Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program

摘要 西印度群岛大学莫纳校区和牙买加卫生部确定了目标 建立病毒学研究计划作为国家最高卫生优先事项之一。程序 将需要培训基础、转化和临床科学家，这将是全球 传染病研究培训计划在本申请中描述。全球传染病 研究培训计划指导计划是在三年规划期内制定的，将 由来自布法罗大学、北部医科大学和西部大学的教师领导 印度群岛培训将侧重于西印度群岛大学莫纳校区的候选人， 硕士、博士和博士后项目。具体目标包括：（1）培养年轻研究人员核心 通过提供基于指导课程和核心实验室的“增值”研究培训， 共同强调研究设计，方法和分析技术，以解决病毒学的经验 牙买加面临的研究问题，2）提供一个综合的指导方案， 创新研究，提高学员的概念化和思考研究问题的能力 3）培养未来的病毒学研究领导者，他们将建立 校外资助的研究项目和指导下一代的研究生和研究员。 培训目标是培养15名独立研究人员，他们在以下一个或多个领域具有专门知识： 虫媒病毒学、病毒性肝炎、慢性病毒感染、抗病毒药物开发、生物信息学和实验室 以理工科为重这一目标将通过协作指导方法、定制的 课程基于每个学员的个性化发展计划和病毒学研究技能培训。 学员将在美国实验室进行短期培训，由教师导师指导， 在病毒学、免疫学和药理学研究方面的经验，同时在 西印度群岛大学，导致能力建设和一个独立的病毒学研究小组。的 拟议的GIDRTP将解决与病毒性疾病相关的重要公共卫生挑战， 与牙买加实现与健康有关的可持续发展目标的现有计划。

ABSTRACT The University of the West Indies Mona Campus and the Ministry of Health, Jamaica have identified the goal of establishing a Virology Research Program as one of the highest national health priorities. The program will require training basic, translational and clinical scientists and this will be the responsibility of the Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program described in this application. The Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program mentoring program was developed during a three-year planning period and will be led by faculty from the University at Buffalo, Upstate Medical University and the University of the West Indies. Training will focus on candidates at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus who are enrolled in Master's, PhD, and post-doctoral programs. Specific aims include: 1) Create a core of young investigators by providing a “value added” research training based on a mentored curriculum and core laboratory experiences that jointly emphasize research design, methods and analytic techniques to address virology research questions that confront Jamaica, 2) Provide an integrated mentoring program that fosters innovative research and enhances the trainees' ability to conceptualize and think through research problems with increasing independence and 3) Develop future research leaders in virology who will establish extramurally funded research programs and mentor the next generation of graduate students and fellows. The training objective is to develop 15 independent researchers with expertise in one or more of these areas: arbovirology, viral hepatitis, chronic viral infection, antiviral drug development, bioinformatics, and laboratory sciences. This objective will be accomplished by a collaborative approach to mentoring, a customized curricula based on each trainee's individualized development plan and a Virology Research Skills Toolbox. Trainees will have short-term periods in US laboratories directed by faculty mentors with extensive experience in virology, immunology and pharmacology research while completing their research at the University of the West Indies resulting in capacity building and an independent virology research team. The proposed GIDRTP will address important public health challenges related to viral disease and be consistent with current plans for achieving sustainable development goals related to health in Jamaica.