Career Development and Training Plan

该RCE的职业发展和培训部分的一个主要目标是提供一个 吸引新的初级研究人员研究生物恐怖主义制剂和新出现的 传染病（BA/EID），并为他们提供工资支持，以启动这样的研究计划。 研究生奖学金的期限为1-3年，将提供给博士后研究员和初级教师 成员包括受过实验室科学和临床传染病培训的个人。研究员将 从太平洋西北地区RCE（PNWRCE）内的不同机构招募，并将进行评估， 由来自多个PNWRCE机构的选拔委员会选出。研究员必须 将80%的精力投入到研究项目中，将与高级教师导师配对，并将由 评选委员会每年。此外，还要求研究员提交报告2和4 完成奖学金后的几年，以评估培训计划对他们职业生涯的影响， BA/EID研究。 培训计划的第二个主要组成部分是提供3个领域的课程， 与BA/EID相关的培训。第一门课程将为研究生，博士后， 在生物危害安全实验室实践的BSL 3水平的严格培训， 遏制，以确保他们可以有效地与选择代理。第二个课程将提供 生物信息学的基本培训，以个人从研究生到教师的水平，使他们能够 设计项目并与生物信息学专家合作。第三门课程 将提供对BA/EID爆发的应急响应培训，并将针对公共卫生 实习生、医学生、住院医生、临床研究员和基础科学家。每门课程都将被评估 每年通过问卷调查、教师评审以及向RCE提交结果来进行 指导委员会负责判断成功与否并提出改进建议。

A major objective of the Career Development and Training component of this RCE is to provide a mechanism for attracting new junior investigators to research on Bioterrorism Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases (BA/EID) and to provide them with salary support to initiate such a research program. Fellowships of between 1-3 years duration will be provided for both postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty members including individuals with training in laboratory science and clinical infectious diseases. Fellows will be recruited from diverse institutions within the Pacific Northwest RCE (PNWRCE) and will be evaluated and selected by a Selection Committee derived from multiple PNWRCE institutions. Fellows will be required to devote 80% effort to the research project, will be paired with a senior faculty mentor, and will be evaluated by the Selection Committee on an annual basis. In addition, fellows will be required to present reports 2 and 4 years following completion of the fellowship to evaluate the effect of the training program on their careers in BA/EID research. A second major component of the training program is to offer courses in 3 areas that will promote essential training related to BA/EID. The first course will provide researchers at the graduate student, postdoctoral, and faculty levels with rigorous training in biohazard safety laboratory practices at the BSL3 level of containment to ensure that they can work effectively with Select Agents. The second course will provide basic training in bioinformatics to individuals from the graduate student through faculty level so that they can design projects and work effectively with collaborators who are experts in bioinformatics. The third course will provide training in emergency response to a BA/EID outbreak and will be targeted at public health trainees, medical students, residents, clinical fellows and basic scientists. Each course will be evaluated annually by questionnaire, by review on the part of the faculty, and by presentation of results to the RCE Steering Committee to judge success and to recommend improvements.