The UCHC Center for Vascular Biology offers outstanding opportunities for research training in the rapidly evolving field of vascular biology. The Center is the focal point for vascular research at the Health Center and fosters interactions among investigators throughout UCHC who study cancer, cardiovascular biology, and other diseases and biological mechanisms involving the vascular system.

The spectrum of research in the Center is a unique integration of diverse aspects of vascular biology using biochemical, molecular, cellular, proteomic, and imaging approaches to investigate the mechanisms of signal transduction, gene regulation, apoptosis, endothelial cell function, and vascular cell-cell interactions in vitro as well as in vivo models of vascular development, angiogenesis, tumorigenesis, metastasis, and cardiovascular disease. This interdisciplinary focus offers students a diverse range of innovative technologies at all levels. Through an outstanding series of seminars, formal and informal courses, biweekly research-in-progress sessions, and journal clubs, graduates of this program are well prepared for careers in biomedical research and education in the academic, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical fields.

The Center's faculty is primarily members of the Cell Biology Graduate Program, one of the multidisciplinary areas of concentration at UCHC. Specific information on the program, its requirements, and current students can be found at Cell Biology Graduate Program's website.