TRAINING PROGRAM IN PEDIATRIC IMMUNOLOGY

描述：该课程的总体目标是培养医学博士和医学博士儿童免疫学领域的博士后。在最初的资助期间，有12人申请这些名额，其中7人在1990年至1994年期间被录取。在这些人中，有5人是医学博士其中两人获得博士学位。五名学员中有三人现在获得了额外的NIH资助，所有离开的人都留在了研究岗位上。自从这个培训项目启动以来，一个免疫学教学项目被建立起来，汇集了研究生教学团队（博士和医学博士）。加强ncc、ucchsc和糖尿病中心之间的教学互动。此外，还成立了一个独立的免疫学部门，由临时主席凯蒂·哈斯金斯（Katie Haskins）博士担任。这个培训项目与过敏/免疫学奖学金项目是分开的，后者是一个为期两年的项目，招收医学博士在培训项目中，她承担的临床责任比预期的要多。在这个为期三年的培训项目中，研究员可以与博士进行同伴互动，并有机会与职业免疫学家进行专门的培训。在最多两次为期六周的轮岗之后，受训者将选择一名主管，他们将在该主管的实验室工作三年的剩余时间。培训师在加入实验室后的六个月内向培训委员会提交一份计划，如果可以接受，则批准该计划。学员将熟悉多个领域的实验工作，包括分子生物学、细胞生物学和/或动物实验（视项目选择而定）。这个项目在吸引医学博士方面比较成功部分原因是他们优先考虑拥有医学博士学位的申请者。受训者可以要求或推荐选修课程，这取决于受训者之前的经验。预计医学博士没有博士学位的学生将需要额外的免疫学和分子生物学基础培训。除了课程之外，还定期举行研讨会、期刊俱乐部和研究进展会议。有相关的研讨会在自身免疫，免疫病理，免疫缺陷，免疫感染剂和移植免疫学。

DESCRIPTION: The overall goal of this program is to train both M.D.'s and Ph.D. postdoctoral fellows for academic careers in pediatric immunology. In the original period of funding, there were 12 applicants for these spots, and seven were admitted during the years 1990 to 1994. Of these individuals, five have been M.D.'s, and two have been Ph.D's. Three of the five trainees have now achieved additional NIH funding, and all of those who have left have remained in research positions. Since this training program was initiated, a teaching program in immunology was established, bringing together the graduate teaching faculty (Ph.D.'s andM.D.'s) to strengthen the teaching interactions between the NJC, UCHSC, and the Diabetes Center. In addition, there has been the creation of an independent Department of Immunology under an interim chair, Dr. Katie Haskins. This training program is separate from the Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program, a two year program that enrolls M.D.'s with more clinic responsibilities than is expected of fellows in the training program. For fellows in the three year training program, there are peer interactions with Ph.D.'s and specific training opportunities with career immunologists. Following a maximum of two six-week rotations, trainees select a supervisor, in whose laboratory they will work the remaining of the three year period. The trainer submits a plan to the training committee of proposed work within six months of joining the laboratory, and, if acceptable, this plan is approved. Trainees become familiar with bench work in more than one area, including molecular biology, cell biology, and/or animal experimentation as appropriate to the project chosen. The program has been somewhat more successful in attracting M.D.'s, partially because there was top priority to applicants with M.D. degrees. The trainee may require or recommend optional course work, depending upon the prior experience of the trainee. It is anticipated that M.D.'s without Ph.D.'s will require additional training in basic immunology and molecular biology. In addition to course work, seminars, journal clubs and research in progress meetings are held at regular intervals. There are correlated seminars in autoimmunity, immunopathology, immunodeficiency, immunity to an infectious agent, and transplantation immunology.