Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Training

儿科传染病研究培训

• 批准号: 8263764
• 负责人: MICHAEL R WESSELS
• 金额: $ 27.13万
• 依托单位: BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-06-20 至 2013-10-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8263764
• 关键词: Childhood; Infectious Diseases Research; Research Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks support for a training program that prepares highly qualified pediatricians and selected Ph.D. postdoctoral scientists to assume leadership positions as investigators in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Based in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital Boston, the program takes advantage of the rich academic and research resources of Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and affiliated teaching hospitals to bring together outstanding didactic experiences and research opportunities relevant to infectious diseases of children. Support for a total of six positions per year is requested (four M.D. and two Ph.D.). Pediatricians enter the program for a minimum of three years of integrated clinical and research training that includes at least two years of supervised research under the mentorship of a member of the teaching faculty. Research training of pediatricians is fully integrated with that of Ph.D. postdoctoral trainees in the laboratories of the teaching faculty. The 23 members of the teaching faculty are accomplished investigators and experienced mentors chosen from the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital Boston and five affiliated units at other Harvard institutions. Under the guidance of the research mentor and the Program Steering Committee, an individualized curriculum is designed for each trainee in one of three broad areas of investigation: microbial pathogenesis, host response and vaccines, or epidemiology and health policy. Trainees in the epidemiology and health policy pathway have the opportunity to earn a Master's of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health as an integral part of the training program. Trainees in the other pathways also receive training in epidemiology, biostatistics, clinical trial design, and analytic methods. All trainees have seminars and tutorials in grant preparation and scientific writing that supplement the mentored research experience. An individual Scholarship Oversight Committee is appointed for each trainee to monitor progress and to provide career guidance. During the second or third year, trainees are expected to present their work at national meetings, to prepare one or more manuscripts for publication, and, in most cases, to apply for a K08 or other career development award to support the transition to independence as an investigator. Relevance: The goal of the training program is to train pediatricians and Ph.D. postdoctoral scientists for careers as researchers who will address the present and future challenges of childhood infections. Well- trained investigators in Pediatric Infectious Diseases are urgently needed to meet the ongoing and emerging threats to child health of congenital HIV infection, childhood malaria and tuberculosis, diarrheal diseases, and respiratory infections-critical problems that are further complicated by increasing antimicrobial resistance and societal opposition to childhood vaccines.

描述（由申请人提供）：此申请寻求培训计划的支持，准备高素质的儿科医生和选定的博士学位。博士后科学家担任领导职务，作为儿科传染病的研究人员。该项目位于波士顿儿童医院传染病科，利用哈佛医学院、哈佛公共卫生学院和附属教学医院丰富的学术和研究资源，汇集了与儿童传染病相关的优秀教学经验和研究机会。每年共需支助6个职位（4个医学博士职位）。两个博士）。儿科医生进入该计划进行至少三年的综合临床和研究培训，其中包括至少两年的监督研究下的一名教师的指导下。儿科医生的研究培训完全与博士学位相结合。教师实验室的博士后培训生。23名教师是从波士顿儿童医院传染病科和其他哈佛机构的五个附属单位中选出的有成就的调查人员和经验丰富的导师。在研究导师和项目指导委员会的指导下，为每个学员设计了三个广泛调查领域之一的个性化课程：微生物发病机制，宿主反应和疫苗，或流行病学和卫生政策。在流行病学和卫生政策途径的学员有机会获得公共卫生硕士学位从公共卫生的哈佛学校作为培训计划的一个组成部分。其他途径的学员也接受流行病学，生物统计学，临床试验设计和分析方法的培训。所有受训人员都有补助金准备和科学写作方面的研讨会和辅导，以补充指导研究经验。为每一位受训人员指定了一个奖学金监督委员会，以监测进展情况并提供职业指导。在第二年或第三年，受训人员将在国家会议上介绍他们的工作，编写一份或多份手稿供出版，在大多数情况下，申请K08或其他职业发展奖，以支持向独立调查员过渡。相关性：培训计划的目标是培训儿科医生和博士。博士后科学家的职业生涯作为研究人员谁将解决目前和未来的挑战，儿童感染。儿童感染性疾病方面的训练有素的研究人员是迫切需要的，以满足儿童健康的先天性艾滋病毒感染，儿童疟疾和结核病，呼吸道疾病和呼吸道感染的持续和新出现的威胁，这些关键问题由于抗生素耐药性的增加和社会对儿童疫苗的反对而进一步复杂化。