinformatics
- Gene expression
- Molecular and developmental biology
- Gene therapy
- Stem cell biology
- Epidemiology and biostatistics
- Musculoskeletal biomechanics
In addition to continued expansion in pediatric rheumatology, collaborating organizations for this grant have also seen considerable growth during the present five-year cycle of this training grant, particularly in immunobiology, experimental hematology, and bioinformatics. The program is well supported by core facilities as well as by academic courses, including a mandatory course in medical ethics. Other available courses include:
- Immunobiology
- Molecular genetics
- Epidemiology and biostatistics
A new interdepartmental Immunobiology Graduate Program (MS and PhD) that is centered at Cincinnati Children's complements existing programs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and education in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
It is believed that this rheumatology program provides unique resources and will continue to enlarge the pool of individuals with a career interest in biomedical science as it relates to the subspecialties, a pool that is far too small to meet the requirements of the next decades as molecular medicine is increasingly applied in the clinic.
For more information about the Rheumatology Fellowship program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, please contact:
The Rheumatology clinic
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MC 4010
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3037
Phone: 513-636-4676
Fax: 513-636-4116
