Fellowship positions funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) are now open to PhD and MD clinical fellows conducting research related to developmental biology, stem cells, and regenerative medicine. Fellows working on projects using stem or progenitor cells to model diseases, uncovering basic molecular mechanisms, and developing potential research tools are encouraged to apply.
The CHLA CIRM Scholar fellowships will be awarded for 2 years with the possibility of a third year of funding through a competitive renewal. To be eligible, an applicant must be a PhD or MD fellow by the time of the start of the award, and should have no more than 5 years of fellowship experience.
Funding for this first cycle will begin by Jan. 18. The number of awards will be based on the quality of applications. A second call for applications will be issued in May 2022. Unfunded applications can resubmit once; if a fellow submits two unfunded applications, any future proposals will require an entirely new project to be considered.
The goal of this fellowship is to support promising fellows (MD, PhD, or MD/PhD) who are interesting in conducting research and establishing a successful career as a scientist or physician-scientist.
Announcements and Events
Call for application
Application for CIRM Training Grant Due Dec. 21, 2021
Program Director
Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD
Associate Director
Mark Frey, PhD
Program Coordinator
Kathryn Aguilar
Potential Mentors
James Amatruda, MD, PhD
Amatruda Lab
Research Focus: Solid tumors of childhood, sarcomas, germ cell and Wilms tumor
David Cobrinik, MD, PhD
Cobrinik Lab
Research Focus: Modeling retinal development, tumorigenesis and tumor prevention
Stefano Da Sacco, PhD
GOFARR Lab
Research Focus: Kidney disease modeling on microfluidic glomerular chips
Roger De Filippo, MD
GOFARR Lab
Research Focus: Kidney diseases and regeneration using tissue engineering tools
Research Focus: Intergenerational legacies of stress
Research Focus: Regulation of intestinal stem cell niche and progenitor cell
Research Focus: Dysmotility inflammatory bowel disease colorectal bowel disease
Senta Georgia, PhD
Georgia Lab
Research Focus: Beta cell differentiation and regeneration
Research Focus: Fetal maternal health and human developmental biology
Research Focus: Tracheal stenosis and epithelial regeneration
Research Focus: Role of chromosome copy number changes in tumorigenesis
Yong-Mi Kim, MD, PhD, MPH
Yong-Mi Kim Lab
Research Focus: Microenvironment, Wnt and biophysical characteristics of leukemia
Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS
Kohli Lab
Research Focus: Dysregulated functions underlying liver pathophysiology in kids
Rusty Lansford, PhD
Lansford Lab
Research Focus: Molecular and optical tools to study cell decision-making
Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD
Lien Lab
Research Focus: Heart development and regeneration and iPSC human disease models
Research Focus: Imaging, stem cell therapy, disease models and preclinical studies
Research Focus: Retinal development and synaptogenesis
Research Focus: Human T-cell development
Research Focus: Cancer cells regulated by extracellular matrix
Research Focus: Stem cells derived from amniotic fluid and chronic kidney disease
Sargis Sedrakyan, PhD
GOFARR Lab
Research Focus: Endothelial damage and extracellular vesicles for kidney disease
Research Focus: Lung mesenchymal stem cell biology and pulmonary diseases
Research Focus: Human lung developmental biology and regenerative medicine
View list of all investigators at Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Former trainees and CHLA CIRM alumni
Michael Harrison, Ph.D. (Former Ching-Ling Lien Lab)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine
Gianluca Turcatel, Ph.D. (Former David Warburton Lab)
Current Position: Scientist at Amgen