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与A - C类制剂或新发疾病制剂一起维持生产性研究计划的独立研究者。这从博士前阶段开始，在传染病病原生物学和这些病原在动物模型中引起疾病的机制方面进行广泛而严格的研究培训。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的强大制度智力和财政支持，以及来自三个组成学院（医学、牙科和兽医）的额外独立支持；2)在微生物发病机理和人类疾病动物模型的基础领域建立和认可的富有成效的研究项目的教师；3)培养目前在生物防御和新兴病原体领域进行研究的学生的良好记录。该项目由3个学院5个系的11名教师（细菌学家、病毒学家、寄生虫学家）组成。该计划的教师包括临床科学家，提供应用于人类传染病的动物模型的整合。博士预科学员将与佛罗里达大学生物医学跨学科计划（IDP）合作招募和初步培训。对于北京疾病研究所的受训者，将针对处理A、B、C类病原体和新出现的疾病病原体的科学、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，平均两年的培训资助和导师的研究资助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，并为受训者提供必要的背景和技能，以开展针对生物防御和新发疾病的研究。

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.