# Environmental Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · 2020 · $518,536

## Abstract

This application is to renew the T32 ES-09250-30 training grant entitled, “Environmental Carcinogenesis and
Mutagenesis” (ECM) which has been under the direction of Dr. Stambrook since its inception in 1986. Dr. Alvaro
Puga, the Co-PI, has been a mentor in the Program since early in its history and has served as Associate
Director for the past five-year budget period, a role in which he will continue. The ECM training program initially
focused exclusively on environmental carcinogenesis and mutagenesis as its title implied. Subsequently, the
Program has evolved scientifically and conceptually. It grew to its current optimal size when the NIEHS directed
that it merge with a smaller training program in toxicology. The Program became scientifically more diverse which
has proven invaluable to the trainees. The ECM program makes every effort to retain this breadth of disciplines
to enhance cross-fertilization of ideas and techniques between the trainees. Thus, the trainees are able to
discuss cogently the impact of environmental exposures in terms of genetics, cell biology and toxicology and
ultimately in the context of human disease, including cancer. To preserve this wide range of disciplines, the
Program maintains a participating faculty of 26 who derive from 12 different departments/divisions from the
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UCCOM) or the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
(CCHMC). There is a very close working relationship between the faculty of these two institutions, and the
CCHMC faculty all have appointments in pediatrics at UCCOM. The financial support committed to the ECM
from both institutions for recruitment and for other training-related expenses exemplifies this tight relationship
and support for the ECM. The ECM continues to build on its past successes, with its graduates populating
academic, regulatory and industry leadership positions. It also continues to fulfill a national need to train
individuals in the impact of environmental exposure relating to biological, oncological and toxicological endpoints
and human disease. Since its inception, the Program has emphasized recruitment of under-represented
minorities, and has been successful in this endeavor. Institutionally, the Program brings together the research
efforts of several laboratories to provide a common focus on exposure and environmental health, and facilitates
collaborations between these laboratories. The ECM encourages trainees to engage in research that combines
the expertise of several laboratories and institutional research cores. Our biweekly meetings where trainees
alternatively present their own data or a topical paper reinforce these interactions. Pre-doctoral trainees all have
the equivalent of an undergraduate major in a chemical, biological or physical science with superior academic
achievements. Many have won awards and recognition while in the Program. We select postdoctoral candidates
who hold the degrees of Ph.D., D.V.M. or M...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9936585
- **Project number:** 2T32ES007250-31
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
- **Principal Investigator:** WILLIAM E MILLER
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $518,536
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1988-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9936585

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9936585, Environmental Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis (2T32ES007250-31). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9936585. Licensed CC0.

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