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Student Training Programs Led by BME Faculty

Thanks to the leadership and initiative of BME faculty, we are home to five student training programs funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and private foundations.

BME's Nationally-funded Student Training Programs

NIH T32 Training Grant in Biomedical Data Sciences

Jason Papin (Principal Investigator)

A pre-doctoral training program focused on teaching scientists to work at the interface of computer science, statistics, “big data” and biomedicine.

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NIH T32 Training Grant: the Biotechnology Training Program

Silvia Blemker, Kimberly Kelly (Co-principal Investigators)

A predoctoral training program focused on teaching scientists rigor, organization and transparency, while nurturing a love and inquisitiveness for science. Career and communication skills development in an environment of broad trainee diversity is emphasized.

BTP Program Website
NSF REU in Multiscale Systems Bioengineering and Biomedical Data Science

Timothy Allen (Principal Investigator)

Each summer, UVA trains undergraduates from a variety of STEM backgrounds in the skills, confidence, and mentorship necessary for successful careers in the exciting field of systems bioengineering and biomedical data science.

SysBioREU Website
Beckman Scholars at UVA

Richard Price (Principal Investigator)

UVA's top research scholarship for undergraduates, providing $21,000 to highly-talented, research-oriented students who will work in select mentors' laboratories for two summers and the intervening academic year.

Beckman Scholars
NIH R25 BME Clinical Scholars

William Guilford (Principal Investigator)

Immersing BME undergraduates in clinical settings, where they will identify unmet clinical needs and generate clinically relevant problems and case studies for our BME classrooms.

BME Clinical Scholars
NIH R25 Summer Diabetes Research Internship

Jose Oberholzer (Principal Investigator)

A rigorous schedule of seminars, independent research, and clinical immersion prepares young scientists and engineers to build an interdisciplinary research pipeline for diabetes research and treatment.

Summer Diabetes Research Internship

February 1 Dissertation Defense Insights (Panel)- GWL Sp22
February 1 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal- Samantha Jaszewski
February 3 Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Presentation by Jianfeng Chi
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Student Training Programs Led by BME Faculty

BME's Nationally-funded Student Training Programs

NIH T32 Training Grant in Biomedical Data Sciences

Jason Papin (Principal Investigator)

NIH T32 Training Grant: the Biotechnology Training Program

Silvia Blemker, Kimberly Kelly (Co-principal Investigators)

NSF REU in Multiscale Systems Bioengineering and Biomedical Data Science

Timothy Allen (Principal Investigator)

Beckman Scholars at UVA

Richard Price (Principal Investigator)

NIH R25 BME Clinical Scholars

William Guilford (Principal Investigator)

NIH R25 Summer Diabetes Research Internship

Jose Oberholzer (Principal Investigator)