Training in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE)

描述(由申请者提供)：我们的目标是培养未来传染病(ID)流行病学的领导者。为了成为领导者，我们的受训人员需要在跨学科研究方面有良好的基础，因为ID流行病学正在演变并与其他学科交叉，如基因组学和地理学。我们之前的受训人员都进行过涉及生物标志物、疾病的社会决定因素或方法开发的跨学科研究。在下一个资助期，我们的项目将通过课堂作业和研究增加对跨学科科学的关注，利用我们教师的广泛专业知识和北卡罗来纳大学高度合作的研究环境。这一培训计划是新的(自2006年以来)，规模很小(每年3个名额)；我们只要求小幅增加(到4个名额/年)。在NIH的持续支持下，我们知道我们可以吸引和培养一批精英学生，成为艾滋病流行病学的学术先驱 公共卫生相关性：在发达国家和发展中国家，传染病仍然是主要的公共卫生问题。我们的目标是培养能够应用跨学科方法更好地了解这些疾病的传染病流行病学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our goal is to train future leaders in infectious disease (ID) epidemiology. To be leaders, our trainees will need to be well grounded in interdisciplinary research, as ID epidemiology evolves and intersects with other disciplines, such as genomics and geography. Our previous trainees have all conducted interdisciplinary research involving biomarkers, social determinants of disease, or methods development. In the next funding period, our program will increase its focus on interdisciplinary science through classwork and research, taking advantage of the broad range of our faculty's expertise and the highly collaborative research environment at UNC. This training program is new (since 2006) and small (3 slots per year); we request only a small increase (to 4 slots/year). With continued NIH support, we know that we can attract and groom an elite group of students to become the academic trailblazers for ID epidemiology PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Infectious diseases remain major public health problems both in developed and developing countries. We aim to train infectious disease epidemiologists who can apply interdisciplinary approaches to better understanding these diseases.