Training in emerging infectious diseases

新发传染病培训

• 批准号: 7504391
• 负责人: Robert W. Doms
• 金额: $ 23.47万
• 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/7504391
• 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）：本申请是我们新发传染病培训 (EID) T32 计划的首次竞争性更新。宾夕法尼亚大学 60 多名主要从事微生物学项目的教员中，有 14 名资金充足的教员被挑选出来担任该项目的培训师。所有培训师都在新发传染病方面开展了重要的研究项目，其中一半以上由中大西洋生物防御和新发传染病区域卓越中心 (MARCE) 部分资助，并且所有人都参与培训活动和少数群体招募工作。在最初的 4 年里，T32 每年为 3 名博士前培训生和 2 名博士后培训生提供支持，他们可以在研究各种新出现和重新出现的病原体的研究人员指导下的 14 个不同实验室中的任何一个工作。迄今为止，共有 14 名学员获得了 T32 的支持，几乎全部为期 2 年，其中包括 7 名博士生。学生，1 名医学博士/博士学生，1 名 VMD/Ph.D。学生和5名博士。博士后研究员。这 14 名学员曾在 9 名不同培训师的实验室工作过。在 14 名现任和过去的学员中，8 名女性，6 名男性，2 名少数族裔。在完成培训并离开宾夕法尼亚大学的 3 名博士后研究员中，一名是助理教授，一名是美国国立卫生研究院的研究员，研究埃博拉病毒，一名在工业界开发病毒疫苗。在离开宾夕法尼亚大学的 3 名学生中，两名是继续研究传染病的博士后研究员，一名是工业界的科学家。另外两名即将毕业的学生将分别在 USAMRIID 和 CDC 特殊病原体部门进行博士后研究。 EID T32 计划将我们的研究人员和受训人员团结起来，以其他方式不会发生的方式研究许多不同的病原体。 T32 获得资助后，培训师开发了现在流行的关于新发传染病的研究生水平课程，开始了每月一次的人畜共患疾病研讨会系列，由我们的教职人员和学员参加，并开始一项让我们所有学员接受广泛培训的举措BSL3 培训。鉴于我们的许多学员对新出现的传染病和全球健康问题感兴趣，我们启动了公共卫生证书课程，并于今年夏天推出了为期 3 周的夏季生物统计学课程，供我们的学员参加，认识到EID 的大部分文献都包含流行病学研究，并相信更强的统计和定量方法背景将有助于我们的学员为科学职业做好准备。我们还派学员参加每年举行两次的地区 MARCE 会议，这反过来又为我们的学员带来了新的合作以及培训机会。鉴于需要继续培训年轻科学家研究新发传染病，我们建议延续这一成功的计划。由于 T32 资助的资助环境困难，我们建议将该项目维持在目前每年 3 名学生和 2 名博士后的规模。