Career Development
Individual Career Development Support Program
PI: Carol D. Blair, Colorado State University
Co-PI: Julia M. Inamine, Colorado State University
The Individual Career Development Support (ICDS) Program will provide mentored individualized training that is focused on the brightest and best advanced post-doctoral and professional degree scientists, junior faculty, or other health professionals who seek career opportunities in biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research.
All Individual Trainees will also be encouraged to take part in Training activities, including Group Product Development Training and Biosafety Level 3 Training, and certain Individual Trainees might even decide to focus their research on Product Development or Biosafety. The research projects will exploit the extraordinary expertise and facilities available in Region VIII concerning research on bacterial and viral Category A-C priority pathogens or emerging pathogens, and they will integrate with, complement, and enhance the overall mission of the RMRCE.
The ICDS Program directly supports the RMRCE’s objective of providing trained personnel for biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research. Most if not all of the trainees will work in the laboratories of RMRCE-funded PIs, and will thus contribute to the successful attainment of Research Project and Integrated Research Focus group goals.