The individual training tracks represent pathways defined by subject area, embedded preceptor or adjunct faculty and educational resources. Preceptor faculty are funded investigators who provide direct research supervision of trainees. Each faculty preceptor is chosen on the basis of their research interests, funding, and research productivity; each is currently training or has agreed to train fellows within their laboratories or clinical programs, and has agreed to participate in the other didactic and supervisory activities of this training program.   Adjunct Faculty contribute regularly to the didactic, clinical and educational activities of the program but do not accept trainees and are not required to have research funding, although many do.  Adjunct Faculty supervise clinical programs (e.g., Blood Bank or Apheresis Service) that provide robust platforms for clinical research and they often serve as co-mentors for trainees associated with Preceptor Faculty. Each faculty member is affiliated with one or more training tracks based on their primary area (s) of scientific research.

Each trainee elects one track within which to pursue research training and also elects to pursue either basic or clinical research training in that track. Members of the Executive Committee serve as track leaders in their area of expertise for review of candidate applications and to assess trainee research progress within a track.

Table 1: Training Tracks within the T32 program and Track leaders