Immunology Training Program - Predoctoral

描述（由申请人提供）：免疫学培训计划（ITP）的目标是培养免疫学相关研究领域的博士和医学博士/博士科学家。该计划包括广泛的免疫学相关主题，从先天性免疫，T细胞活化，耐受性，抗原加工和呈递，MHC功能，补体，抗体结构和功能以及粘膜免疫等领域的基础研究到传染病（如结核病，HIV），疫苗开发，免疫病理学，移植和自身免疫的临床相关模型的研究。参与部门提供了丰富的基础科学和临床活动和资源的融合，丰富了博士生的培训，因为他们从事免疫学领域的基础和/或转化研究。为了实现这些培训目标，ITP已经发展成为病理学研究生课程的一个轨道。ITP博士学位的培训包括课程作业、研究轮转、正式和非正式研讨会、论文开题答辩/资格考试，以及获得学术出版物和博士论文的研究经验。培训师和研究实验室位于凯斯医学院及其附属机构的多个部门。大学医院病例医学中心（UHCMC），克利夫兰诊所基金会（CCF，包括勒纳研究所）和路易斯斯托克斯退伍军人医疗中心（VAMC）。CWRU病理科、CCF免疫学系、CWRU/UHCMC传染病科、CWRU全球卫生中心和CWRU/UHCMC视觉科学研究中心明确共同赞助了ITP，凸显了CWRU广泛的跨部门和机构参与。其他ITP培训师分布在Case、CCF、UHCMC、MHMC和VAMC的许多其他部门。不管他们的主要隶属关系是什么，ITP培训师都在病理学病例部担任教员或培训师的职务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Immunology Training Program (ITP) is to train PhD and MD/PhD scientists for outstanding careers in immunology-related research. The program includes a wide range of Immunology-related topics, spanning from basic research in areas such as innate immunity, T cell activation, tolerance, antigen processing and presentation, MHC function, complement, antibody structure and function, and mucosal immunity to research in clinically relevant models of infectious diseases (e.g. tuberculosis, HIV), vaccine development, immunopathology, transplantation and autoimmunity. Participating departments provide a rich confluence of basic science and clinical activities and resources, enriching the training of PhD students as they engage in basic and/or translational research in the field of immunology. To accomplish these training goals, the ITP has been developed as a track within the Pathology Graduate Program. Training for the PhD degree in the ITP includes course work, research rotations, formal and informal seminars, a Thesis Proposal Defense/Qualifying Examination, and research experience resulting in scholarly publications and a PhD dissertation. Trainers and research laboratories are located in multiple departments at Case School of Medicine and its affiliated institutions. University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC), the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF, including the Lerner Research Institute) and the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center (VAMC). The extensive inter-departmental and inter-institutional participation is underscored by explicit co-sponsorship of the ITP by the CWRU Department of Pathology, CCF Department of Immunology, CWRU/UHCMC Division of Infectious Diseases, CWRU Center for Global Health and CWRU/UHCMC Visual Sciences Research Center. Other ITP trainers are located in a wide number of other departments at Case, CCF, UHCMC, MHMC and VAMC. Regardless of their primary affiliation, ITP Trainers hold faculty or trainer appointments in the Case Department of Pathology. RELEVANCE: The Immunology Training Program provides PhD training to produce future investigators who will drive important biomedical research efforts in Immunology and Immunology-related areas of clinical importance, such as infectious diseases, vaccine development, and organ transplantation autoimmunity.