Training in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease

描述（由申请人提供）：911恐怖袭击后的炭疽生物紧急情况迫使我们认识到传染性生物作为生物武器的威胁。应对传染性威胁的准备工作需要精通生物恐怖主义和传染病的个人，沃兹沃斯中心2001年的炭疽检测倡议就证明了这一点。为了进一步满足这一需求，建议为实验室科学的博士生和博士后提供生物防御和新发感染研究的培训计划，其中包括流行病学的丰富成分。本专业的目标是提供基础研究与应用研究相结合的多学科培训，培养具有生物防御和新发传染病背景的博士毕业生；(2)能够成为独立科学家，在生物防御和新发感染领域开展综合研究项目的博士后。13位资金充足的导师来自沃兹沃斯中心和纽约州卫生部流行病学部门，通过他们在奥尔巴尼纽约州立大学公共卫生学院（SUNYA -SPH）的学术任命。这种独特的培训环境将基础研究与生物防御和传染病爆发反应相结合。培训计划的关键部分以生物医学科学系现有课程为基础，并纳入流行病学系的具体课程。教学内容包括基础生物化学、细胞生物学、微生物学、病毒学、分子遗传学、微生物发病机制和免疫学。流行病学的丰富内容强调了公共卫生的生物学基础、统计推断、疾病传播和数据管理。生物防御科学课程介绍生物安全程序，病原体控制，病原体检测，生物恐怖事件和反应模型。研究员将参加临床相关的实验室轮转和座谈会，以及涵盖高级主题和当前文献的期刊俱乐部。生物防御研究系列研讨会将建立在现有的沃兹沃斯中心和卫生部研讨会项目的基础上。指导和咨询委员会，以及现有的SUNYA-SPH学术结构，确保高质量的申请人进入这个专业项目，并确保预科和博士后学生成为这个研究领域的富有成效的科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The anthrax bioemergency following the 9/11 terrorist attack forced us to recognize the menace of infectious organisms as biological weapons. Preparedness in response to infectious threats requires individuals well versed in bioterrorism and infectious diseases, as was demonstrated by Wadsworth Center's anthrax testing initiative in 2001. To further meet this need, a training program is proposed for biodefense and emerging infection research for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows in the laboratory sciences with an enrichment component in epidemiology. The goal of this program is to provide multi-disciplinary training combining basic and applied research to produce: (1) doctoral graduates with backgrounds in biodefense and emerging infectious diseases; and, (2) postdoctoral fellows who can become independent scientists developing integrated research programs in biodefense and emerging infections. Thirteen well-funded mentors are drawn from the Wadsworth Center and the Division of Epidemiology of the New York State Department of Health, through their academic appointments within the School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany (SUNYA -SPH). This unique training environment combines fundamental research with biodefense and infectious disease outbreak response. The training program's key components are based on the existing curriculum of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and incorporate specific courses from the Department of Epidemiology. The didactic components include grounding in biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, virology, molecular genetics, microbial pathogenesis and immunology. The epidemiological enrichment provides an emphasis on the biological basis of public health, statistical inference, disease transmission, and data management. The Biodefense Sciences course introduces biosafety procedures, pathogen containment, pathogen detection, and bioterrorism event and response modeling. Fellows will participate in clinically relevant laboratory rotations and colloquia, and journal clubs covering advanced topics and the current literature. A biodefense research seminar series will build on existing Wadsworth Center and Department of Health seminar programs. The steering and advisory committees, and the existing SUNYA-SPH academic structures, ensure that high-quality applicants enter this specialized program and that both pre-and postdoctoral students become productive scientists in this research area.