Biology of Infectious Disease and Inflammation

传染病和炎症生物学

• 批准号: 7672474
• 负责人: Brian L. Hjelle
• 金额: $ 24.62万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-30 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7672474
• 关键词: Biology; Communicable Diseases; Inflammation; Biology; Communicable Diseases; Inflammation

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is a request for continued support of an expanded training grant (TG) in Infectious Disease and Inflammation (IDIP) at the University of New Mexico. In the 10 years since its inception, this training program provided pre- and postdoctoral trainees opportunities to engage in cutting edge, interdisciplinary and technology-centered infectious disease (ID) research and learn from a wide variety of scientists. An underlying theme has been the promotion of interactions between researchers who are using different experimental approaches to study infectious disease, host responses and biothreats. Crossing departmental and institutional lines, the TG now draws upon the expertise of thirty-two funded investigators. The training faculty have appointments in four School of Medicine departments that include Internal Medicine (8), Cell Biology and Physiology (1), Pathology (9) and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (7); the College of Pharmacy (1); the UNM department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering (1); and Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (5). Faculty trainers fall into four areas of interest: 1) Translational Studies in ID and Immunity -bringing basic findings into clinical research, then to practice; 2) Cell Biology of Infection the study of ID at the intercellular level; 3) Pathogenesis of Emerging ID -pathogenic mechanisms of disease causation and 4) Bridging Technologies - the incorporation of cutting edge technologies to the study of ID. Both predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees are expected to complete IDIP-specific courses in addition to their regular (predoctoral) course work in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program including specific journal clubs and works in progress sessions. Despite the youth of our TG, we have enjoyed substantial success at recruiting members of under- represented minorities (URM) to the program, and our graduates, including members of minority groups, have already begun to appear among the ranks of the faculty of institutions such as the University of Kentucky or the Scripps Research Institute. We believe our TG has achieved great momentum and is poised to realize even greater impact with its far larger cadre of trainers and greater access to high-quality minority and non-minority students. Support for our program will yield substantial rewards, expanding the ranks of highly interdisciplinary young investigators.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案是向新墨西哥大学传染病和炎症（IDIP）持续支持扩大的培训补助金（TG）的要求。自成立以来的10年中，该培训计划提供了前后学员的机会，有机会参与尖端，跨学科和以技术为中心的传染病（ID）研究，并向各种各样的科学家学习。一个基本主题是促进正在使用不同实验方法研究传染病，宿主反应和生物治疗的研究人员之间的相互作用。跨越部门和机构线，TG现在借鉴了32名资助的研究人员的专业知识。培训学院在四个医学院有任命，包括内科（8），细胞生物学和生理学（1），病理学（9）以及分子遗传学和微生物学（7）；药学院（1）； UNM化学与核工程系（1）； Lovelace呼吸研究所（5）。教师培训师属于感兴趣的四个领域：1）ID中的转化研究和免疫力 - 将基本发现纳入临床研究，然后进行练习； 2）感染细胞生物学在细胞间水平上的ID研究； 3）新兴ID疾病因果关系和4）桥接技术的发病机理 - 将尖端技术纳入ID的研究。除了在生物医学科学研究生课程中，包括特定的期刊俱乐部和正在进行的工作中的工作，预计除了他们的常规（前）课程工作外，还有望完成特定于IDIP的课程。尽管有我们TG的年轻，但我们在为该计划招募了未代表的少数群体（URM）的成员方面取得了巨大的成功，我们的毕业生，包括少数群体的成员，已经开始出现在肯塔基大学或斯克里普斯研究所等机构学院的职位中。我们认为，我们的TG取得了巨大的动力，并有望通过更大的教练干部以及更大的高质量少数民族和非少数学生来实现更大的影响。对我们计划的支持将带来可观的回报，从而扩大了高度跨学科的年轻调查人员的排名。