VCURES Participates in NIH National Research Service Award Program

VCURES has joined the VCU School of Medicine's Laboratory of Tissue Repair in its highly acclaimed National Research Service Award (NRSA) program as a resource for training of post-doctoral fellows. The Laboratory of Tissue Repair oversees this Postdoctoral Training Grant from the National Institutes of Health. The purpose of the program is to provide two years of research experience for postdoctoral fellows in the area of Tissue Injury and Repair. The Laboratory has 30 years of experience in the field of wound healing and has trained a large number of residents and postdoctoral fellows. Currently the Laboratory has over 4,000 square feet of modern bench space with fully equipped tissue culture facilities, biochemical equipment and molecular biology facilities. Although the program had traditionally focused on wound healing, the program has now established a strong affiliation with VCURES. This NRSA program will now offer training for fellows in the study of microcirculatory oxygen transport during shock, developing new noninvasive spectroscopic means to detect tissue hypoxia and inflammation, developing new models of shock and multiple organ failure, development of new strategies to control high-pressure bleeding in emergency settings, modulating the immune system during shock, and metabolic engineering to produce states of suspended animation to improve outcomes in shock. Depending on the applicant's interest and chosen project, the applicant can expect to receive training in state of the art molecular biology techniques including: genomics; proteomics; spectrophotometic analysis of microvascular oxygen transport; large and small whole animal physiology; and various aspects of materials science and biomedical engineering.

This NIH-sponsored Training Program is open to all candidates holding M.D., M.D./Ph.D. and Ph.D. degrees. Applicants holding M.D. degrees should be dedicated to a career in academic research. The applicant must be a U.S. Citizen or a non-citizen national of the U.S. or must be lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible. Members of minority groups will be given special consideration. To apply or for further information contact: For more information please contact Robert F. Diegelmann, Ph.D. at rdiegelm@hsc.vcu.edu. More information can also be found at http://www.vcu.edu/vcures/education.htm.