Carrie L. Saetermoe, Ph.D.
Crist Khachikian, Ph.D.
Gabriela Chavira, Ph.D.
Patty Kwan, Ph.D.
Contact Principal Investigator
Gabriela Chavira: gabriela.chavira@csun.edu
Communications Representative
Alina Adamian: alina.adamian@csun.edu
Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Promoting Opportunities for Diversity in Education and Research (PODER) is a large undergraduate biomedical research training program established in 2014 by a $22 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Under the auspices of the NIH Diversity Program Consortium (DPC), BUILD PODER is one of ten NIH-funded BUILD sites that train undergraduates to become biomedical researchers. Along with the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and the Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC), BUILD sites coordinate their activities and data to develop a national database of best practices.
