Training Grants
There are a number of training grants available to predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees at UNC. Below is a list of NIH-funded training programs that are representative of the broad range of T32 opportunities available at UNC. Programs marked with an asterisk are collaborative programs between UNC and Duke University. Each program’s acceptance criteria is unique and may be only available depending on the applicant’s previous training and research interests. Please contact the program coordinator to learn more information.
| Grant Title | Principal Investigator(s) | Coordinator Information |
|---|---|---|
| Biostatistics for Research in Environmental Health | Rebecca Fry | Monika Caruso 919-966-7268 |
| Cancer Care Quality Training Program | Ethan Basch | Eden Gifford 919-962-5357 |
| Cancer Control Education Program | Kurt Ribisl | Sara Vandegrift 919-966-0233 |
| Cancer Epigenetics Training Grant | Bernard Weissman | Cindy Hoffmeier 919-445-4196 |
| Cancer Health Disparities Training Program | Eugenia Eng | Amorelle Crossley 919-966-7021 |
| Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training | Wayne Rosamond | Chandra Caldwell 919-966-7430 |
| Carolina Cancer Nanotechnology Training Program | Alexander Kabanov | Amy Fry 919-843-1666 |
| Digestive Disease Epidemiology Training Program | Robert Sandler | Adela Radosova 919-966-5791 |
| Duke-UNC Chapel Hill Immunotherapy Training Grant* | Nelson Chao and Jonathan Serody | Meghan Kraft 919-445-4175 |
| From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research | Allison Aiello | Michelle Collins 919-962-6145 |
| Gastroenterology Research Training | Balfour Sartor | Adela Radosova 919-966-5791 |
| The Genetic Epidemiology of Heart, Lung and Blood Traits Training Grant (GenHLB) | Kari North | Betsi Thompson 919-966-1967 |
| Human Development: Interdisciplinary Research Training | Andrea Hussong | Cathi Propper 919-962-6200 |
| Infectious Disease Epidemiology Training Grant | Brian Pence | Kathryn Salisbury 919-962-0741 |
| Infectious Disease Pathogenesis Research Training | David Margolis | Kathryn Salisbury 919-962-0741 |
| Integrated Training in Cancer Model Systems | Channing Der | Cindy Hoffmeier 919-445-4196 |
| Molecular and Cellular Alcohol Research Training | Fulton Crews | Sharon Owens 919-966-5678 |
| Multidisciplinary research training in pulmonary diseases | Claire Doershuk | Melissa Lawrence 919-966-2531 |
| Population Research Training | Barbara Entwisle | Michelle Collins 919-962-6145 |
| Postdoctoral Research in Neurodevelopmental Disorders | Joseph Piven | Angela Cousin 919-966-5171 |
| Pre and Postdoctoral Training in Toxicology | Ilona Jaspers | Julie Cannefax 919-962-8400 |
| Renal Epidemiology Training Program | Ronald Falk | Susan Hogan 919-966-2561 |
| Research Fellowships in Hematology | Nigel Key | Christine Hill 919-843-3960 |
| Research Training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology* | David Peden and John Sleasman | |
| Trauma Research Fellowship | Bruce Cairns | Elisabeth Carter 919-843-7940 |
| UNC-CH Training Program in Health Services Research | Mark Holmes | Lindsay McCall 919-966-8628 |
| UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology Postdoc Training* | Daniel K. Benjamin, Kim Brouwer and Paul Watkins | Kirsten Leysieffer 919-843-6144 |
| UNC Fellowship in Research in Complementary and Integrative Healthcare | J. Douglas Mann | Kelly Eason 919-966-8586 |
| United Program for Therapeutics in Children (UPTiC)* | Ian Davis and Kanecia Zimmerman | Suzanne Kennedy childrensresearch@med.unc.edu |