# Training Program in Basic and Clinical Genetics

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2021 · $492,689

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The UCSD Genetics Training Program (GTP) is designed to provide advanced training in Genetics and
Genomics to predoctoral students beginning in their second graduate year. While several degree-granting
umbrella programs at UCSD include genetics or genomics research, GTP is uniquely the point of integration
across programs and builds both lateral and vertical cohorts of PhD students interested in the history, practice
and future applications of Genetics and Genomics in life and health sciences. Mentor laboratories encompass
a broad range of basic science and clinical/translation research and span a range of organisms–including
microbial, plant, experimental animal, and human subjects–but share a focus on genetic, epigenetic and
genomic mechanisms and approaches. Students who have committed to thesis research in one of these
laboratories enter the GTP and may be selected for support by this training grant. The GTP curriculum cuts
across traditional graduate programs in participating schools, divisions and departments. GTP students take
graduate core courses in Genetics and Quantitative Methods and participate in a weekly journal club during
graduate years 2-4. The journal club includes rotating topics in contemporary genetics or classic, landmark
papers relevant to the intellectual development of the field. GTP students select quarterly topics in consultation
with participating faculty. Journal club papers and discussion are used to assess methods and logic,
experimental design, data analysis, and responsible conduct of research in additional to the quarterly research
topics around which they are selected. A program-wide annual retreat, organized by year 5 students and a
standing faculty committee, includes invited outside keynote speakers, research presentations by program
faculty and students. GTP has more than 30-40 students training in any given year, for whom we are
requesting 16 training grant slots.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10205074
- **Project number:** 5T32GM008666-23
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **Principal Investigator:** BRUCE A HAMILTON
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $492,689
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1998-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10205074

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10205074, Training Program in Basic and Clinical Genetics (5T32GM008666-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10205074. Licensed CC0.

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