Interdisciplinary Program in Microbe-Host Biology

微生物-宿主生物学跨学科项目

• 批准号: 8742914
• 负责人: JOHN S GUNN
• 金额: $ 14.79万
• 依托单位: OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-15 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8742914
• 关键词: Biology; Microbe; programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Today's reality includes emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant organisms and new infectious agents, a growing concern for worldwide pandemics, the use of infectious agents in offensive bio-warfare, and an enlarging list of opportunistic infections. These challenges to human health necessitate comprehensive interdisciplinary training programs for the next generation of scientists in studies of the microbe host interface. The training faculty are from three colleges and several different departments. The hub for the program will be the Ohio State University Center for Microbial Interface Biology (CMIB), which is focused on Host-Pathogen Research. One of the PIs (MPI mechanism) is a physician scientist who serves as Director of the CMIB and Chair of a new Department in the Medical School, Microbial Infection and Immunity (MI&I), and the other PI is a PhD scientist and CMIB Vice-Director/MI&I Vice-Chair, both with strong research programs and careers focused on education. Thus the PIs represent an outstanding, established collaborative team to oversee this broad innovative program which emphasizes: 1) a highly interactive scientific community, 2) a multidisciplinary approach to science, 3) exposure of trainees to the biomedical research community of a large academic health sciences center, 4) integration of the clinical and basic sciences, 5) exposure to experienced and talented scientist educators and mentors, and 6) several added advantages to Fellows, including a local and international externship program. The major thematic areas are 1) Microbial response to infection; 2) Host response to infection (immunity, respiratory biology); 3) Biofilms; and 4) Drug discovery. The program describes a Selection and Oversight Committee, an outstanding, engaged External Advisory Committee and the necessary administrative structure to execute the program. Emphasis is placed on the recruitment of diversity trainees and on formal instruction for the responsible conduct of research. We request 3 pre-doctoral, 2 post-doctoral and 1 short-term clinical scholar slots/year. We believe that the curriculum, faculty, resources, and institutional support make this program attractive to outstanding students who will receive a unique multidisciplinary training experience focused on the microbe-host interface and prepare them for a career in the breadth of the biomedical workforce.

描述（由申请人提供）：今天的现实包括多重耐药生物和新的感染因子的出现和传播，对世界范围流行病的日益关注，在进攻性生物战中使用感染因子，以及机会性感染的扩大清单。这些对人类健康的挑战需要为研究微生物的下一代科学家提供全面的跨学科培训计划