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The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Inter-school Training Program in Metabolic Diseases, founded by Dr. Simin Liu (Epidemiology) and Dr. Thomas Drake (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), provides training in laboratory and population sciences to integrate the entire continuum from "sick" molecules to "sick" populations. Obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic diseases are fast becoming the number one epidemic of our time. The complexities of metabolic diseases require an equally multidisciplinary attack that goes beyond simply translating basic science discoveries into clinical practice.
With a team of outstanding researchers and educators at the cuttingedge of their research, the program harnesses major advances in biomedical and population sciences to focus on integration. By providing foundational training and research experience from both ends of the spectrum, trainees are prepared for integrating population-based quantitative sciences with laboratorybased biological sciences to effectively lead the cross-disciplinary studies of the future. Press Release
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February 1st, 2010
The BWF Translational Research For Metabolic Disease Prevention: From Molecules to Populations Symposium airs on UCTV.
Please visit the symposium page for more information.
Watch on UCTV, or YouTube.
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The BWF-IT-MD Training Program is open to all UCLA graduate students (PhD, MD) who seek to apply advanced genomic, molecular, and quantitative methods to the study of disease distribution in human populations. Acceptance into this program will provide trainees in this area of research with the foundational quantitative and laboratory knowledge to enable important interdisciplinary research in metabolic diseases. Supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, this program provides a stipend that is higher than those set by NIH and NSFin addition to UCLA fees and in-state tuition for two full years.
Training Program Co-Directors: Simin Liu and Tom Drake
Training Program Administrator: Liz Chou
Funding Source: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Funding Level for graduate students: higher than those set by NIH and NSF plus support towards UCLA fees and tuition (in-state)
Funding Period for graduate students: two years, renewable up to three years
Applicant Requirements:
1. PhD Student
2. Conduct research related to metabolic diseases in human populations incoporating laboratory sciences and epidemiologic methods
Application Information: Here
For further information:
Liz Chou, BWF-IT-MD Training Program Administrator
Department of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
650 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
lizchou@ucla.edu
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