# Medical Genetics Postdoctoral Fellowship

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2021 · $205,780

## Abstract

ABSTRACT:
The birth of the University of Washington School of Medicine in the early 1950's coincides with
the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. As a founding component, the
Medical Genetics Training Program has kept apace of genetic advances and has served as the
linchpin between the clinical and molecular sciences that has propelled this institution to a
position of academic leadership. The Training Program's graduates have made outstanding
contributions to the body of knowledge of genetic disease and occupy top faculty positions
throughout the international medical genetics research community. The Medical Genetics
Training Program is coordinated with the Medical Genetics Residency. The Program offers
comprehensive research and continuing didactic training in human genetics and genomics for
physicians following completion of residency training, and for Ph.D.'s in the basic sciences who
seek a broader and translational appreciation of human genetics and genome sciences.
Training focuses on highly collaborative mentor-based, research laboratory experience and is
complemented with courses, seminars, clinical conferences, a journal club, and participation in
national meetings. As they progress, trainees are encouraged to seek individual fellowship
awards. The Program emphasizes recruitment of underrepresented minority fellows and
disabled individuals as well as ongoing instruction in the responsible conduct of research.
The fifty-two participating faculty are primarily drawn from the two Medical Genetics units in the
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, but also consist of productive and talented mentors
performing relevant research and teaching in other departments. Although most of our trainees
are physicians who seek clinical and research training in medical genetics, we have also
attracted and trained physicians from other specialties (Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Neurology,
Psychiatry, and Surgery) and Ph.D. scientists. We have also launched a training track in the
Department of Medicine for Internal Medicine-Medical Genetics, and have agreement from the
leadership of the Department of Pediatrics to apply for a combined 4-year Pediatrics-Medical
Genetics residency (see letter of support in the Appendix). With these promising new sources
of trainees, and the increasing integration of genetics into all medical specialties, we are
requesting an increase from four to six funded positions per year, which will allow us to support
three (rather than two) trainees for two years each. The Program continues in its successful
mission of launching independent, research-focused careers in medical genetics and genomics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10187579
- **Project number:** 5T32GM007454-45
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** FUKI MARIE HISAMA
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $205,780
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1977-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10187579

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10187579, Medical Genetics Postdoctoral Fellowship (5T32GM007454-45). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10187579. Licensed CC0.

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