Host Defense Research Grant
Funded by NIH T32 AI 007044
Program Director: David Fredricks
Associate Directors: Wes Van Voorhis MD, PhD
The NIH-funded Host Defense Training in Allergy and Infectious Diseases Training Grant is in it’s 47th year of continuous funding and has supported 167 physician-scientists since its inception in 1976. There are currently 49 participating mentors in one of six research tracks including Virology, TB, Immunology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Bacterial Pathogenesis and the Microbiome, and Epidemiology/Clinical Trials. The ID Fellowship program generally requires three years of training, one clinical year supported by the hospitals and two research years supported by this training grant.
STD HIV Research Training Program
Funded By NIH T32 AI 007140
Program Director: Julie Dombrowski, MD, MPH
Co-Directors: Lorenzo Giacani, Ph.D.
The NIH-supported University of Washington STD & AIDS Research Training Program is in its 44th year of funding, directed for 28 years by King K. Holmes, 15 years by Sheila Lukehart, 3 years by Anna Wald and now by Julie Dombrowski. This program’s goal is to train the next generation of leaders in STD and AIDS research and, since its inception in 1974, has trained 72 predoctoral and 170 postdoctoral trainees.