Immunology of Infectious Disease

描述(申请人提供)：传染病免疫学(IID)研究培训计划的主要目标是培训年轻科学家在尖端微生物学和免疫学方面，学习如何将这两个学科联系起来，并在经典微生物学和免疫学的界面上进行研究。传染病是全世界发病率和死亡率居高不下的罪魁祸首，要解决这一问题，科学家需要精通微生物和宿主两方面的知识。IID培训计划汇集了匹兹堡大学各地的教职员工，包括医学院、公共卫生研究生院和本科生文理学院，以各种方法培训学生和博士后，研究宿主与病原体的相互作用。从病毒到细菌，从寄生虫到真菌的微生物都被展示出来，免疫学领域包括天然免疫、适应性免疫、用于免疫逃避的毒力策略和疫苗开发。重点是新出现的疾病、全球传染病和生物防御生物的研究。分子病毒学和微生物学以及免疫学研究生项目的研究生，在跨学科生物医学研究生项目的保护伞下，在IID教员的实验室进行论文研究，一旦他们晋级为候选人，就有资格获得支持。这些实验室的博士后研究员也有资格获得支持。要求为4名博士后学生提供支持，每人为期两年；博士后奖励为期一年，并有机会竞争续签第二年。要求每年提供两个博士后职位，级别为1-3年。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of the Immunology of Infectious Disease (IID) research training program is to train young scientists in cutting edge microbiology and immunology, to learn to connect these two disciplines, and to do research at the interface of classic microbiology and immunology. Solving the problem of infectious disease, which is responsible for overwhelming morbidity and mortality worldwide, requires scientists well versed in both the microbial and host sides of the equations. The IID training program brings together faculty from throughout the University of Pittsburgh, including the School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health and the undergraduate Faculty of Arts and Sciences, to train students and post-docs in a variety of approaches to the study of host-pathogen interactions. Microbes from viruses to bacteria to parasites to fungi are represented and immunologic areas including innate immunity, adaptive immunity virulence strategies for immune evasion and vaccine development. Emphasis is placed on the study of emerging diseases, global infectious diseases, and biodefense organisms. Graduate students in the Molecular Virology and Microbiology and the Immunology graduate programs, under the umbrella of the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program, performing dissertation research in the lab of an IID faculty member are eligible for support, once they have advanced to candidacy. Post-doctoral fellows in these labs are also eligible for support. Support for 4 pre-doctoral students each for two years, is requested; post-doctoral awards are for one year, with the opportunity for competitive renewal for a second year. Two post-doctoral slots, at a level of 1-3 years post-degree, per year are requested.