Training in Interdisciplinary Research to Prevent Infections (TIRI)

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管几十年来在诊断、治疗和提供保健方面取得了进展，但感染仍然是发病和死亡的主要原因。由于新感染的出现（如严重急性呼吸系统综合症、诺如病毒）以及抗菌素耐药性问题日益严重，许多针对常见感染的传统治疗方法已不再有效。虽然预防许多社区和医疗保健相关感染在理论上是可以做到的，但由于问题的多因素性质，进展往往很慢。这种广泛的感染问题的起源源于微生物遗传学、卫生保健政策、经济学和人类行为等不同领域的问题。这种程度的复杂性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，我们建议通过“预防感染跨学科研究培训”（TIRI）项目，培养参与和领导预防感染跨学科研究的博士前和博士后学者。建立在高效的T90基础上，TIRI的目标是(a)扩大跨学科研究课程，(b)招募和培训合格的跨学科博士前和博士后干部，以开展集中在整个护理过程中预防感染的研究，(c)扩大和评估护理教师和学员与其他学科的合作研究活动，以及(d)评估培训计划的结构，流程。以及持续和每年的成果。在初步界定成功跨学科研究所必需的能力的基础上，培训计划包括对受训者的三个关键活动：1)教学课程，“建立跨学科研究模式”，2)跨学科研究研讨会，以及3)监督现场经验。每个项目都将由跨学科的教师领导团队进行协调，每个实习生将由跨学科的高级研究人员团队进行指导。资助博士生预科生2人，博士后培养生2人，培养期2年。博士预科生将从在任何学院或部门成功完成一年博士教育的学生中选拔。这两所大学的招聘策略都包括我们完善的中心网站，由于我们特别致力于确保学员的多样性，我们与建立的外展项目以及纽约城市大学和亨特-贝尔维尤护理学院有合作招聘计划，这两所大学的西班牙裔和非裔研究生比例都很高。培训计划将在几个层面进行评估，包括个人课程，论文，博士后领域项目和职业轨迹

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.