# Research Training Program in Toxicology and Environmental Health

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · 2021 · $400,531

## Abstract

Project Summary
This is a competing continuation application to renew the Research Training Program in Toxicology and
Environmental Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Program, established in 2000,
educates pre-and postdoctoral trainees in reproductive/endocrine toxicology, neurotoxicology, nutritional
toxicology, and nanotoxicology. The need for training in toxicology and environmental health is every bit as
urgent today as it was 20 years ago when the Training Program was first conceived. The Program unites several
long-standing areas of research excellence on the University of Illinois campus—environmental toxicology,
reproductive biology, neuroscience, nutritional sciences, chemistry, and bioengineering. Nineteen faculty
members from seven departments in four colleges will serve as preceptors for the Training Program, making this
a truly interdisciplinary training program. Thirteen of the preceptors, including the Program Director and
Associate Director, have been affiliated with the training program for many years, providing long-term stability
and continuity to the program. Six new preceptors will be added this funding period so that we can expand
training opportunities in important new research areas including nanoparticle toxicity, and environmental impacts
on epigenetics, metabolism, male reproduction, and neurological disorders such as epilepsy. The preceptors are
well funded, collaborate extensively, and have a wealth of experience mentoring students and postdocs.
Together, they currently have over 44 federally funded research grants totaling almost 12 million dollars/year in
direct costs, and 22 grants from other sources totaling about 2 million dollars/year in direct costs. Collaborations
among labs working at the molecular, cellular, whole animal and human health levels provide trainees with the
unique opportunity to directly observe and participate in translational research. Selection of the 4 pre- and 3
postdoctoral trainees supported by this Program is based on academic success, strength of the proposed
research, relevance of the research to Program goals, and commitment to toxicology and environmental health.
Trainees are appointed for 2 years. The Program offers a broad range of graduate level courses in toxicology.
In addition to fulfilling departmental requirements, all predoctoral trainees take basic toxicology, systems
toxicology, and at least one other advanced toxicology course. Postdoctoral trainees conduct independent
research. All pre- and postdoctoral trainees attend weekly toxicology research seminars, a monthly toxicology
journal club, and a course on research ethics in toxicology, coordinated by the Director and team taught by the
preceptors. Trainees also attend career development workshops and take a grant writing class. They are
required to present their research in the toxicology seminar series and strongly encouraged to attend national or
international meetings to present their work. ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10187569
- **Project number:** 5T32ES007326-22
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
- **Principal Investigator:** Jodi A. Flaws
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $400,531
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2000-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10187569

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10187569, Research Training Program in Toxicology and Environmental Health (5T32ES007326-22). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10187569. Licensed CC0.

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