# Animal Models of Infectious Diseases Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · 2020 · $164,436

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
This is a competitive renewal application for continuing support of a predoctoral training program at UC
Davis focused on research using animal models of infectious diseases (AMID). The AMID Training Program,
launched in 2004, takes advantage of the extraordinary resources at UC Davis, where we have co-localized on
one campus the Graduate School, Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, the California National
Primate Research Center, the internationally renowned Mouse Biology Program, and the Center for
Comparative Medicine—a unique training environment that arguably exists nowhere else in the world. During
the previous funding period, through this NIH grant and UC Davis matching support, we supported a group of
25 students who were mentored by 17 different faculty trainers, and included 13 (59%) women trainees, 8
students with a combined DVM/PhD or MD/PhD, and 7 (28%) trainees from URM groups. The success of the
AMID Program during the past funding period is best highlighted by the quality of the 25 students and their
accomplishments, which include authoring a mean of 4.8 papers from their UC Davis graduate work, many in
very high impact journals; predoctoral fellowships from the NSF, NIH, and the American Heart Association; and
prestigious postdoctoral positions for most graduates. The AMID program has promoted collaborative
research, student mentorship, research seminars, and grants to participating faculty. In addition, the training
program has spurred development of new campus initiatives, including an interdisciplinary graduate program
(equivalent to a minor) called the Designated Emphasis in Host-Microbe Interaction, two new course offerings,
and enhanced teaching of responsible conduct of research. We request continued support of four predoctoral
trainees per year, which will be supplemented by institutional funds to support three additional trainees. We
expect that the AMID Training Program successes will be even more impressive in the coming funding period,
as we go forward with a large pool of accomplished potential trainees; enthusiastic program directors who have
gained experience; a training faculty that is larger, more accomplished, and includes promising junior faculty to
continue the program into the future; and a research community operating in a rich environment for studies on
animal models of human infectious diseases.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9906840
- **Project number:** 5T32AI060555-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
- **Principal Investigator:** STEPHEN J MCSORLEY
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $164,436
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2004-09-01 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9906840

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9906840, Animal Models of Infectious Diseases Training Program (5T32AI060555-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9906840. Licensed CC0.

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