# Graduate Training in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

> **NIH NIH T32** · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $482,056

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
This new T32 application seeks support for predoctoral training in the newly established doctoral degree
program in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (SCBRM) at Stanford University. The SCBRM
graduate program is the first new doctoral degree program at the School of Medicine in more than 20 years.
The program faculty span multiple schools and departments at Stanford and our primary goal is to train the
best scientists in this new discipline through a combination of basic stem cell biology and the role of stem cells
in the development, maintenance, and disease pathogenesis of human tissues and organs.
Over the last decade, fundamental discoveries in the biomedical and physical sciences have generated a
strong climate of expectation that discoveries should and will lead to new medical applications and novel
therapies. There is no greater expectation than that produced within the broad discipline of stem cell biology
and regenerative medicine, an established area of study that rests squarely on an unprecedented intersection
of disciplines. On the one hand, rapid advances in basic biology, genetics, material sciences, nanotechnology,
engineering, and physics are providing extraordinary new tools for harnessing stem cells in regenerative
medicine. On the other hand, rapid and continued growth of financial investment in translational medicine by
national, state, and private entities targets research dollars with an increasing focus on applied science.
Research in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine also raises ethical and legal concerns that are unique
in all of biological research; thus, this broad intersection of disciplines is producing a new breed of scientist,
one with skills that embrace biological and physical sciences, medicine, business, ethics and law.
In the following application we outline a novel predoctoral curriculum and training plan that provides a strong
foundation in developmental and cellular biology, genetics, and biochemistry. These intellectual strengths are
partnered with clinical science, bioengineering, business, ethics and law to produce a new generation of
scientist who is both motivated and capable of translating stem cell discoveries into new applications in
regenerative medicine.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9970487
- **Project number:** 5T32GM119995-04
- **Recipient organization:** STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** IRVING L. WEISSMAN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $482,056
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9970487

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9970487, Graduate Training in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (5T32GM119995-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9970487. Licensed CC0.

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