Training in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

描述（由申请人提供）：此续签申请要求继续支持我们的儿科传染病博士后培训计划。儿科传染病学科对于增进对儿童人类病原体的发病机制和有效治疗的了解至关重要。在培训计划资助的十年中，我们的教师和学员在宿主-病原体相互作用方面进行了基础，转化和临床研究；毒力因素;新兴病原体;分子流行病学;抗微生物药物耐药性和适当使用抗微生物药物和辅助治疗；以及疫苗的开发、安全性和有效性。我们计划的目标仍然是发展寻求儿科传染病职业的医师调查员，并在基础，转化和/或临床研究方面对他们进行培训。在过去的十年中，我们成功培养了9名从事学术工作的研究员，目前有3名学员。儿科传染病系已经扩大到9名医生，他们都从事研究。由于哥伦比亚大学医学中心拥有丰富的学术资源，我们的培训项目越来越跨学科，现在包括来自医学系、微生物学、细胞生物学以及护理学院和公共卫生学院的主要教员。由于这些优势和培训计划的可用性，我们将继续招募完成儿科住院医师和普通儿科临床培训的优秀申请人，并寻求发展他们在儿科传染病方面的研究技能和临床技能。儿科传染病培训项目为期3年。我们每年招聘一名实习生。我们要求再支持5年，每年资助3名博士后学员，即一年级，二年级和三年级的学员。在培训项目中，受训者与来自儿科传染病的核心培训师一起进行学术研究，如果适用，也可以与来自其他学科的共同导师一起进行。学员还获得儿科传染病方面的临床专业知识，并有资格在培训结束后获得该学科的委员会认证。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal application requests continued support of our post-doctoral training program in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. The discipline of Pediatric Infectious Diseases is critically important to promote an increased understanding of the pathogenesis and effective treatment of human pathogens in children. During the decade that the training program has been funded, our faculty and trainees have performed basic, translational, and clinical research in host-pathogen interactions; virulence factors; emerging pathogens; molecular epidemiology; antimicrobial resistance and the appropriate use of antimicrobial agents and adjuvant therapies; and the development, safety and efficacy of vaccines. The goal of our program continues to be the development of physician investigators who seek careers in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and train them in basic, translational, and/ or clinical research. During the past decade, we have successfully trained 9 fellows all of whom are engaged in academic endeavors and currently have 3 trainees. The Pediatric Infectious Diseases faculty has expanded to 9 physicians all of whom are engaged in research. Our training program is increasingly interdisciplinary thanks to the enormous academic resources available at Columbia University Medical Center and now includes key faculty from the Departments of Medicine, Microbiology, and Cell Biology, as well as the Schools of Nursing and Public Health. As a result of these strengths and the availability of the training program, we continue to recruit top applicants who have completed their pediatric residency and general pediatric clinical training and seek to develop both their research skills and clinical skills in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. The training program in pediatric infectious diseases lasts for 3 years. We recruit one trainee per year. We are requesting 5 more years of support to fund 3 post-doctoral trainees each year, i.e. a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year trainee. During the training program, the trainees engage in scholarly research with a Core-trainer from Pediatric Infectious Diseases and, if applicable, co-mentors from other disciplines. The trainees also acquire clinical expertise in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and are eligible to be board certified in this discipline at the completion of their training. RELEVANCE: Physicians trained in Pediatric Infectious Diseases help to care for incredibly diverse patients including otherwise healthy children who contract a serious infection; children and adolescents living with chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, cystic fibrosis, and congenital heart disease; premature infants; and children undergoing transplantation or chemotherapy for malignancies. Our discipline helps to address immigrants' unique medical issues and the public's concerns about vaccine safety and antibiotic resistance.