Translational Workforce development
Catalyzing Bench to Bedside
Our Translational Workforce Development office offers a comprehensive suite of educational and professional opportunities, including an accredited training facility, a predoctoral training grant, an academic concentration and certificate, junior faculty development awards, and an MD-PhD program. These programs are designed to equip students, researchers, and emerging faculty with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in the field of clinical and translational science. We believe in the power of discovery, opportunity, and love of learning to radically transform health research and patient care.
Biotility
At Biotility, a state-of-the-art, hands-on, accredited training facility in Alachua’s Progress Park, we invite learners of all levels to embrace the lab-based skills to equip themselves for exciting careers in biomedical research.
CTS Team T32 Training Grant
The new CTS Team T32 Predoctoral Training Program will provide predoctoral trainees with the skills required to develop a career in multidisciplinary clinical and translational research. The program uses a team-science approach and provides mentoring and didactic training for predoctoral students.
CTS Interdisciplinary Concentration and Graduate Certificate
The CTS Predoctoral Training Program provides UF graduate students performing human health-related research with the skills required to develop a career in multidisciplinary clinical and translational research.
K Career Development Awards
The K Career Development Awards provides junior faculty with financial support and research training to develop the skills necessary to build a well-funded, collaborative career in clinical and translational research.
MD-PhD Program
UF’s MD-PhD Program, sponsored by the College of Medicine and guided by Drs Mark Segal, Wayne McCormack, Ali Zarrinpar and Kristianna Fredenburg, provides tuition and stipends for eight trainees per year for eight years. MD-PhD training is engineered to lengthen and strengthen the bonds between the bench and the bedside and is a crucial component of translational discovery.
