Training Program in Immunological Tolerance and Autoimmunity

 描述（由申请人提供）：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募具有特殊能力的学生，无论性别或种族如何，并为这些学生提供最佳的培训环境，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。他们的研究重点将与自身免疫的基本机制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的基本理解相关。这一目标将通过正式的课程工作，实验室轮换，文献讨论，与教师的讨论和指导研究来实现。学生可以从46名教师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。研究生工作的政策和指导方针由研究生委员会制定，研究生委员会是活跃于免疫学教学计划的高级和初级教师的机构，符合免疫学执行委员会和医学科学部的规定。学生的进步是通过一个全面的资格考试，包括口头陈述和书面建议（美国国立卫生研究院风格的博士后申请）管理监测。学生的培训的这个阶段-包括课程和轮换-通常在第二年中期完成。论文研究由论文顾问监督，其进展由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论文的工作。

 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.