Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases

传染病的分子基础

• 批准号: 8467666
• 负责人: STEVEN J. NORRIS
• 金额: $ 14.09万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8467666
• 关键词: Communicable Diseases; Molecular; base

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease (MBID) research training program is centered on 16 faculty mentors from three Houston educational institutions: the University, of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Texas A&M University Institute for Biosciences and Technology. In this renewal application, continued training support is requested for three Ph.D. students and eight undergraduate summer research students. The overall purpose of the MBID training program is to provide trainees 1) an optimal environment for training new scientists in the latest concepts and techniques in microbiological research; 2) a better understanding of current challenges in clinical infectious diseases; and 3) the knowledge and tools to 'bridge the gap' between basic research and clinical applications. The basis of this training grant is the Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease group, which was first formed in 1996. MBID has developed into highly interactive group of over 400 faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and staff from the Houston area whose primary interest is in the molecular pathogenesis of bacterial infections. The 16 faculty members that form the core of this training grant have a record of high research productivity and extensive collaborations. They have mentored 178 predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees during the past ten years, and currently are mentoring 22 Ph.D. students and 25 postdoctoral fellows. The training program is based on a strong core curriculum, intensive and interactive research experiences, monthly MBID meetings, annual retreats, weekly seminars and journal clubs, and training in translational research and clinical infectious diseases. A summer research program has been established to aid in the recruitment of promising undergraduate students (and in particular underrepresented minority [URM] trainees) into careers in infectious disease research. During the initial grant period, 3 of 7 predoctoral trainees and 10 of 31 summer undergraduate trainees were URM students, thus promising continued success in this objective during the coming grant period. RELEVANCE: The major goal of this ongoing, successful training grant is to provide microbiology trainees additional knowledge in clinical infectious diseases and translational research, thereby directing research toward the more rapid resolution of important infectious disease problems. In addition, the program will continue to recruit highly qualified underrepresented minority students, increasing the proportion of underrepresented minority scientists performing research at the cutting edge of the microbiology/infectious disease interface.

描述（由申请人提供）：传染病（MBID）研究培训计划的分子基础集中在三个休斯顿教育机构的16位教职员工中：休斯敦，贝勒医学院的德克萨斯州健康科学中心，德克萨斯州A＆M大学生物科学家学院生物科学与技术研究所。在此续签申请中，请求继续培训支持三个博士学位。学生和八位夏季研究生。 MBID培训计划的总体目的是为受训者提供1）在微生物研究中最新概念和技术中培训新科学家的最佳环境； 2）更好地了解临床传染病的当前挑战； 3）在基础研究和临床应用之间“弥合差距”的知识和工具。这项培训赠款的基础是传染病组的分子基础，该基础于1996年首次成立。MBID已发展为高度互动的组，由400多名教职员工，博士后研究员，研究生和休斯顿地区的员工，其主要兴趣是细菌感染的分子发病机制。构成该培训赠款核心的16名教职员工具有高度研究生产力和广泛合作的记录。在过去的十年中，他们指导了178名专业和博士后学员，目前正在指导22博士学位。学生和25个博士后研究员。该培训计划基于强大的核心课程，密集和互动研究经验，每月的MBID会议，年度务虚会，每周研讨会和期刊俱乐部，以及转化研究和临床传染病的培训。已经建立了一项夏季研究计划，以帮助招募有前途的本科生（尤其是代表性不足的少数民族（URM]受训者），从事传染病研究的职业。在最初的赠款期间，有7位学员中的3名和31名夏季本科学员中的10名是URM学生，因此有望在即将到来的赠款期间在这一目标中持续成功。 相关性：这项持续，成功的培训补助金的主要目标是为微生物学学员提供更多有关临床传染病和转化研究的知识，从而将研究引导到更快地解决重要的传染病问题。此外，该计划将继续招募高素质的代表性不足的少数民族学生，从而增加了在微生物学/传染病界面的最前沿进行研究的代表性不足的少数族裔科学家的比例。