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.
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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. This program provides two years of support for UCLA fees and tuition, in addition to stipend support at a higher rate than those set by NIH or NSF.

Training Program Co-Directors: Simin Liu and Tom Drake

Training Program Administrator: Liz Chou

Funding Source: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Funding Level for graduate students: stipend 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. Pursuing research in metabolic diseases and integration of population and laboratory sciences using epidemiologic principles and strategies

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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