Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议加强传染病流行病学医学博士研究人员的培训计划，强调临床流行病学，而不是观察流行病学。由于我们的师资力量相对较小，我们将专注于优势领域：微生物生态学、疫苗可预防疾病、艾滋病毒和结核病。这四个领域为疾病出现、预防、控制和治疗方面的培训提供了范例。所有学员都必须获得临床流行病学硕士学位，并接受流行病学方法、生物统计学和传染病流行病学方面的深入培训，或者获得卫生服务研究方面的硕士学位，重点是疫苗和疾病建模以及结果研究。研究员可以选择接受其他领域的培训，如环境微生物学和医学信息学。该项目将是跨学科的，涉及三个学院（医学、人文科学和工程）、两个中心（弗里曼·斯波格利国际研究所和伍兹环境研究所）和七个系（医学、儿科学、病理学、健康研究与政策、土木与环境工程、管理科学与工程、人类学）的教师。此外，我们计划继续加强与当地县卫生部门在流行病学方面的牢固联盟。从儿科和内科传染病博士后奖学金项目候选人中抽取学员；来自斯坦福大学其他临床博士后项目的特殊申请者，如果他们已经证明了对新兴感染或生物恐怖主义的流行病学研究的承诺，也可以被考虑。被接受的受训者将在至少两名培训计划教员的指导下进行研究——一名研究导师和一名方法导师。研究项目预计将是跨学科的，以充分利用校园教师的广度。为促进学员与教师之间的互动，将举办学员研究研讨会、传染病流行病学跨学科研讨会、每周传染病大查房、教师传染病、生态学和生物恐怖主义讲座以及每年为期一天的研究静修。每个受训者将由一个研究委员会提供咨询和指导，该委员会由导师和其他与项目有关的专业领域的人员组成。每年有两名医学博士博士后培训生得到培训计划的支持。我们强烈鼓励所有学员申请独立支持。受训人员有望升任学术或公共卫生领导职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to enhance our training program for MD investigators in epidemiology of infectious diseases, emphasizing clinical, rather than observational, epidemiology. Because our faculty is relatively small, we will focus on areas of strength: microbial ecology, vaccine preventable diseases, HIV, and tuberculosis. These four domains provide exemplars for training in disease emergence, prevention, control and treatment. All trainees are required to obtain either a Masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology with in-depth training in epidemiologic methods, biostatistics, and infectious diseases epidemiology, or in Health Services Research with an emphasis on vaccine and disease modeling and outcomes research. Fellows can optionally receive training in other areas such as environmental microbiology and medical informatics. The program will be interdisciplinary, involving faculty from the three schools (Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, and Engineering) two Centers (Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Woods Institute for the Environment), and seven Departments (Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology, Health Research and Policy, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Management Sciences and Engineering, and Anthropology). Additionally, we plan to continue to foster our strong alliances in epidemiology with the local county health department. Trainees will be drawn from the pool of candidates for the infectious diseases post-doctoral fellowship programs in pediatrics and internal medicine; exceptional applicants from other clinical post-doctoral programs at Stanford may be considered if they have demonstrated prior commitment to epidemiologic research in emerging Infections or bioterrorism. Accepted trainees will conduct research under the mentorship of at least two training program faculty members-a research mentor and a methodologic mentor. Research projects are expected to be cross-disciplinary to take advantages of the breadth of campus faculty. To promote interaction among trainees and faculty, research seminars conducted by trainees, interdisciplinary seminars in infectious diseases epidemiology, weekly infectious diseases grand rounds, infectious diseases, ecology and bioterrorism lectures presented by faculty and an annual 1-day research retreat will be held. Each trainee will be counseled and directed by a Research Committee comprised of the mentor and others whose area of expertise is relevant to the project. Two MD post-doctoral trainees are to be supported by the Training program each year. All trainees will be strongly encouraged to apply for independent support. Trainees are expected to move on to academic or public health leadership positions. RELEVANCE (See instructions): Emerging infectious diseases-including naturally occurring and man-made pathogens-represent an ongoing threat to human populations worldwide. Through our training program, we will create physician investigators with skills and knowledge to prevent, control and treat these challenges to human health.