To accelerate stem cell treatments to patients with unmet medical needs, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has always recognized the need to educate and train a scientific workforce. The CIRM Scholars program at USC Stem Cell will soon have a record of having trained a total of 110 trainees, including 50 PhD students, 43 postdoctoral fellows and 17 clinical trainees. They have had an outsized impact on the biomedical field in California and beyond.

CIRM’s training program for PhD students, postdoctoral trainees and clinical fellows has always represented a small percentage of their total budget, but a large component of their overall vision and strategy for accelerating stem cell treatments for the benefit of California and the world.

As federal funding for research and education dwindles, CIRM funding plays an increasingly important role in continuing California’s proud tradition of leadership and innovation in regenerative medicine.

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