Training in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE)

传染病流行病学培训 (TIDE)

• 批准号: 10494367
• 负责人: Brian W Pence
• 金额: $ 31.27万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10494367
• 关键词: Infectious Disease Epidemiology; Training

ABSTRACT As dramatically illustrated by the CoVID-19 pandemic, endemic and epidemic infectious diseases pose increasing global danger as the world becomes more interconnected. However, there are relatively few institutions engaged in training infectious disease (ID) epidemiologists. Of those that are trained, relatively few are equipped to work at the crossroads of lab science and population-based clinical and behavioral research. The UNC Epidemiology Department is applying for a 4th 5-year funding cycle for our Training in ID Epidemiology (TIDE) NIAID T32. Our TIDE program occupies a unique niche in the T32 portfolio at NIAID as one of only seven training grants with an ID epidemiology focus (out of 177 active NIAID T32s). Our program has been very successful in several ways. First, with impetus from the T32, we developed a core curriculum in ID epidemiology and made sure that all of our trainees were exposed to interdisciplinary approaches to ID research. We have had three PhD trainee slots per year for all 15 years, and one post-doc slot per year for the past 10 years. Second, our trainees have been highly successful in obtaining jobs in ID epidemiology. Of the 30 trainees who have finished their training programs, 14 have academic appointments (6 tenure-track, 6 research or clinical track, 2 postdoc) and 10 are at the CDC, either in the EIS or as full-time employees. The others (n==6) all have research-focused positions in other public health organizations or agencies. Third, our efforts at increasing diversity over the past two cycles have paid off: 6 of the 24 trainees in our last two funding cycles (25%) have been under- represented minorities. We also have excellent representation of female trainees (77% to date). For the next 5-year cycle, we are planning to continue to emphasize interdisciplinary research in our three thematic research areas of ID microbiology, social influences on ID epidemiology, and ID clinical research. Our pre-docs will all incorporate interdisciplinary work into their research. Our post-docs will be required to do interdisciplinary research with co-mentors – one epidemiologist plus one “interdisciplinary” co-mentor, with expertise in laboratory, behavioral or clinical research aspects of infectious diseases. In addition, we plan to further strengthen our professional development training and our outreach efforts to minority candidates. In summary, we hope to build on the remarkable success to date of this training program by continuing to train outstanding young infectious disease epidemiologists to meet an important public health need.

摘要 正如新冠肺炎大流行所戏剧性地说明的那样，地方性和传染性流行病 随着世界变得更加相互联系，疾病构成了越来越大的全球危险。然而， 从事传染病流行病学家培训的机构相对较少。 在那些接受过培训的人中，相对较少的人有能力在实验室科学的十字路口工作 以及基于人群的临床和行为研究。 北卡罗来纳大学流行病学部正在为我们的培训申请第四个五年资助周期 ID流行病学(TIDE)NIAID T32.我们的浪潮计划在T32中占据了一个独特的利基市场 NIAID的投资组合是仅有的七项以ID流行病学为重点的培训赠款之一(满分177分 活动的NIAID T32s)。我们的项目在几个方面都非常成功。第一，有动力 从T32开始，我们开发了艾滋病流行病学的核心课程，并确保我们所有的 受训者接触到跨学科的身份识别研究方法。我们有三个博士学位 在所有15年里，每年都有实习生的空位，在过去的10年里，每年都有一个博士后空位。 其次，我们的学员在艾滋病流行病学方面获得了非常成功的工作。中的 30名学员完成了培训计划，14名有学术任命(6 终身职位跟踪，6个研究或临床跟踪，2个博士后)，10个在疾控中心，要么在EIS，要么在EIS 作为全职员工。其他人(n==6)都在其他公共部门从事研究工作 卫生组织或机构。第三，我们在过去两年为增加多样性所做的努力 周期得到了回报：在我们过去两个资助周期的24名受训人员中，有6人(25%)- 代表少数族裔。我们也有优秀的女性受训人员(到目前为止占77%)。 在接下来的5年周期中，我们计划继续强调跨学科研究 我们的三个主题研究领域：ID微生物学，对ID流行病学的社会影响，以及 ID临床研究。我们的预科博士都将把跨学科的工作纳入他们的研究中。 我们的博士后将被要求与共同导师一起进行跨学科研究-One 流行病学家外加一名具有实验室、行为学或 传染病的临床研究方面。此外，我们计划进一步加强我们的 专业发展培训和我们对少数族裔候选人的外展努力。 总而言之，我们希望在这一培训方案迄今所取得的显著成功的基础上，通过 继续培养优秀青年传染病流行病学家迎接重要 公共卫生需求。