# Training Grant in Cancer Biology

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · 2020 · $572,487

## Abstract

This application continues support for the Training Program in Cancer Biology launched in 2011 to train
postdoctoral and predoctoral trainees for careers in cancer research. The program is based in the University of
Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center (UMGCC), and includes UMGCC faculty from
multiple basic science and clinical departments - the majority based on the University of Maryland Baltimore
(UMB) campus, with others from the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) and the University of
Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). A fuller mechanistic understanding of cancer biology will lead to
progressively more effective cancer diagnosis, therapy, and prevention. A major goal of the Training
Program is to maximize our opportunity to apply emerging fundamental scientific insights to clinical outcomes
by training exceptionally talented and highly trained physician- and PhD-scientists who will translate between
the laboratory bench and the bedsides of patients with cancer. The Training Program provides a rigorous
educational curriculum in basic cancer research and the immersion of trainees in the nurturing structure of
individualized, integrated, multidisciplinary mentoring. Participating Faculty are selected based on their
published scientific achievements and track record of funding in cancer research, interest in translational
cancer research and experience in mentoring trainees. Trainees will gain an appreciation for productive
translation between lab and clinic by participating in research and didactic sessions with interactive teams of
lab and clinical researchers. A range of cutting-edge technologies and shared resources that facilitate
specialized research activities supports all investigators. The Training Program builds on the Cancer Biology
Track within the Molecular Medicine Program of the Graduate Program in Life Sciences, which provides
students with a solid grounding in the multidisciplinary aspects of basic, translational and clinical cancer
research, yet allows them the flexibility to specialize in their area of interest in the labs of selected UMGCC
faculty. Collectively, there is faculty expertise available to trainees in virtually all aspects of contemporary
biomedical science. In this renewal application, we propose the continued evolution of this Training Program
with expanded research training in translational cancer biology and cancer genomics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9963132
- **Project number:** 5T32CA154274-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
- **Principal Investigator:** Toni M Antalis
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $572,487
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9963132

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9963132, Training Grant in Cancer Biology (5T32CA154274-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9963132. Licensed CC0.

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