Immunology and Infectious Diseases

描述(由申请者提供)：印第安纳大学医学院免疫学和传染病培训计划的目标是培养能够应对国家在宿主免疫和感染领域的健康和教育需求的多样化、多面性的科学家。鉴于免疫系统和感染性病原体对人类健康中越来越多的问题产生影响，包括新陈代谢、心血管和心脏疾病、衰老、神经紊乱和癌症，高级知识是必不可少的。这一续签申请寻求在11-15学年继续提供支持，以培训免疫学和传染病研究方面的博士后和博士后研究员以及短期学生。机构对这一培训方案的承诺是强有力的，包括为学员教育和方案指导提供财政支持，以及为基础和翻译提供最先进的设施 调查。该计划在交互式、多学科的医疗中心环境中为学生和研究员提供正式和应用培训。免疫学和传染病培训计划将23名教员与来自基础和临床部门的80多名当前受训人员联合起来，进行综合和创新的研究和教育机会。该计划的优势包括教师高度合作的研究，建立的各级指导计划，来自指导和受训人员的相关高质量出版物的广泛记录，计划指导人员持续获得校外研究资金，并成功将受训人员安置在相关职业中，包括学术、医学、政府和行业。学员受益于该计划内活跃的研究环境，包括研究中心、核心设施以及教学、共同指导和职业发展的机会。综合培训通过教学课程提供，包括生物伦理学、研究研讨会和会议、特定于项目的期刊俱乐部和会议、赠款和职业研讨会以及实际操作的教师指导。该计划为学员提供为期两到三年的奖学金支持，并进行必要的年度审查，以确保成功。奖学金提供给二年级及以上的博士后预科生，而初级和高级博士后研究员都有资格获得项目支持。短期受训人员是一项创新倡议的一部分，该倡议鼓励来自代表性不足群体的学生考虑从事与免疫学和传染病相关的翻译研究。总之，这一积极而成功的培训计划仍将为受训人员在卫生和教育相关职业中担任核心角色做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Immunology and Infectious Disease Training Program at Indiana University School of Medicine is to develop diverse, multi-faceted scientists capable of responding to the nation's health and educational needs in the areas of host immunity and infection. Advanced knowledge of the immune system and infectious agents is essential given their impact on an increasing number of issues in human health including metabolic, vascular and cardiac diseases, aging, neural disorders, and cancer. This renewal application seeks continued support for years 11-15 to train pre- and postdoctoral fellows as well as short-term students in immunology and infectious diseases research. Institutional commitment to this training program is strong and includes financial support for trainee education and program direction, as well as state of the art facilities for basic and translational investigations. The program offers students and fellows formal and applied training within an interactive, multi-disciplinary medical center environment. The Immunology and Infectious Diseases Training Program unites twenty-three faculty with more than 80 current trainees from basic and clinical departments for integrated and innovative research and educational opportunities. Strengths of the program include the highly collaborative research of the faculty, an established program for mentoring at all levels, an extensive track record of relevant, quality publications from mentors and trainees, program mentors' sustained acquisition of extramural research funding, and successful placement of trainees in relevant careers including academics, medicine, government, and industry. Trainees benefit from the active research environment within the program including research centers, core facilities, and opportunities for teaching, co-mentoring, and career development. Comprehensive training is offered through didactic courses including bioethics, research seminars and conferences, program-specific journal clubs and meetings, grant and career workshops, and hands-on faculty mentoring. Program fellowship support is offered to trainees for two-three years with required annual reviews to ensure success. Fellowships are offered to pre-doctoral students in their 2nd year and beyond, while both junior and senior postdoctoral fellows are eligible for program support. Short-term trainees are part of an innovative initiative to encourage students from under-represented groups to consider careers in translational research related to immunology and infectious diseases. Altogether, this active and successful training program remains poised to prepare trainees for central roles in health and education-related professions.