Boston University Inflammatory Disorders Training Grant

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的培训计划将为博士后和博士后学员提供坚实的免疫学学术背景，重点是研究常见炎症机制的多学科方法。培训将包括相关的课程工作、定期安排的研讨会和杂志俱乐部，以及严格的实验室培训，目的是为我们的受训人员在与该项目目标相关的研究中的职业生涯做好准备。波士顿大学拥有一批长期对炎症性疾病感兴趣的优秀教职员工，他们是波士顿大学炎症性疾病培训计划(BU-TPID)的成员。此外，最近的招聘工作已经形成了一大批成熟的研究人员，因此，本申请建议为炎症性疾病方面的博士后学生和博士后研究员建立一个综合培训计划。除了他们共同的研究兴趣之外，这些学院中的许多人已经有了大量的合作互动证据，包括NIH的支持。教师的研究兴趣包括三个广泛的研究领域：1)病原体引起的炎症；2)慢性非传染性炎症性疾病；3)治疗和预防策略。BU-TPID培训学院都是目前接受NIH赠款的人，资金来自10个NIH研究所，作为一个群体，他们有丰富的培训历史。作为一个整体，这一群体在各自领域享有国家和国际认可。作为这笔培训补助金的一部分，核心培训教员还将参与指导更多的初级教员。BU-TPID的教职员工代表了广泛的系属关系，包括波士顿大学医学院的医学系、微生物学系、病理学系、生理学和生物物理系、波士顿大学公共卫生学院的环境卫生系、口腔医学院的口腔生物学和牙周学系以及波士顿大学工程学院的生物医学工程系。 该计划的主要目标将是：1)招收包括少数族裔在内的最高素质的学生；2)为这些受训人员提供多学科的炎症性疾病背景，并对特定研究主题进行强化的实验室培训；3)教会受训人员批判性思维技能以及如何提出相关和可行的研究问题；4)向这些受训人员灌输道德行为意识；5)帮助培养受训人员之间有效的书面和口头沟通技能；6)促进受训人员和培训计划教员之间的协作互动；7)在博士后和博士后培训中指导初级教员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed training program will provide predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees with a solid academic background in immunology with emphasis on multi disciplinary approaches to study common mechanisms of inflammation. Training will include relevant course work, regularly scheduled seminars and journal clubs, and rigorous laboratory training with the goal of preparing our trainees for careers in research related to the goals of this program. Boston University has an outstanding group of faculty with long standing interests in inflammatory disorders who are members of the Boston University Training Program in Inflammatory Disorders (BU-TPID). In addition, recent recruitment efforts have resulted in the formation of a critical mass of established investigators and accordingly this application proposes to establish an integrated training program for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in inflammatory disorders. In addition to their common research interests, many of these faculties already have substantial evidence for collaborative interactions including NIH support. Faculty research interests encompass three broad research areas including 1) Pathogen induced inflammation; 2) Chronic non-communicable inflammatory disorders; and 3) Therapeutics and preventative strategies. The BU-TPID Training Faculty all are current NIH grant recipients with funding from 10 NIH Institutes, and who, as a group have had substantial training history. As a whole this group enjoys national and international recognition in their respective fields. As part of this training grant the Core training faculty will also be involved in mentoring additional junior faculty members. The BU-TPID faculty represent a broad range of departmental affiliations, including the Departments of Medicine, Microbiology, Pathology, Physiology and Biophysics at the Boston University School of Medicine, the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, the Department of Oral Biology and Peridontology at the School of Dental Medicine and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Boston University College of Engineering. The major goals of the program will be to 1) Recruit and enroll students of the highest quality, including underrepresented minorities; 2) Provide these trainees with a multidisciplinary background in inflammatory disorders coupled with intensive laboratory training in a particular research topic; 3) To teach the trainees critical thinking skills and how to ask relevant and feasible research questions; 4) To instill these trainees with a sense of ethical behavior; 5) To help develop effective written and oral communication skills among the trainees; 6) To facilitate collaborative interactions among both trainees and faculty of the training program and 7) To mentor Junior faculty members in pre and post doctoral training.