SCORE Program at the University of the Incarnate Word

道成肉身大学的 SCORE 项目

• 批准号: 6798306
• 负责人: SARA F KERR
• 金额: $ 15.89万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-02-01 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6798306
• 关键词: minority institution research support; minority institution research support

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Interdisciplinary MBRS program at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is designed both to strengthen faculty research at a predominantly minority institution, and to encourage minority students to consider biomedical careers by involving them with faculty in research projects in the areas of mammalian reservoirs of parasites, environmental influences on vectors, and parasite genetics. The students will be trained in a variety of methods including (1) field ecology of rodents--trapping, marking, handling, biopsies; (2) field methods associated with sand fly collection and identification; (3) measurement of abiotic factors influencing disease transmission; (4) parasite identification by culture and PCR; (5) computer training in biogeographical spatial relationships (GIS analysis); and (6) computer modeling and simulation of vector-host-parasite interactions. To accomplish these goals, the following projects are proposed: (1) Dr. Sara Kerr and Dr. Chad McHugh will study the zoonotic cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the U.S. and Nicaragua by investigating interactions between Leishmania mexicana, Lutzomyia spp, and Neotoma spp. (2) Dr. Peter Melby and Dr. Christy MacKinnon will investigate the intraspecific diversity of Leishmania mexicana isolated from Neotoma spp from Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Nicaragua. (3) Dr. William Thomann and Dr. McHugh will investigate the influence of abiotic factors on population fluctuations of vectors. (4) Dr. Kerr, Dr. McHugh and Dr. Curry will develop a stochastic model that predicts temporal peaks of sand fly emergence.

描述（申请人提供）：跨学科MBRS计划 化身词（UIW）的设计既旨在加强教师 主要是少数族裔机构的研究，并鼓励少数民族 学生通过与教师互动来考虑生物医学职业 寄生虫哺乳动物水库的研究项目， 环境对向量和寄生虫遗传学的影响。学生会 接受多种方法的培训 啮齿动物 - 捕获，标记，处理，活检； （2）相关的现场方法 与沙蝇收集和识别； （3）测量非生物因子 影响疾病传播； （4）通过培养和 pcr; （5）生物地理空间关系中的计算机培训（GIS） 分析）; （6）矢量宿主 - 寄生虫的计算机建模和模拟 互动。为了实现这些目标，提出了以下项目： （1）Sara Kerr博士和Chad McHugh博士将研究人畜共患病周期 美国和尼加拉瓜的皮肤利什曼病通过调查互动 在墨西哥利什曼原虫，卢萨米亚属和新瘤属之间。 （2）彼得博士 梅尔比（Melby）和克里斯蒂·麦金农（Christy Mackinnon）博士将调查种内的多样性 从德克萨斯州，亚利桑那州，科罗拉多州的Neotoma spp中孤立的Leishmania墨西哥 和尼加拉瓜。 （3）威廉·托曼博士和麦克休博士将调查 非生物因素对向量人群波动的影响。 （4）博士 Kerr，McHugh博士和Curry博士将开发一个随机模型，以预测 沙蝇出现的时间峰。