Emerging and Tropical Infectious Diseases

新发热带传染病

• 批准号: 10271016
• 负责人: LYNN SOONG
• 金额: $ 17.75万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10271016
• 关键词: Communicable Diseases

ABSTRACT Funds are requested for competitive renewal of a predoctoral “Emerging and Tropical Infectious Diseases” Training Program to support four trainees. Training is provided by 21 Program faculty members. Emerging and tropical infectious diseases encompass the broad-based multidisciplinary basic sciences, as well as field-related sciences (ecology, entomology, epidemiology, vertebrate zoology), with this program focusing on “vector-borne diseases.” The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston has made a major commitment to emerging and tropical diseases, including the development of the Galveston National Laboratory, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences, and Center for Tropical Diseases. These entities provide trainees of this program with a highly attractive array of research areas greatly relevant to emerging and tropical infectious diseases. In addition, students can undertake epidemiology studies overseas and internships at the World Health Organization sites. Therefore, the trainees will have opportunities to undertake a variety of potential research topics from laboratory-based studies at UTMB to field studies in local and oversea sites. The multidisciplinary program involves trainees from five graduate programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Experimental Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, and Human Pathophysiology & Translational Medicine. Formal course work is completed in the first two years, affording the trainee with a comprehensive background in infectious disease concepts. Laboratory rotations familiarize the students with state-of-the-art technology and facilities and orient them to potential future mentors. The students select mentors during the first and early part of the second year and prepare and defend a research dissertation topic in consultation with a research committee. The research is then conducted, culminating in the dissertation and defense. The predoctoral trainees have access to state-of-the-art facilities at UTMB, including arthropod containment level (ACL)-2, ACL3, BSL3, and animal BSL3 and BSL4. They participate in multiple research seminar series, including the “Infectious Diseases & Immunity Colloquium,” and they present their own research results in the graduate program Research-in-Progress seminar series. The Program’s high caliber, NIH-funded training faculty have years of mentoring experience with trainees that publish multiple papers in scientific journals. Importantly, this T32 also provides opportunities for junior (associate members) faculty to be mentored by senior training faculty members. Most of the former trainees embark on postdoctoral fellowships and assume positions of responsibility at medical and graduate schools, colleges, and as staff of research institutes and industry. Overall, this training program has integrated well with local research and education programs and prepared our trainees for emerging and vector-borne infectious disease challenges.

抽象的 要求资金续签“新兴和热带传染病”前的竞争性更新 培训计划，以支持四名学员。培训由21个课程教职员工提供。新兴和 热带传染病包括广泛的多学科基本科学以及与现场有关的 科学（生态学，昆虫学，流行病学，脊椎动物动物学），该计划的重点是“向量传播 疾病。 新兴和热带疾病，包括加尔维斯顿国家实验室的发展 人类感染和免疫力，西利疫苗科学研究所和热带疾病中心。这些 实体为该计划的受训者提供了一系列非常有吸引力的研究领域 新兴和热带传染病。此外，学生可以在海外进行流行病学研究 和世界卫生组织现场的实习。因此，培训将有机会 从UTMB的实验室研究到本地研究，进行各种潜在的研究主题 和海外网站。多学科课程涉及五个研究生课程的培训：生物化学和 分子生物学，细胞生物学，实验病理学，微生物学和免疫学以及人类 病理生理学与转化医学。正式的课程工作在头两年完成，提供 具有传染病概念的全面背景的学员。实验室轮换熟悉 拥有最先进的技术和设施的学生，并将他们与潜在的未来导师定向。学生 在第二年的第一和初期，精选导师，准备和捍卫研究论文 主题与研究委员会协商。然后进行研究，最终在论文中 和防御。托管前学员可以使用UTMB的最新设施，包括节肢动物 遏制水平（ACL）-2，ACL3，BSL3和动物BSL3和BSL4。他们参加了多项研究 开创性的系列，包括“传染病和免疫座谈会”，他们提出了自己的研究 导致研究生课程研究中的系统系列。该计划的高素质，NIH资助 培训教师在培训中拥有多年的心理经验，这些培训发表了多篇科学论文 期刊。重要的是，该T32还为初级（同学）教师提供了机会 由高级培训教师。大多数以前的学员开始了博士后奖学金，并假设 医学和研究生院，学院以及研究机构的工作人员以及 行业。总体而言，该培训计划与当地研究和教育计划很好地融合了 为我们的学员准备了新兴和媒介传染病的挑战。