Training in Host-Pathogen Interactions

摘要 支持了宿主-病原体相互作用(HPI)培训计划 过去4年在微生物发病机制和宿主防御领域的博士生 好几年了。这份修订后的续签申请寻求在已有的众多优势的基础上 在最初的支持期间在UMCP开发，并扩大我们在宿主病原体方面的计划 互动。我们的23名培训人员具有显著的互动性，使我们的受训人员 接触到各种不同的研究技术。病原体的多学科研究方法 将强调研究，以利用我们在不同研究领域的广泛专业知识 包括生物材料和纳米科学、计算生物学和基因组学等领域， 微生物学和免疫学，以及微生物发病机制。HPI计划的实习生将是 接触到各种职业选择，并参加以前学员的研讨会，这些学员 继续从事临床试验管理、科学审查、生物防御、 知识产权、科学写作和创业精神。一份新的医学免疫实习 提供了亲身探索Biophma的机会。这一培训的教学部分 该计划是由生物科学培训计划(BISI)和研究组织的 该计划由一个高素质的团队指导，包括培训计划联合主任、 内部指导委员会和由国际社会组成的外部咨询委员会 细菌致病和宿主防御方面的公认专家。博士后学生是 从一大批越来越合格的申请者中挑选出来参加这个项目。在14个国家中 HPI培训方案二(2)支持的受训人员是代表不足的少数族裔(15%)， 14名受训人员中有10名是女性。在23名教员培训人员中，有1人是代表不足的少数族裔。 女性5人(22%)。该培训计划利用了UMCP的近距离优势 NIH，FDA，USAMRIID和国土安全部，我们已经发送了 所有这些机构的学生都进入实验室学习技术。最后，我们的实习生 在地方、国家和国际会议上展示他们的研究成果。因此，培训计划 在寄主-病原体相互作用中，在这一学科的继续发展中发挥了关键作用 马里兰大学，学院公园。

Summary The Training Program in Host-Pathogen Interactions (HPI) has been supported to train predoctoral students in the areas of microbial pathogenesis and host defense for the past 4 years. This revised renewal application seeks to build upon the many strengths that have been developed at UMCP over the initial support period and to expand our program in host-pathogen interactions. Our 23 training faculty are remarkably interactive, allowing our trainees to be exposed to a variety of diverse research techniques. Multi-disciplinary approaches to pathogen research will be emphasized to take advantage of our widespread expertise in diverse research areas including biomaterials and nanosciences, computational biology and genomics, microbiology and immunology, and microbial pathogenesis. Trainees in the HPI program will be exposed to a variety of career alternatives, and attend seminars from previous trainees who have gone on to pursue careers in clinical trials administration, scientific review, biodefense, intellectual property, science writing, and entrepreneurship. A new internship with MedImmune provides opportunity to explore Biopharma first-hand. The didactic component of this training program is organized by the Biological Sciences Training Program (BISI) and the research program is guided by a highly qualified team including the Training Program Co-Directors, an Internal Steering Committee, and an External Advisory Board comprised of internationally recognized experts in bacterial pathogenesis and host defense. Predoctoral students are selected for this program from a large and increasingly qualified applicant pool. Of the 14 trainees supported by the HPI Training Program two (2) are underrepresented minorities (15%), and 10/14 trainees were women. Of the 23 faculty trainers, 1 is an underrepresented minority and 5 are women (22%). This training program takes advantage of the close proximity of UMCP to the NIH, FDA, USAMRIID, and the Department of Homeland Security and we have sent students into laboratories from all of these institutions to learn techniques. Finally, our trainees present their research at local, national, and international meetings. Thus, the Training Program in Host-Pathogen Interactions plays a key role in the continued development of this discipline at the University of Maryland, College Park.