Training in emerging infectious diseases

描述（由申请人提供）：此申请代表了我们的新发传染病培训（EID） T32项目的第一次竞争性更新。宾夕法尼亚大学的60多名教师主要从事微生物学项目，其中14名资金充足的教师是该项目的培训师。所有培训师在新发传染病方面都有重要的研究项目，其中一半以上由中大西洋地区生物防御和新发传染病卓越中心（MARCE）部分资助，所有培训师都参与培训活动和少数族裔招募工作。在最初的4年里，该T32每年为3名博士预科生和2名博士后实习生提供支持，他们可以在14个不同的实验室中的任何一个工作，这些实验室由研究各种新出现和再出现的病原体的研究人员指导。迄今为止，该T32共资助了14名学员，几乎全部为2年，其中7名博士生，1名医学博士/博士。学生，1名医学博士/博士博士生、博士后5人。这14名学员分别在9位不同培训师的实验室工作。在目前和过去的14名受训人员中，8名是女性，6名是男性，2名是少数民族。在完成培训并离开宾夕法尼亚大学的三名博士后中，一名是助理教授，一名是美国国立卫生研究院的科学家，他在那里研究埃博拉病毒，还有一名在开发病毒疫苗。在离开宾夕法尼亚大学的3名学生中，有两名是博士后，他们继续研究传染病，还有一名是工业界的科学家。另外两名即将毕业的学生将分别在USAMRIID和疾病预防控制中心的特殊病原体处获得博士后奖学金。EID T32项目将我们研究许多不同病原体的研究人员和受训者团结在一起，否则就不会发生这种情况。在T32项目获得资助后，培训人员开发了一门现在很受欢迎的关于新发传染病的研究生课程，开始了每月一次的人畜共患病系列研讨会，由我们的教师和学员参加，并开始了一项倡议，使我们所有的学员都接受广泛的BSL3培训。我们开设了公共卫生证书课程，以回应这么多学员对新出现的传染病和全球健康问题感兴趣的事实，今年夏天，我们推出了一个为期三周的暑期生物统计学课程，让学员参加，认识到EID的大部分文献包括流行病学研究，并相信更强的统计和定量方法背景将有助于我们的学员为科学事业做好准备。我们还派学员参加每年举行两次的区域MARCE会议，这反过来又为我们的学员带来了新的合作和培训机会。鉴于需要继续培训年轻科学家从事新出现的传染病方面的工作，我们建议更新这一成功的方案。由于T32资助的资金环境困难，我们建议将该项目维持在目前每年3名学生和2名博士后的规模。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application represents the first competitive renewal for our Training in Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) T32 program. Of the more than 60 faculty at the University of Pennsylvania whose primary affiliation is with the microbiology program, a select group of 14 well-funded faculty are trainers in this program. All of the trainers have significant research programs in emerging infectious diseases, more than half are funded in part by the Middle Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence (MARCE) in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and all participate in training activities and minority recruitment efforts. During its first 4 years, this T32 provided support for 3 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral trainees per year who could work in any one of 14 different laboratories directed by investigators who study a variety of emerging and re-emerging pathogens. To date, a total of 14 trainees have been supported by this T32, virtually all for 2 years, including 7 Ph.D. students, 1 M.D./Ph.D. student, 1 VMD/Ph.D. student and 5 Ph.D. postdoctoral fellows. These 14 trainees have worked in the labs of 9 different trainers. Of the 14 current and past trainees, 8 are women, 6 are men, and 2 are minorities. Of the 3 postdoctoral fellows who have completed their training and left Penn, one is an Assistant Professor, one is a staff scientist at the NIH where he studies Ebola virus, and one is in industry developing viral vaccines. Of the 3 students who have left Penn, two are postdoctoral fellows where they continue to study infectious diseases, and one is a scientist in industry. Two additional students who will graduate soon will be undertaking postdoctoral fellowships at USAMRIID and the Special Pathogens Branch of the CDC, respectively. The EID T32 program has served to unite our investigators and trainees, who study many different pathogens, in ways that would not otherwise have occurred. After the T32 was funded, the trainers developed what is now a popular graduate level course on emerging infectious diseases, started a monthly Zoonotic Diseases Seminar series that is attended by our faculty and trainees, and began an initiative in which all of our trainees receive extensive BSL3 training. We have started a Certificate Program in Public Health in response to the fact that so many of our trainees are interested in emerging infectious diseases and global health issues, and this summer launched a 3-week long summer biostatistics course to betaken by our trainees, recognizing that much of the EID literature consists of epidemiological studies coupled with the belief that a stronger background in statistics and quantitative methods will help prepare our trainees for careers in science. We also send our trainees to the regional MARCE meetings, held twice each year, and this in turn has led to new collaborations for our trainees as well as training opportunities. In light of the need to continue to train young scientists to work in emerging infectious diseases, we propose to renew this successful program. Due to the difficult funding climate for T32 grants, we propose to maintain this program at its present size of 3 students and 2 postdocs per year.