TROPICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRAINING PLANNING GRANT

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求支持巴伊亚联邦大学计划一个培训项目，目的是加强我们在热带病方面的研究能力。该项目以“Servi9o de immunologia”（免疫学服务）为基础，该服务也是巴西热带医学研究中心（TMRC）的基地。虽然我们小组与美国和巴西科学家合作，在热带病研究方面证明了卓越的科学成就，但获得“全球传染病研究培训补助金”将有助于扩大我们人员在新的“尖端”技术和方法方面的培训深度。初步评估需要加强的领域包括临床流行病学、遗传流行病学、免疫遗传学和分子生物学。目前关于“规划补助金”的提议旨在通过严格的评估，确定学生、技术人员和教员在传染病研究培训方面的具体需要。我们的核心和合作教师包括来自巴西基础机构以及巴西其他两所大学的成员，北巴西大德州大学和米纳斯吉拉斯州大学。美国合作伙伴包括康奈尔大学、弗吉尼亚大学和爱荷华大学的教员。大多数学院已经是TMRC的合作者。一个由一名巴西科学家和两名美国科学家组成的咨询委员会（他们不是TMRC的直接参与者）将帮助确定需要加强的领域。核心教员将确定直接参与培训活动的调查人员和机构。“规划赠款”的执行将包括在巴伊亚举行一次会议，由组织和咨询委员会参加，目的是确定需要加强的领域。巴西和美国核心教员之间的第二次会议将确定每种培训的持续时间，以及双方在参与机构和参与教员之间的承诺。因此，通过这个分两部分的过程，我们将能够准确地规划和设计一份“全球传染病研究培训补助金”的最终提案，以便于2004年提交。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests support for the Federal University of Bahia to plan a training program with the objective of strengthening our research capability in Tropical Diseases. The program is based in the "Servi9o de Imunologia" (Immunology Service), which also serves as the base for the Tropical Medicine Research Center (TMRC) in Brazil. While our group, in collaboration with American and Brazilian scientists, has proven scientific excellence in tropical disease research, obtaining a "Global infectious disease research training grant" will allow for the expansion of the depth of training of our personnel in new, "cutting edge" technologies and approaches. Preliminary assessment of areas which need strengthened include clinical epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, immunogenetics and molecular biology. The current proposal for a "Planning Grant" is designed to determine, through a critical assessment, the specific needs for infectious diseases research training of students, technicians and faculty. Our core and collaborating faculty include members from the base institution in Brazil as well as from two other Universities in Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte and Minas Gerais. The American partners include faculty from Cornell University, University of Virginia and University of Iowa. The majority of the faculties are already collaborators of the TMRC. An advisory committee composed of one Brazilian and two American scientists, who are not directly participants of the TMRC, will help at the identification of areas that need to be strengthened. The core faculty will identify the investigators and institutions to be directly involved with the training activities. The implementation of the "Planning Grant" will consist of one meeting in Bahia with the participation of the organizing and advisory committee aimed at identifying the areas that need to be strengthened. A second meeting between the Brazilian and American core faculty will define duration of each type of training and commitments to be made by each at the participating institutions and amongst the participating faculty. Thus, through this two-part process, we will be able to accurately plan and design a final proposal for a "Global infectious disease research training grant" for submission in 2004.