Training in Interdisciplinary Research to Prevent Infections (TIRI)

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管在诊断、治疗和医疗保健方面取得了数十年的进展，但感染仍然是发病和死亡的主要原因。由于新感染（如SARS、诺如病毒）的出现和快速增长的抗菌素耐药性问题，许多普通感染的传统治疗方法不再有效。虽然从理论上讲，我们可以预防许多社区和保健相关感染，但由于问题的多因素性质，进展往往缓慢。这种广泛存在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。这种复杂性要求新一代的学者准备从跨学科的角度开始他们的职业生涯。因此，通过该计划，跨学科研究培训，以防止感染（TIRI），我们建议准备前和博士后学者参与和领导跨学科研究，以防止感染。建立在一个高生产力的T90，TIRI的目标是（a）扩大跨学科的研究课程，（B）招聘和培训一个合格的跨学科的博士前和博士后研究员的多样化干部进行研究，重点是预防感染的整个护理的连续性，（c）扩大和评估护理教师和学员之间的合作研究活动和来自其他学科，以及（d）持续并每年评估培训计划的结构、流程和结果。 基于初步工作，以确定成功的跨学科研究必不可少的能力，培训计划包括学员的三个关键活动：1）教学课程，“建立跨学科研究模型”，2）跨学科研究研讨会，和3）监督实地经验。每个项目要素将由一个跨学科的学院领导团队协调，每个学员将由一个跨学科的高级研究人员团队指导。 我们将支持2名博士前和2名博士后学员，每人为期2年。博士预科生将从在任何学校或部门成功完成一年博士教育的学生中挑选。这两个招聘策略包括我们完善的中心网站，因为我们特别致力于确保学员的多样化，我们有合作的招聘计划与既定的外展计划，以及纽约城市大学和亨特-贝尔维尤护理学院，这两个都有很高比例的西班牙裔和非洲裔美国人的研究生。培训计划将在几个层面进行评估，包括个人课程，论文，博士后实地项目和职业轨迹。 实习生这些评估将是教师领导团队内部讨论的焦点，领导团队将实施适当的程序修改。

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.