Northwestern University Infectious Diseases Education and Science (NuIDeas)

项目摘要 此重新提交申请请求为西北大学传染病中心提供第三轮支持 疾病教育与科学(NuIdeas)培训计划。这个项目的目标是利用 西北大学的临床和基础研究专业知识和资源可用于培训医学博士和 传染病转化研究的博士/博士研究员。这一培训计划利用了相当多的 具有长期基础科学优势的传染病教员的临床专业知识 西北大学的微生物学和免疫学，它们共同创造了一个丰富的环境 翻译研究。每个学员都与一名主要研究导师和一名临床共同导师合作，以 加强研究员的研究经验的翻译方面。促进研究领域的卓越发展 通过一个由密集研究经验组成的培训计划，获得理科硕士的选择 临床调查、研讨会、职业发展计划和道德行为教育方面的学位 研究的成果。每年选出一名高素质的医学博士或医学博士研究员进行为期两年的密集研究 经验。此外，范伯格医学院还资助了第二个实习生时段，因此总共 每年都有两名新的受训人员已经并将继续参加该方案。到目前为止， NuIdeas计划非常成功。11名研究员被任命为NIH资助的职位。中的 9人完成了NuIdeas的培训，7人现在担任传染病学术职位，5人 保护了研究时间。在第三轮融资中，我们提出了几项创新， 包括对多样性的多方面关注，增加了一项新的研究培训练习，以在床边架起桥梁 为了让发现成为板凳，一个培养下一代NuIdeas领导者的学徒计划，一个职位- NuIDeas计划提供额外一年的研究培训，并扩大导师小组 更好地将研究机会与研究员的兴趣相匹配。该计划将学员定位为 在新冠肺炎和其他公司的关键时刻担任研究和教育方面的领导职位 全球传染病威胁伴随着传染病专家队伍的缩水。

Project Summary This resubmission application requests a third cycle of support for the Northwestern University Infectious Diseases Education and Science (NuIDeas) Training Program. The goal of this program is to take advantage of the clinical and basic research expertise and resources available at Northwestern University to train MD and MD/PhD fellows in infectious disease translational research. This training program leverages the considerable clinical expertise of the Infectious Disease faculty with the long-standing basic science strengths in microbiology and immunology at Northwestern University, which together create a rich environment for translational research. Each trainee works with both a primary research mentor and a clinical co-mentor to enhance the translational aspects of the fellow's research experience. Excellence in research will be promoted by a training program consisting of an intensive research experience, the option to obtain a Master of Science degree in Clinical Investigation, seminars, career development programs, and education in the ethical conduct of research. One highly qualified MD or MD/PhD fellow is chosen each year for a two-year intensive research experience. Furthermore, the Feinberg School of Medicine has funded a second trainee slot, such that a total of two new trainees have been and will continue to be enrolled into the program each year. To date, the NuIDeas Program has been highly successful. Eleven fellows were appointed to the NIH-funded slots. Of the nine who have finished training in NuIDeas, seven now hold academic infectious disease appointments, five of which have protected research time. During the third cycle of funding, we propose several innovations, including a multifaceted focus on diversity, the addition of a novel research training exercise to bridge bedside to bench discoveries, an apprenticeship program to train the next generation of NuIDeas leaders, a post- NuIDeas program to provide an additional year of research training, and an expansion of the panel of mentors to better match research opportunities to the interests of the fellows. This program will position trainees to assume leadership positions in research and education at a critical time during which COVID-19 and other global infectious disease threats are coupled with a shrinking pool of infectious disease subspecialists.