Columbia Integrated Training Program in Infectious Disease Research

哥伦比亚传染病研究综合培训计划

• 批准号: 8675797
• 负责人: Scott M Hammer
• 金额: $ 15.87万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-01 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8675797
• 关键词: Infectious Diseases Research; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised application from the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) for a post-doctoral training grant in Infectious Diseases entitled "Columbia Integrated Training Program in Infectious Disease Research (TP-IDR)". Drs. Scott Hammer and Franklin Lowy will serve as principal investigators (PIs) under the multiple PI NIH model. Both are established investigators with complementary research interests and longstanding commitments to the training of new investigators. The goal of this proposal is to train post-doctoral fellows with MD, MD-PhD, or PhD degrees who are destined for academic infectious disease careers. The interdisciplinary program is designed to provide the necessary skillset to successfully pursue translational research whether this research be primarily basic or clinical/epidemiological. The recent dramatic advances in the fields of microbial genomics and biomedical informatics and the potential application of these rapidly evolving tools to translational research has necessitated a reappraisal of our approach to training new investigators. The recruitment to CUMC of a number of world class investigators (e.g., Dr. Megan Sykes, Director of the Center for Translational Immunology; Dr. Sandro Galea, Chair of Epidemiology; Dr. Sankar Ghosh, Chair of Microbiology & Immunology; Dr. Lisa Metsch, Chair of Sociomedical Sciences) add to the existing strengths of CUMC in Infectious Diseases, pathogen discovery (Dr. Ian Lipkin, Director of the Center for Infection and Immunity) and Biomedical Informatics (Dr. George Hripcsak, Chair) and have allowed us to construct a Training Program that can meet the needs and challenges of the transformative era in translational research which we are experiencing. Drs. Hammer and Lowy will co-chair an Executive Steering Committee that will serve as the governing body. A Recruitment and Admissions Subcommittee will insure that our applicant pool is strong and diverse. A dynamic mix of well-established and junior investigators has been assembled to form a close-knit, dedicated faculty. Trainees selected to the TP-IDR will have a choice of laboratory-based or clinical/epidemiological-based research projects and will have the option of obtaining a Masters degree in either Epidemiology or Biomedical Informatics. Didactic conferences and a new, TP-IDR developed seminar series will complement the educational experience. Mentorship, training, career development and bidirectional feedback will be thorough. Internal and External Advisory Committees will assist with oversight of the entire program. Institutional support is strong and broad-based. The intersection of microbial genomics and pathogenesis with clinical investigation, epidemiology and international health, along with the cross-cutting advances in biomedical informatics form the conceptual vision of the TP-IDR. This program will permit us to train the academic Infectious Disease leaders of the future.

描述（由申请人提供）：这是哥伦比亚大学医学中心（CUMC）针对传染病博士后培训补助金的修订申请，题为“哥伦比亚传染病研究综合培训计划（TP-IDR）”。博士。 Scott Hammer 和 Franklin Lowy 将担任多重 PI NIH 模式下的首席研究员 (PI)。两人都是资深研究人员，研究兴趣互补，并且长期致力于培训新研究人员。该提案的目标是培养具有医学博士、医学博士-哲学博士或博士学位的博士后研究员，他们将从事传染病学术职业。该跨学科项目旨在提供成功开展转化研究所需的技能，无论该研究主要是基础研究还是临床/流行病学研究。最近微生物基因组学和生物医学信息学领域取得的巨大进展以及这些快速发展的工具在转化研究中的潜在应用，使得我们有必要重新评估我们培训新研究人员的方法。 CUMC 招募了许多世界级的研究人员（例如，Megan Sykes 博士，转化免疫学中心主任；Sandro Galea 博士，流行病学主席；Sankar Ghosh 博士，微生物学和免疫学主席；Lisa Metsch 博士，社会医学科学主席），增强了 CUMC 在传染病、病原体发现方面的现有优势（Ian Lipkin 博士、 感染与免疫中心主任）和生物医学信息学（主席 George Hripcsak 博士）让我们能够构建一个培训计划，以满足我们正在经历的转化研究变革时代的需求和挑战。博士。哈默和洛伊将共同主持一个执行指导委员会，该委员会将作为管理机构。招聘和招生小组委员会将确保我们的申请人库强大且多样化。一支由成熟的和初级的研究人员组成的充满活力的组合已经聚集在一起，形成了一支紧密、敬业的教师队伍。入选 TP-IDR 的学员将可以选择基于实验室或基于临床/流行病学的研究项目，并可以选择获得流行病学或生物医学信息学硕士学位。教学会议和 TP-IDR 开发的新研讨会系列将补充教育体验。指导、培训、职业发展和双向反馈将是彻底的。内部和外部咨询委员会将协助监督整个计划。机构支持强大且基础广泛。微生物基因组学和发病机制与临床研究、流行病学和国际卫生的交叉，以及生物医学信息学的跨领域进展，形成了 TP-IDR 的概念愿景。该计划将使我们能够培训未来的传染病学术领导者。