Postdoctoral Training Program in Cardiovascular Disease Funded by NHLBI

Postdoctoral training program in Cardiovascular Disease funded by NHLBI

The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a $777,000, five-year training grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for a highly interdisciplinary, translational postdoctoral training program focused on inflammation and infection in the development and progression of cardiovascular disease.

Available to Ph.D.s and M.D.s, this innovative fellowship program is housed in the Medical College’s Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center because of its central focus on the translation of basic science discoveries and technological innovations to disease and clinical medicine. Andrew S. Greene, Ph.D., professor of physiology and director of the Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, is principal investigator for the grant. Michael Kron, M.D., M.S., Professor of Medicine/Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, is clinical co-director of the grant.

“Our training team members are unified in their belief that contemporary fellowship programs must not only give young scientists an outstanding experience at the bench, but must also provide intensive exposure to a variety of technologies and approaches,” Dr. Greene said. “Most importantly, young scientists need mentoring that extends beyond the traditional postdoc-mentor relationship.”

The training combines an individualized mentoring program via mentoring teams with an individual professional development plan for each trainee. Mentors include outstanding basic scientists from traditional and non-traditional areas, clinical scientists focused on infection and inflammation in cardiovascular disease, and representatives from industry.