# Training in the Molecular Biology of Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's Disease

> **NIH NIH T32** · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · 2020 · $877,047

## Abstract

Project Abstract
We propose to continue a highly successful Training Program in the Molecular Biology of
Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease - a program devoted to the training of pre- and
postdoctoral students for careers as independent research scientists in universities and health-related
research laboratories. The trainers are all Harvard faculty members with active research programs
related to neurodegeneration, with an emphasis on Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative
disorders related to aging. They are drawn from the Harvard Medical School and six affiliated
research hospitals: Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, and McLean
Hospital. Bringing a wide range of experience and experimental approaches to the problems of age-
related neurodegeneration, the Program faculty includes molecular biologists, geneticists, cell
biologists, neuropathologists, and biochemists.
 The predoctoral students are recruited into and drawn from the graduate students in the
degree-granting Neuroscience Program of the Harvard Medical School. The postdoctoral students
are chosen from among applicants nominated by individual faculty members of the Program.
Selection of trainees occurs through a competitive process mediated by a Training Grant Advisory
Committee. A total of six predoctoral trainees and eight postdoctoral trainees are proposed for a
primary training faculty of 26 individuals experienced in basic and applied studies of age-related
neurodegeneration. In all cases, the main criteria for successful candidates is dedication and interest
in aging and neurodegeneration research and the highest level of academic achievement in their
previous training. Students are required to participate in special neurodegeneration courses,
seminars, and symposia. Close monitoring of student progress and career advising provide an
effective structure for the entire training process. The purpose of the Program is to create a
framework within which the best training of future researchers devoted to problems in aging and
neurodegeneration can take place, and the already extensive collaborative interactions among the
Program faculty can be propagated at all levels, from student to Professor.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9928849
- **Project number:** 5T32AG000222-29
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
- **Principal Investigator:** Bruce A YANKNER
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $877,047
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1992-09-30 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9928849

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9928849, Training in the Molecular Biology of Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's Disease (5T32AG000222-29). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9928849. Licensed CC0.

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