# Scholars in BioMedical Sciences (SBMS) Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · 2024 · $236,510

## Abstract

Abstract
We are requesting support for the Scholars in BioMedical Sciences (SBMS) Program. This training
program is crucial to introduce graduate students to the concepts of medical research and to spawn a
new generation of translational science-minded and trained scientists. The SBMS provides a mentored
research training program for Ph.D. candidates at their second and third years. In the last ten years,
the program has trained 41 students with support from the NIH (T32), the School of Medicine, the
Graduate School and the Office of the Provost, while 21 students are still in training. Students are
exposed to the vast array of medical research opportunities available to physicians at our large medical
school campus. They take coursework in human pathobiology, clinical trials, data analysis and clinical
research ethics, and engage in basic, translational, or clinical research projects under the supervision
of a clinical faculty mentor representing any of the clinical disciplines. The students are financially
supported by the program for one year. The goals of the SBMS are to: (1) Expose basic science
students to high quality and intensive clinical medicine research opportunities; (2) Provide graduate
basic science students with an understanding of the method and critical analysis of clinical, patient-
oriented research; (3) Promote research experiences that can develop into longer-term student-faculty
mentoring relationships; (4) Provide trainees with experience in scientific presentation in the Annual
SBMS Symposium, and other scientific meetings at a regional or national level; (5) Provide students
with a high quality didactic program in ethical, responsible, rigorous and well controlled human patient
research, (6) Prepare the basic science graduate students to act as liaisons between basic and clinical
science and (7) Prepare the students for a career at work at the interface of basic biomedical science
and clinical research. This T32 application requests support for 6 students/year to be appointed for one
year. It features a diverse group of faculty who are experienced in the pursuit of basic, translational and
clinical biomedical research and committed to enhancing the experience of our outstanding basic
science students and mentoring a new cohort of translational medicine-trained investigators.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10769093
- **Project number:** 1T32GM148331-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK
- **Principal Investigator:** Styliani-Anna (Stella) E Tsirka
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $236,510
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-07-01 → 2029-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10769093

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10769093, Scholars in BioMedical Sciences (SBMS) Training Program (1T32GM148331-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10769093. Licensed CC0.

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