# Pediatric Oncology Research Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER · 2021 · $79,645

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
We are requesting continuation funds for a research training program in the Pediatric Oncology Program at the
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington.
The purpose of the proposed program is to train promising physicians to become independent investigative
pediatric oncologists. In the first year of the program, which is funded by sources other than this grant, trainees
receive intensive exposure to clinical care and clinical research. In their second and third years, the trainees
commit themselves to a major research effort. Research projects in the areas of hematopoietic stem cell
transplant research, leukemia/lymphoma immunology and immunotherapy, transplantation biology, normal and
malignant hematopoiesis, human immunogenetics, neuro-oncology, cancer survivorship and molecular
genetics, as well as other programs are available. The aim of the projects will be to contribute new and useful
information relevant to pediatric oncology and to develop the research capabilities of the trainees to allow them
to establish themselves as independent investigators.
Physicians who have completed three years of training as residents in pediatrics will be eligible. Those most
qualified and motivated to enter into investigative endeavors will be selected. In the past, many of the
applicants have had previous laboratory experience. Of the thirty trainees supported by this NRSA who have
completed their training during the past 15 years, 27 are in research positions: 21 in academic pediatric
oncology, six in clinical trial development in industry. Three former trainees have clinical positions; one of
whom has a pending academic appointment. We are requesting continued funding for two postdoctoral
fellowships per year in a two-year program (a total of four positions).
This program involves the laboratory and clinical research facilities of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center, Seattle Children's Research Institute, and the University of Washington. The clinical facilities of the
Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology are located at Seattle Children's Hospital and the Seattle Cancer
Care Alliance.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10604541
- **Project number:** 6T32CA009351-44
- **Recipient organization:** FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** IRWIN D BERNSTEIN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $79,645
- **Award type:** 6
- **Project period:** 1979-08-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10604541

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10604541, Pediatric Oncology Research Training Program (6T32CA009351-44). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10604541. Licensed CC0.

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