Training Program in Immunological Tolerance and Autoimmunity

 描述(申请人提供)：哈佛医学院自身免疫和耐受性研究生培训计划的目标是招收具有特殊能力的学生，不分性别或种族，并为这些学生提供最好的培训环境，使他们能够发展成为独立思考的科学家，专门从事免疫学领域的研究。他们的研究重点将涉及对自身免疫潜在机制的基本了解，以及与自身免疫和慢性炎症性疾病治疗相关的免疫生物学方面。这一目标将通过正式的课程工作、实验室轮换、文献讨论、与教员的讨论和指导研究来实现。学生可以从46名教职员工中选择与自身免疫相关的免疫学所有主要领域的轮换和实验室工作。毕业生工作的政策和指导方针由研究生委员会制定，研究生委员会是一个由活跃在免疫学教学计划中的高级和初级教员组成的机构，根据免疫学执行委员会和医学科学部的执行委员会的规定。学生的进步是通过综合资格考试的管理来监督的，包括口头陈述和书面建议(NIH风格的博士后申请)。学生这一阶段的培训--包括课程作业和轮换--通常在第二年年中完成。学位论文研究由学位论文导师监督，学位论文研究进展由学位论文咨询委员会监督。实验部分通常需要3-4年的时间来完成被认为足以撰写一篇论文的大量工作。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Graduate Training Program in Autoimmunity and Tolerance at Harvard Medical School is to recruit students of exceptional ability regardless of gender or ethnicity and provide these students with the best attainable training environment in which they may develop into independently thinking scientists, specializing in the field of immunology. The focus of their research will be relevant to the basic understanding of the underlying mechanisms of autoimmunity and aspects of immunobiology relevant to the therapy of autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases. This goal will be accomplished through formal course-work, laboratory rotations, literature discussions, discussions with faculty and mentored research. Students may choose from 46 faculty members for rotations and laboratory work in all major areas of immunology that are of relevance to autoimmunity. Policies and guidelines for graduate work are set by the Graduate Committee, a body of senior and junior faculty active in the teaching immunology program, in accordance with the Executive Committee in Immunology and those of the Division of Medical Sciences. Students' progress is monitored through the administration of a comprehensive qualifying examination, comprised of an oral presentation and a written proposal (NIH style post-doctoral application). This phase of the student's training -including coursework and rotations- is usually completed by the middle of the second year. Dissertation research is supervised by the dissertation advisor and its progress is monitored by a dissertation advisory committee. The experimental component usually requires 3-4 years to complete a body of work considered adequate for a written dissertation.