University of Illinois at Chicago
Signal Transduction Training Program
 
   
FROM THE DIRECTOR
Thank you for your interest in our Program. The Training Program in Signal Transduction and Cellular Endocrinology (STTP) is a NIH/NIDDK-funded, interdisciplinary Program within the University of Illinois College of Medicine for predoctoral graduate students accepted into the College of Medicine’s Graduate Education in Medical Sciences (GEMS) Program. It is open to qualified individuals who are either US citizens or Permanent Residents of the United States. Graduate students choose a mentor from 34 participating faculty members from 5 participating Basic Science and 3 Clinical Departments following their first year in the GEMS program. They are then nominated for participation in and support by the STTP by their participating faculty research mentors.Research interests of our training faculty are broad, ranging from organismal to molecular approaches to studies of signal transduction, gene transcription and cellular endocrinology.


All graduate students nominated and accepted into the STTP, receive teaching or research assistantships that include a stipend (currently $24,000), tuition and partial fee waivers, as well as a yearly travel stipend of $1,000 to cover costs for attending national scientific meetings and workshops relevant to the student’s thesis research and training. The STTP provides up to 2 years of stipend and travel support for each student, pending acceptable grades in didactic course work and evidence of productivity and research progress on their thesis project.

The University of Illinois at Chicago is located close to downtown Chicago, with easy access to the vibrant cultural and social aspects of this great city. There is extensive interaction with other cell and molecular biologists within the University of Illinois and neighboring universities in the Chicago metropolitan area, for example at the annual Chicago Signal Transduction Symposia held at the Northwestern University downtown campus.

I hope that you will consider our Training Program as you make your plans for graduate studies. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me an e-mail (sackerma@uic.edu) or give me a call at 312-996-6149, and I would be happy to speak with you.

Sincerely,
Steven Ackerman
Steven J. Ackerman, Ph.D., Program Director
Signal Transduction Training Program

Advisory Committee:
Drs. Peter Gettins, Angela Tyner, Richard Ye, Mark Rasenick, and
Jesus Garcia-Martinez
   
 
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Medicine