Immunology and Infectious Diseases

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个新的5年免疫学和传染病学前博士后培养计划的申请。该项目的目标是培养一支受过良好教育的、多样化的科学家队伍，以满足国家的卫生需求。新的传染媒介的出现、滥用病原微生物及其产物的可能性，加上与自身免疫和过敏有关的疾病发病率的增加，表明越来越需要在免疫学和传染病研究方面具有专门知识的敬业、有创造力的科学家。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式和应用培训，以满足互动的多学科医疗中心环境中的这一需求。该项目的14名导师和资源教师来自基础科学和临床科学，为学员提供先进的分子和细胞技术，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，以及导师在相关，高质量出版物和外部资金方面的记录。受训者将受益于积极的合作研究，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、已建立的期刊俱乐部、拨款写作研讨会和动手教师指导。本项目拟资助3名博士生预科生、3名博士后和3名短期研究生到印第安纳大学医学院学习。学员将与来自微生物学和免疫学、生物化学和分子生物学、医学（传染病、肺病）和儿科等部门的经验丰富的教师一起工作。短期受训者是一项计划的一部分，旨在将少数民族学生转变为博士后和博士后培训，并最终从事学术研究。

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.