Predoctoral Training Program in Immunology

描述(由申请者提供)：该博士前免疫学培训计划的目标是为学术界、工业界和政府研究实验室提供具有高度创造性和生产力的免疫学家，他们在免疫学方面接受过广泛的培训，在其研究专业方面训练有素，并有能力解决当今的重要免疫学问题。这将通过让博士前学生遵循一套明确的特定于项目的课程，作为罗切斯特大学医学和牙科学院(URSMD)既定的跨部门研究生培训环境中设定的免疫学轨道的一部分来实现。这一环境将由基础研究人员和翻译研究人员组成的多样化和互动的教员组成，他们致力于卓越的教学和合作研究，并致力于免疫学培训；学员及其导师的积极免疫学研究方案；基础和高级水平的有组织的讲座和研讨会课程；活跃的研讨会系列，以及催化人数的学员。这将通过将微生物学和免疫学系以及疫苗生物学和人类免疫学中心的核心教员与其他系和学科的教员整合起来，特别是那些具有强烈的临床/翻译研究兴趣的教员。与癌症、传染病和自身免疫相关的各种免疫学问题的研究培训机会将由经验丰富、训练有素的教职员工提供，这些教职员工拥有强大的外部资金记录和既定的合作历史。该计划将由一个由计划主任、副主任和三名资深教员组成的指导委员会管理。将通过讲习班进一步丰富学习环境，以支持受训人员的职业发展，加强负责任地进行研究的培训，并提供辅导培训机会。学生还将接受科学写作方面的培训，重点是手稿和拨款申请。自上次竞争续签这一申请以来，我们拓宽了可用的研究机会，将此培训计划与罗切斯特大学临床与翻译科学研究所(CTSI)整合，增加了新的免疫学专业课程，并开发了创新的同行/近同行评估流程，以促进学员的职业发展。已经增加了一个外部咨询委员会，以协助监督该计划。我们将继续加强我们已经取得成功的战略，以招募和培养少数群体和女性学生，并向所有受训人员提供必要的技能，使他们能够成为独立的科学家，了解研究的道德行为。这些训练有素的科学家将提供下一代研究人员和教师，以促进基础科学和转化研究的进步，这是改善美国医疗保健所需的。要求在五年内每年为6名博士后提供培训支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this Predoctoral Immunology Training Program is to provide academia, industry, and governmental research laboratories with highly creative and productive immunologists who are broadly trained in immunology, well trained in their research specialty and equipped to address today's important immunological questions. This will be achieved by having the predoctoral students follow a defined set of program-specific courses as part of the Immunology Track set in the established interdepartmental graduate training milieu of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (URSMD). The environment will be fostered by a diverse and interactive faculty composed of both basic and translational researchers, who are dedicated to excellence in teaching and collaborative research and committed to immunology training; active immunological research programs of trainees and their mentors; structured lecture and seminar courses at the basic and advanced levels; an active seminar series, and by a catalytic number of trainees. This will occur by integrating a core of faculty within the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Centers for Vaccine Biology and Human Immunology with faculty from other departments and disciplines, particularly those with strong clinical/translational research interests. Research training opportunities in a wide variety of immunological problems relevant to cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmunity will be offered by an experienced, training faculty with strong records of extramural funding and an established history of collaboration. The program will be governed by a Steering Committee composed of the Program Director, the Associate Director and three senior faculty members. The learning environment will be further enriched with workshops to support trainee career development, enhanced training in the responsible conduct of research, and opportunities for training in mentoring. Students will also be trained in scientifc writing, with an emphasis on manuscripts and grant applications. Since the previous competitive renewal of this application, we have broadened the research opportunities available, integrated this training program with the University of Rochester Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), added new immunology-specific courses, and developed an innovative peer/near-peer evaluation process to enhance trainee career development. An External Advisory Board has been added to assist with oversight of the program. We will continue to strengthen our already successful strategies to recruit and nurture minority and women students and to provide all of the trainees with the essential skills to become independent scientists with an appreciation for the ethical conduct of research. These trained scientists will provide the next generation of researchers and teachers to further the advances in basic science and translational studies needed to improve healthcare in this country. Training support is requested for 6 predoctoral students in each of five years.