Immunology Training Program-Predoctoral

项目摘要 免疫学培训计划(ITP)领导层的目标是培养博士和医学博士/博士科学家 在免疫学相关研究方面的杰出职业，重点是开发下一代 学术界和工业界(制药和生物技术)的调查小组组长。这个 该计划包括一系列与免疫学相关的主题，从基础研究到 先天免疫，T细胞活化，耐受性，抗原处理和提呈，MHC功能，补体， 抗体结构和功能与粘膜免疫在临床相关感染模型中的研究 疾病(如结核病、艾滋病毒)、疫苗开发、免疫病理学、移植和自身免疫。 参与的科室提供丰富的基础科学、临床活动和资源，以及 职业发展研讨会，以丰富博士生从事基础和/或 免疫学领域的翻译研究。为了实现这些培训目标，ITP领导层 Track已经发展成为更广泛的ITP的一个部门，而ITP本身就是病理学研究生课程中的一个Track。 该项目的博士学位培训包括课程工作、研究轮换、正式和非正式 研讨会，论文提案答辩/资格考试，学术研究经验 出版物、职业发展活动和博士论文。培训员和研究实验室 位于凯斯医学院及其附属机构的多个科室，大学医院 案例医学中心(UHCMC)、克利夫兰临床基金会(CCF，包括勒纳研究 路易斯·斯托克斯退伍军人医疗中心(VAMC)。广泛的跨部门和跨部门的 CWRU部门对ITP的明确共同赞助突显了机构的参与 CCF免疫科，CWRU/UHCMC传染病科，CWRU中心 全球健康和CWRU/UHCMC视觉科学研究中心。其他ITP培训人员位于 Case、CCF、UHCMC、MHMC和VAMC的广泛其他部门。不管他们的初选是什么 隶属关系，ITP培训师在病理学系担任教员或培训师，因此 组建一个有凝聚力的导师小组，确保为所有计划提供尽可能高的培训环境 实习生。

Project Summary The goal of the Immunology Training Program (ITP) Leadership Track is to train PhD and MD/PhD scientists for outstanding careers in immunology-related research with an emphasis on developing the next generation of investigative group leaders for academia and industry (pharmaceuticals and biotechnology) alike. The program includes a wide range of Immunology-related topics, spanning from basic research in areas such as innate immunity, T cell activation, tolerance, antigen processing and presentation, MHC function, complement, antibody structure and function, and mucosal immunity to research in clinically relevant models of infectious diseases (e.g. tuberculosis, HIV), vaccine development, immunopathology, transplantation and autoimmunity. Participating departments provide a rich confluence of basic science, clinical activities and resources, and career development workshops to enrich the training of PhD students as they engage in basic and/or translational research in the field of immunology. To accomplish these training goals, the ITP Leadership Track has been developed as division of the broader ITP, itself a track within the Pathology Graduate Program. Training for the PhD degree in the program includes course work, research rotations, formal and informal seminars, a Thesis Proposal Defense/Qualifying Examination, research experience resulting in scholarly publications, career development activities and a PhD dissertation. Trainers and research laboratories are located in multiple departments at Case School of Medicine and its affiliated institutions, University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC), the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF, including the Lerner Research Institute) and the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center (VAMC). The extensive inter-departmental and inter- institutional participation is underscored by explicit co-sponsorship of the ITP by the CWRU Department of Pathology, CCF Department of Immunology, CWRU/UHCMC Division of Infectious Diseases, CWRU Center for Global Health and CWRU/UHCMC Visual Sciences Research Center. Other ITP trainers are located in a wide number of other departments at Case, CCF, UHCMC, MHMC and VAMC. Regardless of their primary affiliation, ITP Trainers hold faculty or trainer appointments in the Case Department of Pathology, thereby forming a cohesive group of mentors to ensure the highest possible training environment for all program trainees.