Training in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis

描述(由申请人提供)：这是第二次竞争性更新培训计划，为最合格的候选人提供高质量的免疫学和分子病理学方面的博士后和博士后培训。免疫学和分子病理学(IMP)研究生课程的教师拥有所需的专业知识，为杰出的博士前和博士后培训提供至关重要的基础。许多参与培训的教员都有广泛的培训记录，在某些情况下，他们在被埃默里大学录用之前就已经在他们以前的机构开始了培训。该计划所代表的研究领域在未来的研究和为疾病发病机制提供新的见解方面具有突出的潜力。教员的研究项目分为三个主要培训领域：1)传染病发病机制；2)分子病毒学；3)免疫生物学。IMP的教职员工来自医学院的六个基础科学或临床系，以及耶克斯国家灵长类中心、埃默里学院生物系和美国疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)。在这一培训计划的前十年中，这笔资金已经为48名博士后和13名博士后学员提供了支持。其中两名博士后实习生目前是独立调查人员(拉霍亚过敏和免疫学研究所；加州大学旧金山分校)，另外两名已经接受了个人培训奖，以完成他们的博士后工作。在48名博士后实习生中，有27人仍在进行博士前培训。已有20名学生获得了博士学位，其中1人是助理教授，1人是疾控中心的科学家，15人目前是博士后研究员。在这48名获得培训补助金支持的学生中，只有一人退出了该计划(保留率接近100%)，总体上好于IMP计划。因此，这笔培训补助金改善了埃默里大学的免疫学和病毒学培训，不仅支持了我们最优秀的学生和博士后，还通过资助项目研讨会系列的外部演讲者来丰富知识环境。 相关性：本培训计划的相关性包括跨学科培训在为研究发病机制提供基础方面的重要性，以及参与培训的教员先前广泛参与博士后和博士后培训的重要性。这笔培训补助金的提供对埃默里大学的免疫学和病毒学培训产生了深远的积极影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the second competing renewal of a training program to provide high quality pre- and postdoctoral training in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis to the most qualified candidates. The faculty in the graduate Program in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis (IMP) have the expertise required to provide the foundation that is critical for outstanding predoctoral and postdoctoral training. Many of the participating faculty have extensive training records, in some cases initiated at their former institutions prior to their recruitment to Emory. The areas of research represented by this program have outstanding potential for future investigations and for providing new insights into disease pathogenesis. The research programs of the faculty fall into three main training areas: 1) pathogenesis of infectious diseases; 2) molecular virology; and 3) immunobiology. The faculty of IMP are members of six basic science or clinical departments in the School of Medicine, as well as Yerkes National Primate Center, the Biology Department of Emory College, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During the previous ten years of this training program, this grant has provided support for 48 predoctoral and 13 postdoctoral trainees. Two of the postdoctoral trainees are currently independent investigators (LaJolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology; UCSF) and two others have already received individual training awards to complete their postdoctoral work. Of the 48 predoctoral trainees, 27 are still in predoctoral training. Twenty students have received their Ph.D.s of which 1 is an Assistant Professor, 1 is a CDC staff scientist, 15 and are currently postdoctoral fellows. Of these 48 students supported by the training grant only one has left the program (a nearly 100% retention rate), which is better than the IMP program overall. Therefore this training grant has improved immunology and virology training at Emory, supporting not only our most outstanding students and postdocs, but enriching the intellectual environment by funding external speakers in the Program seminar series. RELEVANCE: The relevance for this training program includes the importance of interdisciplinary training in providing the foundation for investigating mechanisms of pathogenesis and the extensive previous involvement of the participating faculty in pre- and postdoctoral training. The availability of funds from this training grant has had a profound positive effect on immunology and virology training at Emory University.