Seattle BioMed’s scientists come from all around the world, many of whom face the devastation of malaria or HIV/AIDS on a daily basis in pandemic countries. These researchers also train students from throughout the world – the very people who will carry on our infectious disease research. Currently, there are scientists from more than a dozen countries training at Seattle BioMed.

In 2002, we established a clinical research laboratory at the Muheza Designated District Hospital and started the International Malaria Research Training Program, which was awarded to Seattle BioMed by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Currently, four Tanzanian scientists are working towards advanced degrees as part of the program. Each spends a portion of the year in Seattle, learning the latest in research techniques and technologies to take back to Tanzania.

In 2006, Seattle BioMed established the Seattle-India Joint Research Training Program "Research Training on Intracellular Pathogens", which is funded by the Fogarty International Center to provide promising Indian Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scientists with advanced training opportunities in malaria, leishmaniasis, tuberculosis and other intracellular pathogens. Fellowships will be funded for 1-2 years to train on collaborative projects at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) or the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and a laboratory at the University of Washington (UW) or Seattle BioMed. If you are a postdoctoral scientist or a graduate student from India, you may be eligible to apply for a fellowship through this program. Please see the program Web site for further information or to apply.