Immunology and Infectious Diseases

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请旨在支持印第安纳大学医学院免疫学和传染病研究方面的博士后和短期研究生的培养。免疫学和传染病培训计划的目标是培养受过良好教育的、多样化的研究人员，能够在传染病、免疫缺陷、自身免疫、过敏性疾病和疫苗领域响应国家的卫生需求。与这一国家需求相一致，印第安纳大学一直致力于这些领域的培训和研究。这包括支持研究生和医学科学家培训方面的新举措，以及为专注于免疫学和微生物疾病的转化发现、过敏和炎症研究以及艾滋病毒基础研究的中心提供空间和资金。目前的项目为学生和研究员提供了一个互动的、多学科的医疗中心环境中的正式和应用培训。项目教师来自微生物学和免疫学、生物化学和分子生物学、医学和儿科。这个多学科项目提供分子和细胞生物学方面的培训，以及研究患者样本和体内疾病模型的机会。该计划的优势包括教师研究的多样性，相关的可靠记录，导师和学员的高质量出版物，以及外部研究资金。学员受益于项目内积极的合作研究环境，包括共同指导的机会。通过教学课程提供全面的培训，包括生物伦理学，研究研讨会和会议，特定项目的期刊俱乐部，资助和职业研讨会，以及实际的教师指导。项目资助年限为5年，每年资助3名博士预科生、3名博士后、3名短期研修生。项目奖学金支持通常为两年。奖学金通常提供给二年级及以上的博士生，同时支持初级和高级博士后。短期受训者是一项倡议的一部分，旨在将学生从代表性不足的群体转变为博士培训和学术研究的职业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal application seeks support to train pre- and postdoctoral fellows and short-term graduate students in immunology and infectious diseases research at Indiana University School of Medicine. The Immunology and Infectious Disease Training Program's goal is to develop well-educated, diverse investigators capable of responding to the nation's health needs in the areas of infectious disease, immune deficiencies, autoimmunity, allergic diseases, and vaccines. Consistent with this national need, Indiana University has made a sustained commitment to training and research in these areas. This includes support for new initiatives in graduate and medical scientist training, and space and funding for centers focused on translational discoveries in immunology and microbial diseases, research on allergy and inflammation, and basic research on HIV. The current program offers students and fellows formal and applied training within an interactive, multi-disciplinary medical center environment. Program faculty are drawn from Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medicine and Pediatrics. This multi-disciplinary program offers training in molecular and cellular biology, and opportunities to study patient samples and in vivo models of disease. Strengths of the program include the diversity of faculty research, solid track records of relevant, quality publications from mentors and trainees, and external research funding. Trainees benefit from the active, collaborative research environment within the program including opportunities for co-mentoring. Comprehensive training is offered through didactic courses including bioethics, research seminars and conferences, program-specific journal clubs, grant and career workshops, and hands-on faculty mentoring. Program funding is requested for 5 years to support 3 pre-doctoral and 3 postdoctoral fellows, and 3 short-term trainees per year. Program fellowship support is typically offered for two years. Fellowships are typically offered to 2nd year and beyond pre-doctoral students, while a mix of junior and senior postdoctoral fellows are supported. Short-term trainees are part of an initiative to transition students from under-represented groups to doctoral training and careers in academic research.