# Integrated Training in Quantitative and Experimental Cancer Systems Biology

> **NIH NIH T32** · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $247,408

## Abstract

Project Summary
There is an outstanding need for a national cadre of quantitatively sophisticated oncologists, with deep training
in both biological aspects of cancer and computational tools to further understanding and treatment. In the
proposed training program, OHSU will leverage the strengths of both its cancer program, ranging from basic
science to translation, and its computational capacity, spanning from genomics to mechanistic modeling. OHSU
was recently ranked as the top young university in life sciences research in the world in the Nature Index. A key
strength of the training program will be required co-mentorship by both quantitative and wet-lab basic or clinical
faculty. Post-doctoral trainees arriving with expertise in either biology or computation will receive extensive
training in the complementary field, both didactic and research-based. Graduate trainees will engage both fields
from day one in a specially designed curriculum building on existing courses and established faculty expertise,
centered in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer
Biology. The training faculty have outstanding track records in mentorship and research productivity,
complemented by a healthy cohort of junior faculty to maintain program viability over the long term. Nearly 40
faculty will initially be available to trainees, with an average of >$800,000/year in research funding.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10331026
- **Project number:** 5T32CA254888-02
- **Recipient organization:** OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** LISA M COUSSENS
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $247,408
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-02-01 → 2026-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10331026

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10331026, Integrated Training in Quantitative and Experimental Cancer Systems Biology (5T32CA254888-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10331026. Licensed CC0.

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