Infectious Diseases Across Scales Training Program

跨尺度传染病培训计划

• 批准号: 9788828
• 负责人: Jacobus de Roode
• 金额: $ 9.68万
• 依托单位: EMORY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9788828
• 关键词: Communicable Diseases; Training Programs

Project Summary Infectious diseases continue to be a major cause of human suffering and mortality. While much research and training has focused on studying infectious disease at a single scale (e.g. within hosts or at the population level), a major challenge in the control of infectious diseases is that they routinely operate across scales. Specifically, the interactions between host immune molecules and pathogens determine their transmission at the population level, which in turn determines the spread of diseases across regions; in addition, a major feature of emerging infectious diseases is that they infect a wide variety of non-human hosts, complicating their control. Consequently, in order to effectively understand and control infectious diseases, researchers require integrated training in interdisciplinary, cross-scale approaches that span the full range of biological organization, from molecules to ecosystems. The proposed Infectious Diseases Across Scales Training Program (IDASTP) at Emory University is designed to provide such inter-disciplinary training. This program will partner with 30 faculty from multiple schools and departments to train a total of four graduate students each year, with each student obtaining two years of training. Students will be recruited from a total of ~19 training-eligible students in three graduate programs with exceptional strengths in infectious disease research related to immunology, population biology and public health. The most important component of training in these programs is research, first as part of laboratory rotations, then as part of the dissertation project. IDASTP trainees will obtain integrated training in cross-scale infectious disease research through interdisciplinary curricula and a course Integrating Study and Control of Infectious Disease Across Scales. They will also participate in a biweekly Infectious Disease Forum and an Annual Infectious Disease Symposium, presented by local and external infectious disease experts. Seminars and symposium will focus on the fundamentals of cross-scale interactions, control applications and career development, providing workshops and exposing students to cross-disciplinary career opportunities in academic and non-academic settings. Further integration of student training across scales is ensured by the formation of dissertation committees that include faculty with expertise in infectious disease research at different scales. The overall objective of this training program is to produce broadly trained and competitive scientists who use interdisciplinary and cross-scale approaches to better study and control infectious disease. Graduates from this program will have acquired: broad knowledge of cross-scale disease dynamics; in-depth knowledge of their field of research; the ability to effectively develop research projects, grant proposals, presentations and publications; and an appreciation of the career trajectories available to infectious disease doctorates. The implementation of this program at Emory University will attract and retain top-tier students and produce new cohorts of specialists who can effectively tackle infectious diseases by utilizing cross-disciplinary tool sets.

项目概要 传染病仍然是人类痛苦和死亡的主要原因。虽然进行了大量的研究和 培训的重点是研究单一规模的传染病（例如在宿主内部或人口层面）， 控制传染病的一个主要挑战是它们通常是跨范围的。具体来说， 宿主免疫分子和病原体之间的相互作用决定了它们在人群中的传播 水平，进而决定疾病的跨地区传播；此外，新兴市场的一大特点是 传染病的主要特点是它们会感染多种非人类宿主，从而使其控制变得更加复杂。 因此，为了有效地了解和控制传染病，研究人员需要整合 跨学科、跨规模方法的培训，涵盖整个生物组织，从 分子到生态系统。拟议的跨尺度传染病培训计划 (IDASTP) 埃默里大学旨在提供此类跨学科培训。该计划将与 30 名教师合作 每年从多个院系共培养四名研究生，每名学生 获得两年的培训。学生将从三个阶段总共约 19 名符合培训资格的学生中招募 在与免疫学、人口相关的传染病研究方面具有特殊优势的研究生课程 生物学和公共卫生。这些项目中培训最重要的组成部分是研究，首先是研究的一部分 实验室轮换，然后作为论文项目的一部分。 IDASTP 学员将获得以下方面的综合培训： 通过跨学科课程和整合学习和研究的课程进行跨规模传染病研究 跨尺度控制传染病。他们还将参加每两周一次的传染病论坛 以及由当地和外部传染病专家主持的年度传染病研讨会。 研讨会和研讨会将重点关注跨尺度交互、控制应用和 职业发展，提供研讨会并让学生接触跨学科的职业机会 学术和非学术环境。确保跨规模学生培训的进一步整合 成立论文委员会，其中包括不同大学传染病研究专业知识的教师 秤。该培训计划的总体目标是培养受过广泛培训且具有竞争力的科学家 使用跨学科和跨规模的方法更好地研究和控制传染病。毕业于 该计划将获得： 跨尺度疾病动态的广泛知识；深入了解他们的 研究领域；有效开发研究项目、拨款提案、演示和报告的能力 出版物；以及对传染病博士的职业轨迹的了解。这 埃默里大学实施该计划将吸引并留住顶尖学生，并培养新的人才 一群能够利用跨学科工具集有效应对传染病的专家。