Training

STD/AIDS Research Training Fellowship Program

Pre- and Post- doctoral Fellowships

Funded by NIH T32 AI07140, STD/AIDS Research Training Grant, PI: King K. Holmes

When we receive word that the training grant will be funded, we will post application deadlines on this website. If you would like to be contacted when the application dates are decided, please email Miko Robertson.

Deadlines for Post doctoral Applications: TBD
Deadline for Pre doctoral Applications: TBD

We are pleased that you are considering doing research on sexually transmitted diseases at the University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD.

The Center for AIDS and STD (CFAS), directed by King K. Holmes, MD, PhD and established in 1989, is a complex multidisciplinary research center with research and/or clinical units located at Harborview, the University of Washington, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, numerous countries in Africa, Central and South America as well as cooperative agreements with governmental (NIH, Navy, USAID, HRSA) agencies, NGOs, universities and hospitals located throughout the world.. CFAS is one of the premier AIDS and STD research centers in the country and has been the catalyst for the University of Washington receiving the second highest level of funding for AIDS and STD research in the US. Research conducted by CFAS investigators is wide-ranging and includes areas such as pathogenesis, sociobehavioral and prevention research, vaccine and clinical trial development and management, mother-to-child transmission, international technical assistance, as well as many other areas.

This website is intended to summarize the opportunities available for pre-and post-doctoral training through the NIAID sponsored STD/AIDS Research Training Grant.

Pre-doctoral trainees must be enrolled in doctoral programs in the University of Washington Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Social Work, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, Social Work, Arts and Sciences, or Health Sciences. Prior to application, post doctoral applicants must contact the mentor with whom they wish to work and establish a commitment from the mentor that they will support the applicant's research for the period of their fellowship. For both Pre and Postdoctoral fellowships, research training is provided in five component tracks: Bacterial STD Research, headed by Sheila Lukehart and Walter Stamm; Viral STD Research, including HIV Infection, headed by Denise Galloway, James Mullins, and Lawrence Corey; Public Health and Epidemiology headed by Laura Koutsky and Hunter Handsfield; International STD and AIDS Research, headed by Connie Celum, Grace John-Stewart, and King Holmes; and Sociobehavioral Research on STD and AIDS, headed by Sevgi Aral and Martina Morris. In addition to individualized research experience the training grant provides a core curriculum consisting two required courses including the annual summer introductory conference on annual two week international course on Principles of STD and AIDS Research and the UW Biomedical Research Integrity Series, as well as several optional didactic lectures, seminars and conferences, and a retreat. Additional clinical training is available for MD fellows, as is graduate course work for MPH/PhD students. The three past NIH reviews of our STD training program described it as a "national resource" for STD training, and we aim to maintain our commitment to research training on all STDs including HIV/AIDS infection.

Pre and Postdoctoral positions provide full medical and dental benefits for trainees. Stipends are paid at the NIH NRSA stipend level for the fiscal during which the trainee starts his/her appointment or is reappointed. Postdoctoral stipends are commensurate with the number of years postdoctoral experience. Fiscal year 06 levels can be found at the following URL.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-026.html

Supplementation of pre and postdoctoral stipends may be provided by the mentor or appointing department. These arrangements are not arranged through this fellowship program.

We look forward to hearing from you.

King K. Holmes, MD, PhD
Director, Center for AIDS and STD
PI, STD/AIDS Training Grant