Training in emerging infectious diseases

新发传染病培训

• 批准号: 8079046
• 负责人: Robert W. Doms
• 金额: $ 22.87万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8079046
• 关键词: Emerging Communicable Diseases; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application represents the first competitive renewal for our Training in Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) T32 program. Of the more than 60 faculty at the University of Pennsylvania whose primary affiliation is with the microbiology program, a select group of 14 well-funded faculty are trainers in this program. All of the trainers have significant research programs in emerging infectious diseases, more than half are funded in part by the Middle Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence (MARCE) in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and all participate in training activities and minority recruitment efforts. During its first 4 years, this T32 provided support for 3 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral trainees per year who could work in any one of 14 different laboratories directed by investigators who study a variety of emerging and re-emerging pathogens. To date, a total of 14 trainees have been supported by this T32, virtually all for 2 years, including 7 Ph.D. students, 1 M.D./Ph.D. student, 1 VMD/Ph.D. student and 5 Ph.D. postdoctoral fellows. These 14 trainees have worked in the labs of 9 different trainers. Of the 14 current and past trainees, 8 are women, 6 are men, and 2 are minorities. Of the 3 postdoctoral fellows who have completed their training and left Penn, one is an Assistant Professor, one is a staff scientist at the NIH where he studies Ebola virus, and one is in industry developing viral vaccines. Of the 3 students who have left Penn, two are postdoctoral fellows where they continue to study infectious diseases, and one is a scientist in industry. Two additional students who will graduate soon will be undertaking postdoctoral fellowships at USAMRIID and the Special Pathogens Branch of the CDC, respectively. The EID T32 program has served to unite our investigators and trainees, who study many different pathogens, in ways that would not otherwise have occurred. After the T32 was funded, the trainers developed what is now a popular graduate level course on emerging infectious diseases, started a monthly Zoonotic Diseases Seminar series that is attended by our faculty and trainees, and began an initiative in which all of our trainees receive extensive BSL3 training. We have started a Certificate Program in Public Health in response to the fact that so many of our trainees are interested in emerging infectious diseases and global health issues, and this summer launched a 3-week long summer biostatistics course to betaken by our trainees, recognizing that much of the EID literature consists of epidemiological studies coupled with the belief that a stronger background in statistics and quantitative methods will help prepare our trainees for careers in science. We also send our trainees to the regional MARCE meetings, held twice each year, and this in turn has led to new collaborations for our trainees as well as training opportunities. In light of the need to continue to train young scientists to work in emerging infectious diseases, we propose to renew this successful program. Due to the difficult funding climate for T32 grants, we propose to maintain this program at its present size of 3 students and 2 postdocs per year.

描述（由申请人提供）：此申请代表了我们在新兴传染病（EID）T32计划中培训的首个竞争续约。在宾夕法尼亚大学的60多位教职员工中，其主要隶属于微生物学计划的教职员工中，由14个资金良好的教师组成的精选小组是该计划的培训师。所有的培训师都有有关新兴传染病的重要研究计划，其中一半以上是由中大西洋地区卓越中心（MARCE）在生物充足和新兴的传染病中资助的，并且全部参与培训活动和少数民族招募工作。在最初的4年中，该T32每年为3名托管前和2名博士后学员提供了支持，他们可以在研究人员指导的14个不同实验室中的任何一个，他们研究了各种新兴和重新出现病原体。迄今为止，总共14名T32支持了14名学员，几乎全部2年，其中包括7个博士学位。学生，1 M.D./ph.d。学生，1 VMD/Ph.D。学生和5博士学位博士后研究员。这14名学员在9位不同的培训师的实验室工作。在当前和过去的学员中，有8名是女性，有6名是男性，有2名是少数群体。在完成培训并离开宾夕法尼亚州的三名博士后研究员中，有一位是助理教授，其中一位是NIH的一名工作人员，他在那里研究埃博拉病毒，其中一个是开发病毒疫苗的行业。在离开宾夕法尼亚州的3名学生中，有两个是博士后研究员，他们继续研究传染病，一位是工业的科学家。另外两名即将毕业的学生将分别在USAMRIID和CDC的特殊病原体分支机构进行博士后研究金。 EID T32计划已将我们的调查人员和学员团结在一起，他们以原本不会发生的方式研究许多不同的病原体。在T32资助后，培训师开发了现在是一门流行的新兴传染病研究生课程，开始了每月的人畜共患疾病研讨会系列，该系列赛由我们的教职员工和受训者参加，并开始了一项倡议，其中所有受训人员接受了大量的BSL3培训。我们已经开始了一项公共卫生证书计划，以应对这样一个事实，即我们的许多受训者对新兴的传染病和全球健康问题感兴趣，并且今年夏天推出了为期3周的漫长夏季生物统计学课程，以我们的学员贝克待，并认识到许多EID文学的许多EID文献组成了具有培训能力的流行病学研究，以培训的培训培训，这将在统计学方面进行培训，并将其培训为我们的培训提供了良好的培训。我们还将受训人员送到每年两次举行的区域Marce会议上，这反过来又为我们的受训者和培训机会提供了新的合作。鉴于需要继续培训年轻科学家从事新兴传染病的工作，我们建议续签这项成功的计划。由于T32赠款的资金氛围很困难，我们建议将该计划的目前规模维持3名学生和每年2个博士后。