IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNUNOOCOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM

描述：项目特点：该项目的持续目标是为希望成为免疫学和免疫肿瘤学独立研究人员的高级学生提供高质量的博士前和博士后培训。该计划的重点放在解决免疫学和免疫肿瘤学问题的遗传、分子、细胞生物学和结构方法上。博士前项目在苏·戈尔丁研究生院的指导方针下进行。研究生院和培训计划提供集中的招生程序，以基础课程为核心，其次是免疫学相关领域的专门课程，辅以研讨会和期刊俱乐部、特别进行中的会议、实验室会议和校外研讨会，由导师和教师顾问委员会密切监督学生，并在实验室进行密集的工作。博士前实习生必须被研究生院录取，并符合各自系内的博士学位要求，才能被提名为培训计划中的职位。为学员寻求支持的培训师向项目指导委员会提交一份简历和学术记录。对于博士后实习生，必须提交简历、学术成绩单、参考书目、研究项目描述和推荐信。这些信息在指导委员会成员之间传阅，指导委员会随后开会审查、讨论和表决申请者。考虑候选人和拟议培训员的资格，特别是考虑到实验室的规模和现有的研究支助。博士学位课程和资格考试的政策和程序由研究生院和参与部门制定。学生们使用一系列的实验室轮换来确定他们打算与之合作的培训师。“医学科学家培训计划(MSTP)的另一条途径”的申请者也有资格获得培训补助金的支持。这些学生在医学院读了一到两年后就进入了MSTP项目，而不是直接录取。自上次竞争性更新以来，MSTP课程进行了修订，以更有效地将研究生课程和医学课程相互融合。博士后实习生可以拥有医学博士学位，也可以同时拥有博士学位和博士学位。许多申请阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院(AECOM)临床培训计划的医生采访了该培训计划的教师导师。在招募时和在每个临床研究员的第一年，受训人员的研究偏好由项目主任、部门负责人和受训人员确定和探索。其中一些人有机会进入基础科学实验室的多年研究培训计划。咨询委员会使用传统标准每六个月评估一次进展情况。预计这些研究员至少要在实验室里呆上两年。拥有博士学位的博士后研究员以个人身份申请并选择实验室导师。他们的进展也由一个咨询委员会审查，他们参加所有培训计划的介绍和研讨会。医学博士、MSTP和博士实习生之间的互动受到项目组织性质的鼓励，即联合研讨会、进行中的会议、期刊俱乐部等活动。

DESCRIPTION: Program Characteristics: The ongoing goal of this program is to provide pre- and postdoctoral training of high quality for advanced students who wish to pursue careers as independent investigators in immunology and immunooncology. Emphasis in the program is placed on genetic, molecular, cell biological, and structural approaches to the solution of immunologic and immunooncologic problems. The predoctoral program operates within the guidelines of the Sue Golding Graduate School. The graduate school and training program provide a centralized admissions process, a core of basic courses followed by specialized courses in immunologically relevant areas supplemented with seminars and journal clubs, special work-in- progress sessions, laboratory meetings and extramural seminars, close supervision of students by the mentors and faculty advisor committees, and intensive work in the laboratory. Predoctoral trainees must be accepted by the graduate school and meet the requirements for the Ph.D. degree within their respective departments before they are nominated for positions in the training program. Trainers seeking support for a trainee submit a Curriculum Vitae and academic record to the Program Steering Committee. For postdoctoral trainees, a Curriculum Vitae, academic transcript, bibliography, description of the research project, and letters of recommendation must be submitted. This information is circulated among the members of the Steering Committee, which subsequently meets to review, discuss, and vote on the applicants. Consideration is given to the qualifications of the candidate as well as the proposed trainer, especially with respect to the size of the laboratory and available research support. Policies and procedures for coursework and qualifying examinations for the Ph.D. degree are defined by the graduate school and the participating departments. A series of laboratory rotations are used by the students to identify trainers with whom they propose to work. Applicants to the "Alternate Pathway of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)" are also eligible for support from the training grant. These students enter the MSTP program after one or two years of medical school rather than by direct admission. The MSTP curriculum has been revised since the last competitive renewal to interdigitate more efficiently the graduate and medical courses. Postdoctoral trainees may hold either the M.D., the Ph.D., or both degrees. Many physicians applying for the clinical training program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) interview with faculty mentors of this training program. At the time of recruitment and during the first year of each clinical fellowship, trainee research preferences are identified and explored by the Program Director, Division Heads, and trainees. Some are offered an opportunity to enter a multi-year program of research training in a basic science laboratory. Progress is assessed at six-month intervals by an Advisory Committee using traditional criteria. The fellows are expected to spend a minimum of two years in the laboratory. Postdoctoral fellows with the Ph.D. degree apply to and select laboratory mentors on an individual basis. Their progress is also reviewed by an Advisory Committee, and they participate in all training program presentations and seminars. Interaction among M.D., MSTP, and Ph.D. trainees is encouraged by the nature of the program organization, i.e. joint seminars, work-in-progress sessions, journal clubs, and like activities.