Program Overview
The Vascular Biology, Signaling and Therapeutics (VBST) training program is designed to be interdisciplinary, drawing on institutional expertise in four themes: Angiogenesis & Regeneration, Vascular Signaling, Neurovascular Biology and Vascular Therapeutics. VBST is made up of twenty-six (26) mentors, of which nine (9) are physician-scientists. This training program will utilize expertise within and interactions between the themes to train predoctoral and postdoctoral applicants in an integrative fashion.
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The overarching goals of the VBST at UIC are:
- Attract outstanding trainees representing diverse disciplines, from molecular to physiological, computational, bioengineering, bioinformatics or drug discovery.
- Provide trainees with rigorous, comprehensive knowledge in the fundamental science of VBST.
- Assure that VBST trainees understand clinical activities and treatments for vascular diseases.
- Teach trainees in multidisciplinary scientific approaches that promote integrative, divergent thinking.
- Build a community of scientists and mentors seeking new approaches and collaborations dedicated to cures for vascular disease by leveraging an intellectually diverse interdisciplinary community.
The VBST-TP is funded by training grant (T32 HL144459) from the National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).