During the past year, our EDUC4 grant has supported the training of 14 predoctoral candidates and 2 postdoctoral trainees who are all pursuing research centered around genetics, immunology, and developmental biology as each specific area relates to stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Specific projects include studies on fibrosis and how to control fibroblast development using stem cell-based methods, epigenetic regulation of epidermal homeostasis, disease modeling using human induced pluripotent stem cells, regeneration of hearing after damage to the inner ear, and development of neural networks. Students have completed ethics training in stem cell biology and a variety of additional coursework focused on stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. We have also appointed one postdoctoral trainee studying regeneration of bone and cartilage, and one clinical fellow studying cardiac regeneration in heart disease.