Immunology and Infectious Diseases

描述(申请人提供)：这是一个新的申请，一个为期5年的免疫学和传染病的博士后和博士后培训计划。该计划的目标是培养一支受过良好教育的、多样化的科学家队伍，能够对国家的卫生需求做出反应。新的传染病病原体的出现，病原微生物及其产物被滥用的可能性，以及与自身免疫和过敏有关的疾病的发病率不断上升，表明对具有免疫学和传染病研究专门知识的具有奉献精神和创造性的科学家的需求日益增长。印第安纳大学医学院的免疫学和传染病项目为学生和研究员提供正规和应用培训，以满足互动、多学科医疗中心环境中的这一需求。该计划的14名导师和资源教师来自基础和临床科学，为学员提供接触先进分子和细胞技术的机会，以及从患者样本和体内疾病模型中获得知识的机会。该计划的优势包括教师解决的研究问题的多样性，以及教师在相关高质量出版物和外部资金方面的记录。学员将受益于积极、合作的研究，包括NIH资助的项目和中心，以及共同指导的机会。通过教学课程提供全面的培训，包括生物伦理学课程、研究研讨会、建立的期刊俱乐部、拨款撰写研讨会和实际操作的教员指导。需要支持3名博士后实习生、3名博士后研究员和3名短期研究生在印第安纳大学医学院学习这个项目。学员将与来自微生物学和免疫学、生物化学和分子生物学、内科(传染病、肺部)和儿科的经验丰富的教员一起工作。短期实习生是将少数族裔学生转变为博士后和博士后培训，并最终进入学术研究领域的倡议的一部分。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a new application for a 5 year program for pre- and postdoctoral training in Immunology and Infectious Disease. The program's goal is to develop a well-educated, diverse workforce of scientists capable of responding to the nation's health needs. The emergence of new infectious agents, the potential for misuse of pathogenic microbes and their products, coupled with the increasing incidence of disease linked to autoimmunity and allergy, demonstrate the growing need for dedicated, creative scientists with expertise in Immunology and Infectious Disease research. The Immunology and Infectious Disease Program at Indiana University School of Medicine offers students and fellows formal and applied training to meet this need in an interactive, multi-disciplinary medical center environment. The program's fourteen preceptors and resource faculty are drawn from both basic and clinical sciences, offering trainees exposure to advanced molecular and cellular technologies as well as the chance to gain knowledge from patient samples and in vivo models of disease. Strengths of the program include the diversity of research problems addressed by the faculty, and preceptors' track record of relevant, quality publications and external funding. Trainees will benefit from active, collaborative research including NIH-funded program projects and centers, as well as opportunities for co-mentoring. Comprehensive training is offered through didactic courses including classes in bioethics, research seminars, an established journal club, a grant writing workshop, and hands-on faculty mentoring. Support is requested for 3 predoctoral trainees, 3 postdoctoral fellows, and 3 short-term graduate students to study in this program at Indiana University School of Medicine. Trainees will work with experienced faculty from the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medicine (Infectious Disease, Pulmonary) and Pediatrics. Short-term trainees are part of an initiative to transition minority students into pre- and postdoctoral training, and ultimately careers in academic research.