# Training Program in Microbial Pathogenesis

> **NIH NIH T32** · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2020 · $322,035

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
This proposal requests support for Years 11-15 of the T32 Training Program in Microbial Pathogenesis, a
highly successful program that incorporates researchers from seven departments in the School of Medicine
and the Department of Biology at University of Utah. This program was initially an outgrowth of the twice-
monthly Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series (MPSS), which brought together basic scientists and clinician
scientists in Microbiology and Immunology for regular, highly engaged research presentations. Since its
inception 10 years ago, the Training Program has sponsored 3 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees.
Predoctoral trainees enter graduate school primarily through the Molecular Biology umbrella program, where
they are supported for one year while taking rigorous core courses and selecting a thesis laboratory. Both
predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees are selected after entering a laboratory associated with a T32 mentor.
The Training Program provides many opportunities for exposure of the trainees and the broader community to
cutting edge research and interactions including: the MPSS, the Microbial Pathogenesis Retreat, the Summer
Journal Club, the Clinical-Microbiology Combined Conference, and advanced courses in Bacterial
Pathogenesis, Viral Pathogenesis, and Immunology. Critical to the training environment are trainee
opportunities for interaction with MPSS speakers with a variety of research and health perspectives, and the
opportunity to host distinguished speakers. Each of the trainees also present their research at the Training
Grant Retreat, providing them with an opportunity for exposure to the greater microbial pathogenesis
community on campus and to receive feedback from the external scientists. Trainees also present important
new discoveries in the Summer Journal Club. Newly initiated in 2013, is a Clinical-Microbiology Combined
Conference with the Infectious Disease Fellows in Medicine, with the goal of highlighting the clinical
manifestation of infectious diseases with mechanistic understanding of microbial virulence factors. Trainees
have established a record of high impact publications and are pursuing careers in areas of biomedical research
and teaching. The various components of the Training Program clearly serve as the nexus of Microbial
Pathogenesis on this campus, enhancing the environment of the supported trainees as well as the entire
biomedical community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9939417
- **Project number:** 5T32AI055434-15
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
- **Principal Investigator:** MATTHEW A MULVEY
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $322,035
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2004-09-01 → 2021-08-23

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9939417

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9939417, Training Program in Microbial Pathogenesis (5T32AI055434-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9939417. Licensed CC0.

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