Molecular Basis of Immunity - Kirschtein-NRSA

描述(申请人提供)：未来的免疫学家必须精通基础和临床免疫学，以有效地利用现代研究工具来追求关于免疫介导性和传染病及其发病机制的新知识，以及开发针对免疫介导性疾病的新疫苗和疗法。对科学家和内科科学家进行免疫学及其与传染病的关系以及病理学、生物化学和生物技术等其他相关学科的培训将是未来免疫学科学的当务之急。为了促进免疫学领域知识的传播，微生物学和免疫学培训方案系计划培训6名博士后和3名博士后研究员，免疫学教员有17名讲师。该项目的独特之处在于，它包括来自俄克拉荷马大学健康科学中心和俄克拉荷马大学的教职员工 医学研究基金会。在ITP中强调的4个子学科，包括对病原体的免疫反应，淋巴细胞发育和信号， 炎症和自身免疫。多年来，教员们在OUHSC园区进行了互动，形成了一个特别适合培养具有凝聚力的分子免疫学博士后和博士后研究员的网络。该计划从国内和国际来源招募学生和研究员，拥有强大的NIH资助的研究项目，并拥有新的教员和设施，所有这些都在培训中营造了一种卓越的氛围。博士前学生在完成实验室轮换和资格考试后，将有资格参加培训计划。ITP将通过免疫学课程和务虚会，为博士后和博士后学员提供4个子学科的深入丰富。强烈鼓励博士后研究员参加课程学习，并指导博士后学生，以增强他们的免疫学背景。ITP咨询委员会将就课程选择和研究向学员提供建议，并将为学员未来在免疫学领域的职业生涯做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The immunologist of tomorrow must appreciate both basic and clinical immunology to effectively utilize modern tools of research in the pursuit of new knowledge about immune-mediated and infectious diseases and their pathogenesis as well as for development of new vaccines and therapies against immune-mediated diseases. Training the scientist and the physician-scientist in immunology and its relationship to infectious diseases as well as other related disciplines such as pathology, biochemistry, and biotechnology will be imperative for the future of immunological sciences. To facilitate the distribution of knowledge in the field of immunology, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology Training Program (ITP) plan to train 6 pre-doctoral and 3 postdoctoral fellows with an immunology faculty of 17 preceptors. The program is unique in that it encompasses faculty from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The faculty are particularly strong in the 4 subdisciplines emphasized in the ITP, which include Immune Responses to Pathogens, Lymphocyte Development and Signaling, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity. The faculty preceptors have interacted on the OUHSC campus for years, forming a network that is particularly suited to train a cohesive group of pre and postdoctoral fellows in molecular immunology. The program recruits students and fellows from national and international sources, has strong NIH funded research programs, and has new faculty and facilities, all of which foster an atmosphere of excellence in training. The predoctoral students will be eligible for the training program after completion of their lab rotations and qualifying exam. The ITP will provide in-depth enrichment in the 4 subdisciplines to the pre-doctoral and postdoctoral trainees through immunology classes and retreats. Postdoctoral fellows are strongly encouraged to take coursework and to mentor predoctoral students to enhance their immunology background. The ITP advisory committee will advise the trainees as to selection of courses, research, and will prepare the trainees for future careers in immunology.