Immunology of Infectious Disease

描述（申请人提供）：传染病免疫学（IID）研究培训计划的主要目标是培养前沿微生物学和免疫学的年轻科学家，学会将这两个学科联系起来，并在经典微生物学和免疫学的界面上进行研究。传染病是世界范围内发病率和死亡率极高的原因，要解决这个问题，需要科学家精通方程式的微生物和宿主两方面。IID培训计划汇集了整个匹兹堡大学的教师，包括医学院、公共卫生研究生院和文理本科学院，以各种方法来研究宿主-病原体相互作用，培训学生和博士后。从病毒到细菌到寄生虫到真菌的微生物都有代表，免疫领域包括先天免疫，适应性免疫，免疫逃避的毒力策略和疫苗开发。重点放在新发疾病、全球传染病和生物防御生物的研究上。分子病毒学、微生物学和免疫学研究生课程的研究生，在跨学科生物医学研究生课程的保护下，在IID教师的实验室进行论文研究，一旦他们获得候选资格，就有资格获得支持。这些实验室的博士后也有资格获得资助。资助博士预科生4人，每人2年；博士后奖学金为期一年，第二年有机会竞争续签。每年招收博士后2个，学制1-3年。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of the Immunology of Infectious Disease (IID) research training program is to train young scientists in cutting edge microbiology and immunology, to learn to connect these two disciplines, and to do research at the interface of classic microbiology and immunology. Solving the problem of infectious disease, which is responsible for overwhelming morbidity and mortality worldwide, requires scientists well versed in both the microbial and host sides of the equations. The IID training program brings together faculty from throughout the University of Pittsburgh, including the School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health and the undergraduate Faculty of Arts and Sciences, to train students and post-docs in a variety of approaches to the study of host-pathogen interactions. Microbes from viruses to bacteria to parasites to fungi are represented and immunologic areas including innate immunity, adaptive immunity virulence strategies for immune evasion and vaccine development. Emphasis is placed on the study of emerging diseases, global infectious diseases, and biodefense organisms. Graduate students in the Molecular Virology and Microbiology and the Immunology graduate programs, under the umbrella of the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program, performing dissertation research in the lab of an IID faculty member are eligible for support, once they have advanced to candidacy. Post-doctoral fellows in these labs are also eligible for support. Support for 4 pre-doctoral students each for two years, is requested; post-doctoral awards are for one year, with the opportunity for competitive renewal for a second year. Two post-doctoral slots, at a level of 1-3 years post-degree, per year are requested.