Training in Interdisciplinary Research to Prevent Infections (TIRI)

描述(申请人提供)：感染仍然是发病率和死亡率的主要原因，尽管几十年来在诊断、治疗和提供卫生保健方面取得了进展。由于新的感染(如SARS、诺沃克病毒)的出现和快速增长的抗菌素耐药性问题，许多常见感染的传统治疗方法不再有效。尽管许多社区和医疗保健相关感染的预防在理论上是我们可以做到的，但由于问题的多因素性质，进展往往缓慢。这一普遍存在的感染问题的根源源于微生物遗传学、卫生保健政策、经济和人类行为等不同领域的问题。这种复杂程度要求新一代学者准备从跨学科的角度开始他们的职业生涯。因此，通过这一名为预防感染的跨学科研究培训(TIRI)计划，我们建议培养博士后和博士后学者，使他们能够参与和领导跨学科研究以预防感染。Tiri的目标是以高效的T90为基础，(A)扩展跨学科研究课程，(B)招募和培训合格的多种多样的跨学科博士前和博士后研究员队伍，以在整个护理过程中开展以预防感染为重点的研究，(C)扩大和评估护理教师和学员之间以及来自其他学科的合作研究活动，以及(D)持续和年度评估培训计划的结构、过程和结果。基于定义成功的跨学科研究所必需的能力的前期工作，培训计划包括为受训者提供的三项关键活动：1)教学课程，“建立跨学科研究模型”，2)跨学科研究研讨会，以及3)有指导的实地体验。每个方案要素将由一个跨学科的学院领导团队协调，每个受训人员将由一个由高级研究人员组成的跨学科团队进行指导。我们将为2名博士后和2名博士后实习生提供为期2年的支持。博士前实习生将从任何学校或系成功完成一年博士生教育的学生中挑选出来。这两所学校的招聘战略都包括我们完善的中心网站，由于我们特别致力于确保不同的受训人员队伍，我们有与既定外展项目以及纽约城市大学和亨特-贝尔维尤护理学院合作的招聘计划，这两所学校都有很高比例的西班牙裔和非裔美国研究生。培训计划将在几个层面上进行评估，包括个人课程、学位论文、博士后实地考察项目和职业发展轨迹 实习生。这些评估将成为学院领导团队讨论的焦点，领导团队将实施适当的计划修改。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality despite decades of advances in diagnosis, therapeutics and delivery of health care. Many of the traditional treatments for common infections are no longer effective because of the emergence of new infections (e.g. SARS, norovirus) and the fast-growing problem of antimicrobial resistance. Although the prevention of many community and healthcare-associated infections is theoretically within our reach, progress is often slow because of the multi-factorial nature of the problem. The origins of this widespread problem of infection stem from issues in such diverse areas as microbial genetics, health care policy, economics, and human behavior. This level of complexity mandates a new generation of scholars ready to begin their careers from an interdisciplinary perspective. Therefore, through this program, Training in Interdisciplinary Research to Prevent Infections (TIRI), we propose to prepare pre- and post-doctoral scholars for participation and leadership in interdisciplinary research to prevent infections. Building on a highly productive T90, the aims of TIRI are to (a) expand an interdisciplinary research curriculum, (b) recruit and train a qualified diverse cadre of interdisciplinary pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows to conduct research focused on the prevention of infections across the continuum of care, (c) expand and assess collaborative research activities between nursing faculty and trainees and those from other disciplines, and (d) evaluate the training program structures, processes, and outcomes on an ongoing and annual basis. Based on preliminary work to define competencies essential to successful interdisciplinary research, the training program includes three key activities for trainees: 1) a didactic course, "Building Interdisciplinary Research Models", 2) an Interdisciplinary Research Seminar, and 3) Supervised Field Experience. Each programmatic element will be coordinated by an interdisciplinary Faculty Leadership Team, and each trainee will be mentored by an interdisciplinary team of senior researchers. We will support 2 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral trainees for 2 years each. Predoctoral trainees will be selected from among students who have successfully completed one year of doctoral education in any school or department. Recruitment strategies for both include our well-established Center website and, because of our particular commitment to assuring a diverse cadre of trainees, we have collaborative recruitment plans with established outreach programs, as well as the City University of New York and Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, both of which have a high proportion of Hispanic and African-American graduate students. The training program will be evaluated at several levels, including individual courses, dissertations, post-doctoral field projects, and career trajectory of trainees. These evaluations will be a focal point of discussion within the Faculty Leadership Team, and suitable program modifications will be implemented by the Leadership Team.