Parasitology and Vector Biology Training Program

寄生虫学和媒介生物学培训计划

• 批准号: 9793284
• 负责人: LAURA J KNOLL
• 金额: $ 19.47万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9793284
• 关键词: Biology; Parasitology; Training Programs; vector

7. Project Summary/Abstract Parasitic diseases caused by protozoans and helminths, as well as arthropod-vectored viral diseases, continue to plague much of the developing world. Even in industrialized nations, poorer communities are deeply affected by parasitology and arboviral diseases, especially in the southern Gulf coast region of the United States. The United States has also seen the emergence of new human pathogens (e.g., Cyclospora, Chikungunya and Zika Viruses), as well as the re-emergence of well-known pathogens such as West Nile or Dengue Viruses. What is needed to combat these devastating infections is a new generation of researchers focused on parasitology and arboviral diseases; however, there are only a few NIH T32s focused on parasitology and vector-borne infectious diseases. One of these T32s is the Parasitology and Vector Biology (PVB) Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The goal of the PVB training program is to attract and train the next generation of parasitology/arboviral/vector biology investigators by providing opportunities to study significant, cutting-edge research problems associated with the most important neglected tropical diseases. This goal will be accomplished by trainees acquiring a solid foundation of basic to advanced knowledge through formal coursework, small focus groups and seminars, and combining this knowledge with the latest technologies to address challenging questions posed by a variety of host-pathogen systems available in the laboratories of our 14 faculty trainers. Funding for this renewal is requested for 5 years to support 4 predoctoral trainees per year. After matriculating into one of three main graduate degree programs, new-entry or post-dissertator PVB trainees will be appointed for 2 years. In addition to meeting their degree program requirements, trainees also are required to complete a research ethics course, complete an individual development plan and update it yearly, and present their research annually in the PVB seminar series. In an effort to increase the diversity of graduate students seeking advanced degrees in parasitology and tropical medicine, plans are described to identify and recruit under-represented minority (URM) students. The plan enacted during the last cycle was highly effective as half of our PVB trainees are URMs. Providing cutting edge and well-rounded training in molecular parasitology and arboviral biology for predoctoral trainees has been and will continue to be our mission. Given the worldwide need to combat these infections, we must train the next generation to think broadly about parasite and arthropod-vectored diseases so that novel solutions to the devastation they cause can be found.

7.项目总结/摘要 由原生动物和蠕虫引起的寄生虫病，以及节肢动物传播的病毒病， 继续困扰着许多发展中国家。即使在工业化国家，贫困社区 深受寄生虫学和虫媒病毒疾病的影响，特别是在墨西哥湾南部沿海地区， 美国的美国也出现了新的人类病原体（例如，环孢菌属， 基孔肯雅病毒和寨卡病毒），以及西尼罗河或 登革热病毒。对抗这些毁灭性感染所需要的是新一代的研究人员 专注于寄生虫学和虫媒病毒疾病;然而，只有少数NIH T32专注于 寄生虫学和病媒传染病。其中一个T32是寄生虫学和矢量 生物学（PVB）培训计划在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校。PVB培训的目标 该计划旨在吸引和培养下一代寄生虫学/虫媒病毒/载体生物学研究人员， 提供机会，研究重大，前沿的研究问题，与大多数 被忽视的热带病这一目标将通过学员获得一个坚实的 通过正式课程、小型焦点小组和研讨会，为基础知识和高级知识奠定基础， 并将这些知识与最新技术相结合，以解决 我们的14个教员培训师的实验室提供各种宿主病原体系统。为此提供资金 申请延期5年，每年资助4名博士前学员。在被录取到一个 三个主要的研究生学位课程，新入职或论文后的PVB学员将被任命为2 年除了满足他们的学位课程要求，学员还需要完成一个 研究伦理课程，完成个人发展计划，并每年更新，并提出他们的 每年在PVB研讨会系列中进行研究。为了增加研究生的多样性 寻求寄生虫学和热带医学的高级学位，计划被描述为确定和招募 代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生。上一个周期制定的计划非常有效， 我们一半的PVB学员都是URM。提供尖端和全面的分子培训 寄生虫学和虫媒病毒生物学的博士前学员一直并将继续是我们的使命。 鉴于全世界都需要抗击这些感染，我们必须培养下一代具有广泛的思维 关于寄生虫和节肢动物传播的疾病，以便针对它们造成的破坏的新解决方案， 获取系统提示