NHLBI Training Grant Program

NHLBI Pulmonary & Critical Care
Training Grant Program

There are three major aims of our training program: (1) to provide 3 years of rigorous scientific training for physician-scientists, enabling them to serve as independent investigators examining scientific questions directly related to human lung disease; (2) to provide up to 3 years of post-doctoral training to Ph.D. scientists, focusing their studies in lung biology; (3) to train graduate students from the M.D.-Ph.D. program and four established Ph.D. granting programs, guiding them into careers in lung research. All M.D. trainees will be strongly encouraged to obtain an advanced degree in their field of interest in order to assess trainee commitment and optimize the opportunity for a successful investigative career. Our program features close contact between the trainee and Training Faculty from 4 collegiate units in our Academic Health Center, and the College of Engineering (Institute of Technology). We continue to provide training in 3 major curricular areas that each provide an outstanding training environment through comprehensive resources and stable research funding. These 3 areas are:

1. Cell and Molecular Biology
2. Bioengineering and Integrative Physiology
3. Clinical Research Leading to a Masters in Public Health or Clinical Research
   

• Jose Gomez
• Yong Kim
• Katherine Schiller
• Jon Michael Underwood

Current Postdoctoral Trainees:

• Petr Bachan, MD
• Brad Chmielewski, MD
• Jianxun Lei, PhD
• Joel McCauley, MD
• Karen Smith, PhD
• Dwight Stoll, PhD

Previous Pre- and Postdoctoral Trainees:

• Michael Alter, MD
• Vance Bachelder, MD
• Srilalitha Belur, PhD
• Assumpta Bennaars-Eiden, PhD
• Joanne Billings, MD, MPH
• Lisa Bolin, MD
• Tereza Cervenka, MD
• Sridar Chalaka, MD
• Nathan Charles, MD, PhD
• Michel Cramer-Bornemann, MD
• Deanna Diebold, MD
• Dawne Dougherty, PhD
• Jordan Dunitz, MD
• Vincent Gimino, MD
• Hilary Goldberg, MD
• Paul Grimsrud, PhD
• Jannica Groom, MD, MPH
• John Hotchkiss, MD
• Stephen Huddleston, PhD
• Keith Kelly, MD
• Hyun J. Kim, MD
• Ken Kunisaki, MD
• David Lahti, PhD
• Gaio Lakin, PhD
• Jeffrey Lande, PhD
• Joseph Lasnier, MD
• Michele LeClaire, MD
• Shunan Li, PhD
• Michael Linden, MD, PhD
• Joseph Martinelli, MD
• Charlene McEvoy, MD
• Andrew McKibben, MD
• Nicolette Myers, MD
• Sogol Nowbar, MD
• Melissa Palmer-Densmore, PhD
• Jagadish Patil, MD
• David Perlman, MD
• Angela Quale, PhD
• Tim Rich, MD
• David Richards, PhD
• David Risher, MD
• Bruno Schremmer, MD
• Jennifer Smith, PhD
• Mark Sprenkle, MD, MSc
• Andrew Stiehm, MD
• Matthew Stone, PhD
• Thomas van der Kloot, MD
• Craig Weinert, MD, MPH