Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (BEID)

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的生物防御和新发传染病（BEID）培训计划的目的是培养能够维持与 A - C 类病原体或新发疾病病原体合作的富有成效的研究项目的独立研究人员。这项工作从博士前水平开始，对传染原生物学以及这些病原体在动物模型中引起疾病​​的机制进行广泛、严格的研究训练。拟议培训计划的主要优势包括：1）佛罗里达大学（UF）中央管理部门对生物防御培训提供强有力的机构智力和财政支持，以及三个组成学院（医学、牙科和兽医）的额外独立支持； 2）在微生物发病机制和人类疾病动物模型等基础领域拥有富有成效的研究项目并得到认可的师资队伍； 3）目前正在生物防御和新兴病原体领域进行研究的学生的培训记录。该项目由来自 3 个学院 5 个系的 11 名教师导师（细菌学家、病毒学家和寄生虫学家）组成。该项目的教员包括临床科学家，提供应用于人类传染病的动物模型整合。将与佛罗里达大学生物医学跨学科项目（IDP）合作招募博士前学员并进行初步培训。对于 BEID 学员，将针对 A、B、C 类病原体和新出现的疾病病原体工作的科学、法律和监管方面进行专门培训。博士前培训大约为期5年，包括第一年来自佛罗里达大学的支持，平均2年来自培训补助金的支持，其余部分来自导师的研究补助金或其他外部来源的支持。该计划的重点将是增强佛罗里达大学的现有优势，并为学员提供额外的背景和技能，以开展针对生物防御和新出现疾病的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of the proposed Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (BEID) training program is to produce independent investigators capable of sustaining productive research programs working with class A - C agents or agents of emerging diseases. This begins at the predoctoral level with broad, rigorous research training in the biology of infectious agents and the mechanisms by which these agents cause disease in animal models. Key strengths of the proposed training program include: 1) strong institutional intellectual and fiscal support for biodefense training from the central administration of the University of Florida (UF) plus additional, independent support from the three component colleges (Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine); 2) established and recognized faculty with productive research programs in fundamental areas of microbial pathogenesis and animal models of human disease; and 3) a track record of training students who are currently conducting research in the areas of biodefense and emerging pathogens. The program comprises 11 faculty preceptors (bacteriologists, virologists, and parasitologists) from 5 departments within 3 colleges. The program faculty includes clinician scientists, providing integration of animal models as applied to human infectious disease. Predoctoral trainees will be recruited and initially trained in collaboration with the UF Interdisciplinary Program (IDP) in Biomedical Sciences. For BEID trainees, specialized training will be tailored to the scientific, legal, and regulatory aspects of working with Class A, B, and C agents and emerging disease pathogens. Predoctoral training encompasses approximately 5 years, including a first year of support from UF, an average of 2 years of support from the training grant and the remainder of support from the mentor's research grant or other external sources. The focus of the program will be to augment existing strengths at UF and provide trainees with additional background and skill sets necessary to conduct research directed towards biodefense and emerging diseases.