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The Training Program faculty is divided into 7 groups according to research focus:
- Bacteria
- Fungi
- Parasites
- Viruses
- Symbiosis
- Host Defense
- Translational Research
The purpose of this division is to foster closer collaborative interactions among the faculty with similar research interests, and to give trainees the chance to interact formally and informally with other UW-Madison investigators with similar interests. This purpose is achieved through shared research seminars and journal clubs within subgroups. The subgroups have regular research-in-progress meetings at which each lab presents ongoing research in turn. For example, the campus Fungal Supergroup (formerly the Interlab Pathogenic Fungus group) and the Immunology group each meet monthly. The MPHRG and Symbiosis groups encompass the breadth of microbial interactions and meet together biweekly. This combined meeting is the Microbes in Health and Disease seminar series, which serves as a core training tool and embodies the spirit of the program. Further interactions among the 7 disciplines are fostered through a weekly student research seminar and journal club, 2 weekly visiting professor seminars, and an annual Training Program Symposium.
Steering Committee
The director and codirector are responsible for administration of the Training Program and for assuring equitable distribution of the resources among the subprograms/disciplines. The codirectors are assisted by the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee duties include:
- Advising the codirectors concerning appointments to the training grant.
- General supervision of the progress of students and postdoctoral fellows on the training grant.
- Advising trainees on coursework and selection of advisory committees
- Assigning mentors to junior faculty trainers from among the senior faculty trainers
- Mediating difficulties between the trainees and research supervisors
- Acting as the initial arbitrating body for issues concerning the ethical conduct of research in the program
- Acting as a liaison between our Training Program in Microbes in Health and Disease and the MDTP, the grant trainers, and the contributing Departments of MMI, Bacteriology, Medicine and Pediatrics.
- Recommending changes and innovations for the Training Program’s evolution and development.
Infectious Diseases Steering Committee
The Infectious Diseases Steering Committee is comprised of a subgroup of the physician-scientists on the Steering Committee, specifically: Klein, Huttenlocher and Andes. This subgroup advises the codirectors on MD fellow appointments to the training grant and MD trainee progress. This group also advises fellows on career paths, mediates difficulties between fellow and research supervisor, and resolves any ethical issues that arise.
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