Combined Adult and Pediatric Infectious Disease Postdoctoral Training Grant

项目总结 这项机构培训补助金(T32)是佩雷尔曼学院的一份提案的重新提交 宾夕法尼亚大学(Penn)和费城儿童医院(CHOP)的医学(PSOM) 培训医学博士和医学博士研究生从事微生物学、微生物免疫学等领域的实验室研究 以及微生物群在健康和疾病中的作用。这个应用程序结合了人才和资源 可在宾夕法尼亚大学和CHOP这两个独立但相互关联的机构提供。我们每年申请3个名额，以 每年招募一名研究员，以获得最多3年的支持。17名成就卓著的教职员工 活跃的NIH补助金被列为导师。成人传染病科的哈维·弗里德曼医学博士将 担任项目主任(PD)和CHOP儿科主席Joseph St.Geme医学博士将担任 助理-警局。9名教师导师来自医学系，4名来自医学系 微生物学，儿科2名，皮肤科1名，皮肤科1名 威斯塔尔学院。导师包括6名女性；1名来自代表不足的少数族裔群体的成员；10名 医学博士或医学博士学位，博士学位7人；助理3人，副教授4人，教授10人。 申请者将主要来自成人和儿童传染病博士后培训 计划，但注册将向宾夕法尼亚大学和CHOP的所有部门和部门开放，他们拥有MD和 博士/博士后研究员，对从事微生物学、免疫学和 人类的微生物群。有兴趣从事这些学科的板凳研究工作的应聘者 在各司和部门的研究金受训人员中派代表，并在这笔赠款上有导师， 突出了我们申请者池的优势。有兴趣申请T32助学金职位的研究员将 一般在他们的第一年奖学金申请，期望他们将在他们的 第二个奖学金年度。研究员将通过提交他们的简历，以前的实验室导师的推荐信来申请 以及他们的奖学金主任，以及他们在本科生和研究生培训期间的成绩记录。 每个被选中的受训者将有一名科学导师(实验室PI)和一名职业导师(一名大四学生 宾夕法尼亚大学或CHOP大学的教职员工)。执行委员会将审查学员的研究进展 每半年一次，咨询委员会由来自宾夕法尼亚以外的两名科学家和一名来自宾夕法尼亚的科学家组成 将每年与受训人员会面，审查他们的进展。 宾夕法尼亚大学和CHOP大学用于生物医学研究培训的环境和资源是独一无二的。这个 导师的高超素质，申请者的杰出资历和高管的奉献精神 委员会确保每一位学员都得到尽可能高质量的指导，这增加了我们的信心 我们将解决在以下学科培养未来内科科学家领袖的迫切需要 微生物学、微生物免疫学和微生物组研究。

PROJECT SUMMARY This Institutional Training Grant (T32) is a resubmission of a proposal from the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to train MD and MD/PhD fellows pursuing careers doing bench research in microbiology, microbial immunology and the role of the microbiome in health and disease. This application combines the talent and resources available at two independent, but linked institutions, Penn and CHOP. We are requesting 3 slots annually to enroll one fellow each year for up to 3 years of support. Seventeen highly accomplished faculty members with active NIH grants are listed as mentors. Harvey Friedman, MD, from the Adult Infectious Disease Division will serve as Program Director (PD) and Joseph St. Geme, MD, Chairman of Pediatrics at CHOP will be the associate-PD. Nine faculty mentors are from the Departments of Medicine, 4 from the Department of Microbiology, 2 from the Department of Pediatrics, 1 from the Department of Dermatology, and 1 from the Wistar Institute. The mentors include 6 women; a member from an underrepresented minority group; 10 with MD or MD/PhD degrees and 7 with PhD degrees; 3 Assistant, 4 Associate and 10 Professors. The applicant pool will come primarily from the Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases postdoctoral training programs, but enrollment will be open to all divisions and departments at Penn and CHOP who have MD and MD/PhD postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing bench research careers in microbiology, immunology and the human microbiome. Candidates interested in pursuing bench research careers in these disciplines are well represented among the fellowship trainees in the divisions and departments with mentors on this grant, which highlights the strengths of our applicant pool. Fellows interested in applying for a position on the T32 grant will generally apply during their first year of fellowship with the expectation that they will enter the grant in their second fellowship year. Fellows will apply by submitting their CVs, letters of reference from prior lab mentors and their fellowship director, and a record of their grades during undergraduate and postgraduate training. Each trainee selected for a position will have a scientific mentor (the lab PI) and a career mentor (a senior faculty member at Penn or CHOP). The Executive Committee will review the research progress of trainees semi-annually and an Advisory Committee comprised of two scientists from outside Penn and one from Penn will meet with trainees to review their progress annually. The environment and resources at Penn and CHOP for training in biomedical research are exceptional. The superb quality of the mentors, the outstanding credentials of the applicants and the dedication of the Executive Committee to ensure that every trainee receives the highest quality mentoring possible adds to our confidence that we will be addressing the urgent need to train the future physician scientist leaders in the disciplines of microbiology, microbial immunology, and microbiome research.