2026 LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY BASIC BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH T32 TRAINING PROGRAM
The 2026 Loma Linda University Basic Biomedical Research T32 Training Program (LLU-BBR-T32) is funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS). This training program was established by NIH/NIGMS to develop well-trained scientists available to address the nation's biomedical research agenda. Eligible PhD students accepted into the LLU School of Medicine Integrated Biomedical Graduate Studies (IBGS) program are encouraged to apply to the LLU-BBR-T32. Candidate trainees must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time of appointment. PhD students accepted into the LLU-BBR-T32 receive tuition stipend and other support during their first 2-3 years of enrollment in the IBGS program. All T32 Trainees are required to pursue their dissertation research training full time and to participate in the training activities offered by the LLU-BBR-T32. These include biweekly lunch-and-learn meetings featuring faculty-led seminars on biomedical research, responsible conduct of research, scientific rigor, and grantsmanship; research progress presentations by Trainees; and career development seminars and workshops.
While NIH T32 stipend support is only available to students accepted into the LLU-BBR-T32, all IBGS graduate students are welcomed to attend and participate in the training and career development activities offered by this training program.
LLU-BBR-T32 Program Overview
The T32 Trainees meet regularly and participate in specialized enrichment, evidence-based activities to complement and enhance their graduate experience at LLU School of Medicine, including:
- Guidance and support in publishing peer-reviewed research articles
- Faculty seminars and student-led presentations on basic biomedical research topics
- One-on-one mentoring from outstanding scientists (view LLU-BBR-T32 Mentor List)
- Networking with other program participants, basic science faculty, and other biomedical and health professionals
- Opportunities to mentor summer research trainees
- Career development workshops and seminars
- Support to attend and present research work at national scientific meetings
- Participate and present research work at the Annual CHDMM Research Symposium and Annual Basic Sciences Research Symposium.
Areas of Research
- Aging and cerebrovascular disease
- Autoimmune and infectious diseases
- Bone biology and osteoporosis
- Cancer biology (solid tumors and leukemias)
- Epigenomics and human disease
- Epigenetics in fetal hypoxia
- Fetal/neonatal cerebrovascular disease
- Fetal/neonatal cardiovascular disease and mitochondrial stress
- Newborn pulmonary hypertension
- Diabetes
- Microbiome
- Microfluidics
- Nanoparticles
- Neuropathic pain
- Neuroscience
- Obesity and cognitive behavior
- Radiation biology
- Space biology and physiology
Learn more about our IBGS PhD graduate program and how it can help you further your graduate studies and advance your postgraduate academic research goals.