Location: Irvine, CA
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Overview: Founded in 1965, **UC Irvine** is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu. Today's UC Irvine Stem Cell Research Center is a dynamic center encompassing a diverse array of interdisciplinary investigators that span the schools of Medicine, Biological Sciences, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, and Arts. Our state-of-the-art, LEED Platinum certified research and clinical building houses 23 of our 65 center faculty members. Center faculty have obtained more than $250 million dollars in grant and foundation funds. Our research programs span basic, translational and clinical research, and include several training grants described below, state of the art shared equipment, research services programs, community outreach events, annual symposium and monthly seminar series. The SCRC manages multiple training programs: 2 NIH T32 training grants (12 predoctoral trainee slots); NIH R25 training program (5 predoctoral trainee slots including a range of outreach activities to MSI, HSI, and HBCU partner organizations); CIRM SCHOLAR and COMPASS training grants (25 trainee slots ranging from undergraduate and predoctoral students to postdoctoral and clinical researchers); 2 SOM certification programs providing training for cell and gene therapy clinical trials researchers; and, 2 SOM certification programs providing training for technical and professi