Research Training Program in ImmunoEngineering

免疫工程研究培训计划

• 批准号: 9768459
• 负责人: JULIA E BABENSEE
• 金额: $ 19.73万
• 依托单位: GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9768459
• 关键词: Research Training; Training Programs; immunoengineering

Abstract    With the burgeoning of the fields of immunology and immunotherapy in the last few decades, the use of pharmaceutical products, biomedical devices, and biomaterials in immunological research and clinical applications has rapidly expanded. Accordingly, there has been an increasing need for engineers trained with the quantitative skills necessary for developing effective immunotherapies and with the skills to translate these developments to industry. Immunology is a basic science that has a lot of applications that need to be translated to positively impact patients' lives (e.g. anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive drugs, avoiding transplant rejection, adoptive cell therapy for cancer treatment). Most companies working in this area of ImmunoEngineering hire basic scientists since immunology is a basic science, albeit one that has a lot of applications amenable to translation in order to positively impact patients' lives (e.g. anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive drugs, avoiding transplant rejection, adoptive cell therapy for cancer treatment). However, these individuals do not have training in engineering nor quantitative or systems perspectives. In contrast, engineers are also hired into companies that work in ImmunoEngineering areas, but often they do not have immunology training. The training program described in this application is aimed to better equip engineers by training them in immunology (as well as in engineering). Through this ImmunoEngineering training program, we will develop a new type of engineering trainee, one who can apply engineering principles with knowledge of immunology to make impacts on new treatments for disease and who will fill a critical gap in existing bioengineers entering today's work force. Our training program will furthermore provide professional development and ethics training to equip trainees with important “soft skills” such as project and time management, ethics and personal insight into their character attributes to best position them for leadership positions in ImmunoEngineering industry and research.

抽象的    随着过去几十年免疫学和免疫治疗领域的蓬勃发展， 免疫学研究和临床中的医药产品、生物医学设备和生物材料 应用范围迅速扩大。因此，越来越需要经过培训的工程师 开发有效免疫疗法所需的定量技能以及转化这些技能的技能 到工业的发展。免疫学是一门基础科学，有很多应用需要 转化为积极影响患者的生活（例如抗炎或免疫抑制药物，避免 移植排斥、癌症治疗的过继细胞疗法）。大多数从事这一领域的公司 免疫工程聘请基础科学家，因为免疫学是一门基础科学，尽管有很多基础科学 适合翻译的应用程序，以便对患者的生活产生积极影响（例如抗炎或 免疫抑制药物、避免移植排斥、癌症治疗的过继细胞疗法）。然而， 这些人没有接受过工程方面的培训，也没有接受过定量或系统方面的培训。相比之下， 工程师也被聘请到从事免疫工程领域工作的公司，但他们通常没有 免疫学培训。本申请中描述的培训计划旨在通过以下方式更好地装备工程师 对他们进行免疫学（以及工程学）方面的培训。通过这个免疫工程培训计划， 我们将培养一种新型的工程实习生，他们能够应用工程原理并了解以下知识 免疫学对疾病新疗法产生影响，谁将填补现有的关键空白 生物工程师进入当今的劳动力队伍。我们的培训计划还将提供专业的 发展和道德培训，为学员提供重要的“软技能”，例如项目和时间 管理、道德和对他们性格特征的个人洞察力，以最好地定位他们的领导地位 免疫工程行业和研究领域的职位。