The University of Wyoming offers an innovative program of graduate studies in vertebrate reproductive biology under the Biomedical Science umbrella. This interdisciplinary graduate program was established in 1986 and combines the expertise of faculty members who have established records of accomplishment. Areas of emphasis include: ovarian biology, fetal/placental physiology, neuroendocrinology, nutrition/reproduction interactions, lactation, pituitary cytoarchitecture, human nutrition/exercise/reproduction, reproductive immunology, and the fetal origins of growth efficiency, reproductive function, and adult disease. In this regard, the Center for the Study of Fetal Programming, which was initiated in 2002, has established a link between faculty at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas, and the UW faculty in this program, emphasizing both biomedical and agricultural-related research.