Research Training in Comparative Viral Pathogenesis

描述(由申请人提供)：内布拉斯加州病毒学中心建议制定一个培训计划并将其制度化，这将进一步加强其正在进行的研究和培训活动。这项计划将培养生物医学研究人员，使他们有能力将他们的专业知识用于传染性病毒疾病，并将他们新获得的知识和技能应用于研究、生物防御准备以及公共卫生和相关活动。该计划将培训博士后学生和博士后研究员，了解人类、动物和植物新出现和再次出现的病毒疾病的发病机制。将设立四个博士后和两个博士后职位，其中一个博士前和一个博士后职位将为代表性不足群体的申请者保留。来自内布拉斯加-林肯大学生物科学学院和兽医和生物医学科学系，以及内布拉斯加大学医学中心口腔生物学系和病理和微生物学系的11名资金雄厚和经验丰富的研究人员将担任教员培训师。 长期目标：培养一支在病毒学和实验室研究方面全面掌握基础知识的初级科学家和调查人员队伍，使他们能够应对当前和未来可能出现的病毒性传染病。 目标：1)吸引顶尖学生从事比较病毒学的研究事业；2)为研究生和博士后提供有组织的培训计划和刺激的研究经验。 具体目标：1)建立一个奖学金计划，以加强招收和留住内布拉斯加州大学微生物学博士研究生，重点是病毒学；2)通过内布拉斯加州病毒学中心开发和提供基本病毒发病机制的博士后培训。 该中心拥有管理拟议计划的基础设施、专业知识和设施，并实现其目标，即成为研究和培训新出现和再次出现的病毒疾病的生物医学研究人员的国家中心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Nebraska Center for Virology proposes the development and institutionalization of a training program that will further strengthen its ongoing research and training activities. This program will generate biomedical researchers equipped to lend their expertise to infectious viral diseases and to apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills to research, biodefense readiness, and public health and related activities. The program will train pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in the pathogenesis of emerging and re-emerging viral diseases of humans, animals and plants. Four pre-doctoral and two postdoctoral positions will be created, with one pre-doctoral and one postdoctoral position being reserved for applicants from underrepresented groups. Eleven well-funded and experienced researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Biological Sciences and Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Department of Oral Biology and Department of Pathology and Microbiology will serve as faculty trainers. Long-Range Goal: Develop a strong cadre of junior scientists and investigators who are well rounded in fundamental knowledge in virology and laboratory research, allowing them to confront current and future viral infectious diseases that may emerge. Objectives: 1) Attract top-ranked students to pursue a research career in comparative virology; 2) Provide a structured training program and stimulating research experiences for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Specific Aims: 1) Establish a fellowship program to enhance recruitment and retention of pre-doctoral students to the Ph.D. program in microbiology with a major emphasis in virology at the University of Nebraska and 2) Develop and provide postdoctoral training in basic viral pathogenesis through the Nebraska Center for Virology. The Center has the infrastructure, expertise and facilities to manage the proposed program and achieve its goal to become a national center for research and training of biomedical researchers in emerging and reemerging viral diseases.