Training Programs
Undergraduate Students
Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
During the summer, junior or non-graduating senior college students interested in studying gene-environment interactions and their impact in human diseases can work for 10 weeks under the supervision of distinguished faculty from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Baylor College of Medicine, and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Graduate Students
Training Program In Gene-Environment Interactions
This is a unique, interdisciplinary 2-year program for graduate students pursuing PhD or MD/PhD degrees at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) schools or at Baylor College of Medicine. Students in this program have a strong interest in multi-disciplinary research projects designed to study genetic variation and environmental exposure, and the effects of these interactions on human health. The program, generously supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, is a collaboration between UTHealth, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Baylor College of Medicine.
Training Program in Pharmacological Sciences
This interdisciplinary Training Program in Pharmacological Sciences (TPS) is designed to train leaders for academia, biotechnology/industrial firms, and regulatory agencies who will develop innovations, approaches, and new strategies for drug development and accelerate the rate of bringing new therapeutics to the market. The training program is unique in several ways: (1) it spans the entire range of drug development from initial target identification and validation through Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval; (2) it is led by Dr. John F. Hancock and a leadership team with extensive, first-hand experience in the pharmaceutical industry as well as academia; (3) it introduces a systems biology approach to achieve efficacy and safety by identifying and selectively modulating relevant pathways, rather than individual targets, and addresses all major phases of the drug development process; and (4) it includes analyses of major successes and failures in the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory agencies.
This program is managed by the Keck Center of the Gulf Coast Consortia. For more information, click here.
Dissertation Research
Throughout its multiple educational partnerships with other institutions in the Texas Medical Center and across the State of Texas, the IMM offers dissertation research opportunities to PhD and MD/PhD students. Forty-four faculty members at nine individual research centers provide supervised research, mentoring, and other opportunities for graduate students enrolled at UTHealth schools, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), and other partner institutions in the Texas Medical Center.
Special Postdoctoral Programs
Joint Postdoctoral Program with China Medical City
This program was developed through a partnership with China Medical City, the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries complex in China. It is designed to train PhD graduates from Nanjing Medical University and Suzhou University.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Postdoctoral fellows are trained under the guidance of an experienced scientist holding a primary faculty appointment at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Training usually takes place over a three to four year period, and is designed to help fellows develop a broad range of skills essential for future careers as independent researchers in a diversity of fields.
For additional information about the IMM Training Programs please email us at:
MS.Imm.TrainingPrograms@uth.tmc.edu
The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
1825 Pressler Street
Houston, Texas 77030
