Affiliated Programs

One of the strengths of the MCB program is that our faculty participate in a large number of affiliated programs. These programs provide substantial opportunities for enhanced scientific interactions for MCB students. Please contact the MCB Office if you are interested in being listed as an affiliated program.

The Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington Cancer Consortium is a research collaboration comprising Fred Hutch and its strong collaborators, the University of Washington, Seattle Children’s, and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

The Center for Integrative Brain Research is unraveling the mechanisms beneath neurological, neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. This knowledge will lay the foundation for innovative pediatric therapies that prevent or cure these disorders.

The UW Diabetes Institute draws upon the expertise of a wide range of investigators with complementary interests in diabetes, obesity, inflammation, lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis.

The University of Washington Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM) is committed to the ethical pursuit of basic research to unleash the enormous potential of stem cells and thereby develop therapies and cures.

Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research (PACR) is a long-standing collaboration between New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.

The Computational Molecular Biology program is the cooperative effort of several outstanding research departments at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. The CMB certificate program is open to all PhD students enrolled in the participating departments.