Interhemispheric Research/Training in infectious Disease

描述（由申请人提供）：培训来自巴西的生物医学科学家仍然是该培训补助金续期的重点。爱因斯坦大学的科学家与巴西建立了长期的研究合作关系。这笔赠款现已培训了来自巴西的20多名传染病研究技术人员。这一培训已经并将继续加强巴西防治棘手传染病的能力。这项培训计划的拟议续期将以前一个赠款期的成功为基础。这项续期申请的目标是利用最先进的科学知识和技术技能来加强预防、治疗和控制在巴西造成大量发病率和死亡率的主要传染病的方案。我们将重点关注巴西特有的传染病，巴西科学家和机构与阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院的科学家之间存在合作互动。参与的巴西共同导师来自里约热内卢、米纳斯吉拉斯州和圣保罗联邦大学以及奥斯瓦尔多·克鲁兹基金会。该培训方案包括的疾病有：巴西特有的真菌性疾病（即组织浆体病、孢子虫病）、寄生虫病（恰加斯病、弓形虫病和疟疾）和细菌性疾病（军团病和结核病）。拟议的培训方案包括教学和实验室部分，以及关于道德和负责任的研究行为的正式课程。参加者包括短期或长期来港者、博士生和博士后。我们的续签申请在使用爱因斯坦已建立的研究合作和教育项目方面是创新的。此外，我们的研究项目跨越了传统的机构界限，并建立了一个涉及多个机构的主题方法。我们认为，这一培训方案将对建立巴西有关地方性传染病的可持续研究能力的长期目标作出重大贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The training of biomedical scientists from Brazil continues to be the focus of the renewal of this training grant. Scientists at Einstein have well established long standing research collaborations with Brazil. This grant has now trained over 20 individuals from Brazil on research techniques for infectious diseases. This training has and will continue to enhance the capabilities to combat the intractable infectious diseases endemic in Brazil. The proposed renewal of this training program will build upon the successes of the previous granting period. The goal of this renewal application is to harness state-of-the-art scientific knowledge and technical skills to augment programs to prevent, treat and control the major infectious diseases causing significant morbidity and mortality in Brazil. We will focus on infections endemic to Brazil for which there are existing collaborative interactions between Brazilian scientists and institutions and the scientists at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The participating Brazilian co-mentors are at the Federal Universities of Rio de Janeiro Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, and the Foundation Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ). The diseases included in this training program are: fungal diseases (i.e., histoplasmosis, sporotrichosis) parasitic diseases (Chagas disease, toxoplasmosis and malaria) and bacterial diseases (legionnaire's disease and tuberculosis) which are endemic to Brazil. The proposed training program includes both didactic and laboratory components, as well as a formal course in ethics and the responsible conduct of research. Participants will include those coming for either short or long term periods of time, predoctoral students and post-doctoral fellows. Our renewal application is innovative in its use of the established research collaborations and education programs at Einstein. In addition, our research program crosses traditional institutional lines and is set up as a thematic approach involving more than one institution. We believe that this training program will contribute significantly to the long term goal of building sustainable research capacity in the relevant endemic infectious diseases of Brazil.