Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunity Training Program

简介（由申请人提供）：我们拟在华盛顿大学(WU)/St. St.)儿科传染病科招收儿科传染病与免疫（PIDI-TP）博士后培养计划。路易斯儿童医院。长期目标是培养学术医师科学家开展儿科传染病研究，包括宿主对感染的反应。吴医学中心为医师和科学家提供了一个优秀的培训环境，拥有国家认可的医院和全国首屈一指的生物医学研究设施之一。华盛顿大学的许多教员都是传染病和人类免疫学方面的主要研究人员。PIDI-TP还将利用吴基因组研究所的优势，吴基因组研究所是世界上最先进的基因组测序中心之一，在人类微生物组计划中发挥了主导作用。PIDI-TP的导师来自吴大学儿科、医学、病理与免疫学和分子微生物学系，他们是非常成功的研究者，拥有独立的研究项目和指导医师科学家的经验。PIDI-TP项目主任将由儿科教授兼儿科传染病科主任Gregory Storch担任。联合项目主任将是Thad stappbeck，病理学和免疫学副教授。咨询委员会由三名资深教师和一名杰出的外部成员组成，将为PD和co-PD提供建议。执行委员会将监督培训生的招聘和选择，监督培训生的表现和职业发展，并评估项目的运作和成果。受训者还将向奖学金监督委员会报告，其调查结果将由PD， co-PD和执行委员会审查。要求每年支持两名培训生，从传染病、风湿病学、新生儿科、过敏/肺部/免疫学、肾脏病学和重症监护儿科奖学金项目中招募，以及从圣路易斯儿童医院的住院医生中招募，特别是那些拥有医学博士学位的人。这批申请者足以填补所要求的职位。学员将被分配到三个方向之一：“病原体”、“宿主”和“基因组学/微生物组/病原体发现”。每个PIDI-TP培训生将在项目导师的指导下有主要的研究经验。核心课程将提供研究设计、生物统计学、研究伦理、人类受试者、动物受试者、科学写作、拨款准备和基因组学方面的培训，并将辅以针对受训者所选专业的个性化课程。受训人员还将在职业规划和准备委员会的次专业考试方面得到协助。职业发展将由研究导师、PD和co-PD、执行委员会和soc监测。项目评估将包括短期和长期指标，以及当前和过去受训人员的意见。加强学员和导师的多样性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a post-doctoral training program in pediatric infectious diseases and immunity (PIDI-TP) based in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division of Washington University (WU)/St. Louis Children's Hospital. The long-term objective is to train academic physician-scientists to carry out research in pediatric infectious diseases including host response to infections. WU Medical Center offers an outstanding training environment for physician-scientists with nationally recognized hospitals conjoined with one of the nation's premier biomedical research facilities. Many Washington University faculty members are leading investigators in infectious diseases and human immunology. PIDI-TP will also take advantage of the WU Genome Institute, one of the world's most advanced genome sequencing centers that has played a leading role in the Human Microbiome Project. PIDI-TP mentors, drawn from the WU Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Pathology & Immunology, and Molecular Microbiology are highly successful investigators with independent research programs and experience in mentoring physician-scientists. The PIDI-TP Program Director will be Gregory Storch, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. The co-Program Director will be Thad Stappenbeck, Associate Professor of Pathology & Immunology. An Advisory Committee consisting of three senior WU faculty members and one distinguished outside member will advise the PD and co-PD. An Executive Committee will oversee recruitment and selection of trainees, monitor the performance and career development of trainees, and evaluate program operations and outcomes. Trainees will also report to Scholarship Oversight Committees, whose findings will be reviewed by the PD, co-PD, and Executive Committee. Support is requested for two trainees per year, to be recruited from pediatric fellowship programs in Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Neonatology, Allergy/Pulmonary/Immunology, Nephrology, and Critical Care, and from residents at St. Louis Children's Hospital, especially those with MD and PhD degrees. This pool of applicants is sufficient to fill the positions requested. Trainees will be assigned to one of three tracks: "Pathogens", "Host", and "Genomics/Microbiome/Pathogen Discovery". Each PIDI-TP trainee will have a major research experience under the supervision of a program mentor. A Core Curriculum will provide training in study design, biostatistics, research ethics, human subjects, animal subjects, scientific writing, preparation of grants, and genomics, and will be supplemented by an individualized curriculum, specific for the trainee's chosen track. Trainees will also receive assistance in career planning and in preparation for subspecialty Board examinations. Career development will be monitored by research mentors, the PD and co-PD, the Executive Committee and the SOCs. Program evaluation will include short-term and long-term metrics plus input from current and past trainees. Efforts will be made to enhance diversity of trainees and mentors.