The UAB Infectious Diseases Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：本T32传染病培训计划提案（P.I.，J.R. Schwebke）建立在伯明翰亚拉巴马大学医学院（UAB）成人和儿科传染病联合部基础和临床研究的基础上。此外，这两个司在培训医学博士、研究生和博士博士后方面的记录是强有力和持续的。我们已经获得这笔赠款10年，并为获得这笔赠款支持的学员感到非常自豪。我们的提案包括在五个完善的，资金充足和国家认可的研究项目中获得培训经验的机会，这些项目由资金充足，富有成效和高度可见的高级研究人员/导师领导。这些方案和方案领导者是：病毒学-非艾滋病毒（布里特、惠特利-儿童身份证）、真菌学（帕帕斯-成人身份证）、性传播疾病（胡克、施韦克-成人身份证）、艾滋病毒/艾滋病（萨格、约翰逊-成人身份证）以及疫苗和免疫学（布里尔斯-微生物学、儿童身份证和戈普弗特-成人身份证）。每个项目都以与当前公共需求直接相关的高优先领域的跨学科基础和/或临床研究为中心。此外，每个项目都非常成功地获得了核心联邦资金（主要是NIH和CDC），这些资金是通过政府发起的R 01和/或大型项目项目、合作协议和合同授予来响应联邦授权的RFA。我们的培训计划旨在每年资助两名学员，MD或MD/PhD，以资助他们的第三和第四年的研究。我们的目标是培养出高质量、富有成效的人才，他们将在NIH K奖和未来的独立研究中具有竞争力。在程序上，一个有效的跨学科研究经验将通过将所需的课程纳入由导师和学员制定的每个个人研究计划来实施。临床研究培训要求学员参加NIH临床和转化研究中心（CCTS）的课程。追求一个MSPH也将是可用的。培训计划的整体表现及方向将由计划主任及联席主任每半年检讨一次。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This T32 training program proposal in Infectious Diseases (P.I., J.R. Schwebke) builds on the established strengths in basic and clinical research of the combined Adult and Pediatric Divisions of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama School of Medicine at Birmingham (UAB). Moreover, the track records of both Divisions in training MDs, graduate students and PhD post docs, are strong and sustained. We have been funded by this grant for 10 years and are extremely proud of the trainees who have been supported by this grant. Our proposal features opportunities for training experiences in five well established, well funded and nationally recognized research programs led by well funded, productive, and highly visible senior investigators/mentors. These programs and program leaders are: Virology - non-HIV (Britt, Whitley - Peds ID), Mycology (Pappas - Adult ID), Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Hook, Schwebke - Adult ID), HIV/AIDS (Saag, Johnson - Adult ID), and Vaccines and Immunology (Briles - Microbiology, Peds ID and Goepfert - Adult ID). Each of these programs centers on interdisciplinary fundamental and/or clinical research in high priority areas directly linked to current public needs. In addition, each program has been highly successful in obtaining core federal funding (primarily NIH and CDC) through investigator-initiated R01's and/or large program project, cooperative agreement and contract awards in response to federally mandated RFAs. Our training proposal seeks funding for two trainees per year, MD or MD/PhD, to fund their third and fourth years of research. Our goal is to produce high quality, productive individuals who will be competitive for NIH K awards and future independent research. Programmatically, an effective interdisciplinary research experience will be implemented by incorporation of required coursework into each individual research plan formulated by the mentor and trainee. Trainees' participation in the curriculum of the NIH Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTS) will be required for those training in clinical research. Pursuit of an MSPH will also be available. The overall performance and direction of the training program will be reviewed by the Program Director and Co-Directors on a semi-annual basis.