Antimicrobial Resistance and Therapeutic Discovery Training Program

描述(申请人提供)：抗药性微生物的挑战要求新一代基础科学家在抗感染研究方面进行广泛的培训和教育，以便未来能够有一批研究人员来应对这一全球健康问题。再加上耐药性问题，考虑到过去20年进入临床实践的新的有效抗生素的数量减少，这一需求尤其迫切。因此，埃默里大学这笔新的培训补助金的目标是为一批精选的、积极进取的研究生提供高质量的培训，使他们成为抗感染研究的独立调查人员。该计划将每年从埃默里大学生物和生物医学研究生部的四个研究生项目中挑选三名博士生，进行为期两年的抗菌素耐药性和治疗发现领域的培训。这些研究生项目包括来自医学院、埃默里艺术与科学学院和疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)的基础科学和临床系的教职员工。教育培训将包括一个学习课程和分学科的方案活动，强调抗感染耐药性和药物开发方面的研究和教育；在25个实验室提供研究培训机会，这些实验室在这些研究领域有积极的研究计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The challenge of drug-resistant microbes requires that a new generation of basic scientists be broadly trained and educated in anti-infective research so that a cadre of investigators will be available in the future to combat this global health problem. Coupled with the problem of resistance, this need is especially acute given the reduced number of new, effective antibiotics that have entered clinical practice in the past two decades. Thus, the objective of this new training grant at Emory University is to provide high quality training to a select group of highly motivated graduate students for careers as independent investigators in research on anti- infectives. The program will select three PhD candidates yearly from four graduate programs within the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences of Emory University for a two year period of training in the areas of antimicrobial resistance and therapeutic discovery. These graduate programs include faculty members from basic science and clinical departments of the School of Medicine, Emory College of Arts and Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Educational training will consist of a course of study and programmatic events in sub-disciplines that emphasize research and education in anti-infective resistance and drug development; research training opportunities are provided in 25 laboratories with active research programs in these areas of research.