UAB-HudsonAlpha Genomic Medicine Postdoctoral Training Program
This training grant is an institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) T32 grant funded by the NHGRI within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), created to prepare postdoctoral trainees for academic careers in genomic medicine. It assists trainees in obtaining skills necessary for the conception, planning, and conducting of research in genomic medicine and subsequent presentation and publication of results. Trainees have the option of conducting their research either at the University of Alabama at Birmingham or the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama. There are also opportunities to participate in clinical and clinical laboratory activities in genomic medicine, as well as didactic and other educational activities.
Co-PI (s) and Directors
Nita A. Limdi, Pharm.D, Ph.D., MSPH, FAHA
Ray L. Watts Heersink Endowed Chair and Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology
Associate Dean for Genomic Medicine, UAB Heersink School of Medicines
720 20th St. S., Kaul 202, Birmingham, AL 35233
Greg Barsh M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator and Faculty Chair, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Professor of Genetics, Stanford University
Advisory Committee
Etty Benveniste, Ph.D. - Chair
Robert Kimberly, M.D.
James Cimino, M.D.
Carmel McNicolas-Bevensee, Ph.D.
Executive Committee
Nita Limdi, Ph.D. - Co-Chair
Greg Barsh, M.D., Ph.D. - Co-Chair
Greg Cooper, Ph.D.
Anindya Dutta, Ph.D., MBBS
Neil Lamb, Ph.D.
Richard Myers, Ph.D.
Nathaniel Robin, M.D.