Support
is available for Microbiology & Immunology students through in-house NIH training grants, as well as via fellowships offered by UTMB's McLaughlin Endowment for Infection and Immunity. Many graduate program faculty are members of these training
programs. Students are also encouraged to apply for national fellowship programs and the Department assists students in preparing and submitting those applications.
T32 Pre-Doctoral Biodefense Training Program
Ashok Chopra, PhD, CSc, Director
Scott C. Weaver, PhD, Co-Director
(409) 747-0758 | sweaver@utmb.edu
T32 Training Program in Emerging and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Lynn Soong, MD, PhD, Director
(409) 772-8149 | lysoong@utmb.edu
NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program
Tian (Tina) Wang, PhD, Director
Lynn Soong, MD, PhD, Co-Director
(409) 772-3146 | ti1wang@utmb.edu
McLaughlin Endowment
Ashok Chopra, PhD, CSc, Chair
(409) 747-0578 | achopra@utmb.edu