Institutional Training Grants & Internal Fellowships The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offer competitive funding to institutions to develop or enhance research training opportunities for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows. These grants are known as "institutional training grants", and fall under various funding mechanisms including T32s and TL1s. UTMB currently holds 11 of these prestigious "T" awards in various areas of study reflecting the quality and success of our training, mentoring, and graduate programs.In addition, UTMB offers unique internal fellowships through the Kempner Foundation and the McLaughlin Foundation.The current list of fellowship opportunities on our campus is as follows: Training ProgramDirector/PITraining TypeWebsiteClinical & Translational Research Award (CTSA) - TL1Jonathan Hommel, PhDPredoc & PostdocTL1 Website LinkMolecular Mechanisms of Environmental InjuryBill Ameredes, PhDPredoc & PostdocT32 Website Contact LinkBiodefense Training ProgramAshok Chopra, PhD & Scott Weaver, PhDPredocT32 Biodefense LinkEmerging and Tropical Infectious DiseasesLynn Soong, MD PhDPredocT32 Info WebsiteTraining in Alzheimer's PathophysiologyRakez Kayed, PhDPredoc & PostdocT32 Website Contact LinkNeural and Pharmacological Mechanisms of Abused DrugsKathryn Cunningham, PhDPredoc & PostdocT32 Neural & Pharma Mech of Abused Drugs LinkUTMB Health Services Research Training ProgramYong-Fang Kuo, PhDPredocT32 Contact LinkTraining Physician-Scientists in Emerging Infectious DiseasesPeter Melby, MD & Slobodan Paessler, DVM, PhDPostdoc (MDs)T32 Physician-Scientists in Infectious Diseases ResearchSurgical Research Training in GI DiseasesRavi Radhakrishnan, MDPostdoc (MDs)T32 Contact InfoHealth of Older MinoritiesRebeca Wong, PhDPredoc & PostdocT32 Health of Older MinoritiesInfectious Diseases and Inflammatory Disorders Training ProgramTian Wang, PhD & Lynn Soong, MD, PhDPredoc (Medical Students)T35 Med Student 8 Week Research RotationPostdoctoral Training In Trauma And BurnsSteven Wolf, MDPostdoc (MDs)T32 Director Contact LinkThe McLaughlin FoundationGracie Vargas, PhDPredoc & PostdocInternal McLaughlin Fellowship LinkThe Kempner FoundationTracy Toliver-Kinsky, PhDPredoc & PostdocInternal Kempner Fellowship Link