Training Program in Immunotoxicology

描述(由申请人提供) 本申请建议开发一种新的免疫毒理学培训计划 总部设在西弗吉尼亚州微生物学和免疫学系 大学健康科学中心。这项新的培训计划将提供 西弗吉尼亚大学的学生有机会在 免疫毒理学，它基于一系列独特的可用机会 在这个机构。最重要的是，这个培训项目将由 三位公认的免疫毒理学领域的领导者。约翰·B博士 巴尼特是哈佛大学微生物学和免疫学系主任 西弗吉尼亚大学，一直是全国领先者 有机氯暴露的免疫毒性效应。艾伯特·芒森博士是主任 美国国立卫生研究院健康效果实验室分部 职业安全与健康(NIOSH)，这在物理上与 西弗吉尼亚大学健康科学中心。曼森博士继续 作为该领域的创始人之一，提供专家指导 免疫毒理学。迈克尔·卢斯特博士是免疫毒物学分部主任 和NIOSH健康效应实验室的分子生物学分会。这个 西弗吉尼亚大学健康科学中心和 NIOSH为培训学生和研究员提供了一个协同环境 国家授予土地的学术机构和联邦政府的 资助的研究机构专注于毒物学。其次，这 免疫毒理学培训计划将提供一种新的调查方法 对免疫系统的毒害。该方案的设计是首先 为学生提供全面的免疫生物学基础，包括 基础和高级课程作业，以及符合以下条件的专业课程 专注于免疫学的基本原理。随后的培训 毒理学将允许学生将这些研究领域与 对这两个领域有很强的概念性理解。调查人员认为 这一独特的培训模式将导致该项目的毕业生 世卫组织将对免疫毒理学的研究有更深入的了解 免疫反应的分子和细胞基础，以及 毒理学的概念。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant) This application proposes to develop a new Immunotoxicology Training Program based in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center. This new training program will offer students at West Virginia University opportunities for excellent training in immunotoxicology, which are based on a set of unique opportunities available at this institution. Most importantly, this training program will be led by three acknowledged leaders in the field of immunotoxicology. Dr. John B. Barnett is Chairperson of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at West Virginia University and has been a national leader in understanding immunotoxic effects of organochlorine exposure. Dr. Albert Munson is Director of the Health Effects Laboratory Division of the National Institutes of Occupation Safety and Health (NIOSH), which is physically associated with the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Munson continues to provide expert guidance as one of the founding fathers of the field of immunotoxicology. Dr. Michael Luster is the Branch Chief of Immunotoxicology and Molecular Biology Branch of the Health Effects Laboratory of NIOSH. The combined resources of the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center and NIOSH provide a synergistic environment for training students and fellows in the context of both a state land-grant academic institution and a federally funded research institute focused on toxicology. Secondly, this Immunotoxicology Training Program will offer a new approach to investigation of toxic insult to the immune system. The design of the program is to first provide students with a thorough grounding in immunobiology that includes both basic and advanced course work, as well as specialized courses that are focused on fundamental principals of immunology. Subsequent training in toxicology will allow students to integrate these areas of study against a strong conceptual understanding of both fields. The investigators believe that this unique training paradigm will result in graduates from the program who will address the study of immunotoxicology with a stronger understanding of both the molecular and cellular basis of the immune response and the concepts of toxicology.