I.介绍和任务
微生物学和传染病（中）计划的目的是通过在微生物模型系统中提供激烈和现代的学生培训来促进科学卓越，以及微生物发病机理的分子基础。微生物特别适合研究生培训，因为它们的固有快速增长和多种方法的可用性使个人可以为科学理解做出重大贡献。分子和细胞生物学的大多数现有知识都是基于对微生物模型生物的分析。微生物还负责各种各样的传染病，这些传染病在其一生中影响每个人，并引起明显的发病率和死亡率。在UT MD安德森癌症中心Uthealth生物医学科学研究生院（GSB）中，这种对微生物系统的关注是独一无二的。该程序与GSB合作起作用。课程教师是GSB的成员，有望成为GSB活动的正式参与者。
ii。计划组织
所有委员会任务将于9月1日至8月31日举行。中期计划的行政组织如下：
A.导演
The director is responsible for organizing all program activities or delegating the organization of specific activities to other faculty, students and/or staff. The Director will be elected by the Program faculty. The Steering Committee will submit the names of nominees for Director to the GSBS Deans’ Office. GSBS will then solicit nominations, including self-nominations, from the Program faculty at-large to serve as Director. Once the slate of candidates has been approved by the GSBS Deans’ Office, GSBS will conduct the election and report the results to the program members. The Director-Elect of the Program will serve as Co-Director for two years and subsequently, upon election, as Director for a single two-year term starting July 15th of the first year of their term.
董事的职责包括：
- 协调其他计划委员会的活动。
- 咨询和建议第一年GSBS学生。
- Evaluate and monitor the overall progress of each student in the Program.
- 每年与所有学生会面，以帮助保持学生的士气和保留。
- Assist in the coordination of laboratory rotations.
- Appoint course directors for each of the required program specific courses.
- Organize Program faculty meetings at least semi-annually and distribute the agenda and minutes in a timely manner.
- Receive applications for faculty membership in the Program and distribute the applications to the Steering Committee.
- 在医学院的研究生教育委员会（GSEC）和GSBS计划董事委员会（PDC）和任何其他适当的场所中，代表课程教师和学生的利益。
- 建议中级学生中间计划要求的任何变化以及这些变化是否适用于当前的课程学生和/或未来的课程学生。
- Grant an exception to Program course requirements or committee composition for an individual student in response to a written request from the student, and in consultation with the Steering Committee.
- 批准该计划中学生会员的申请。
- 审查和批准学生咨询和考试委员会，并将这些建议转发给GSBS学术标准委员会以供审查和批准。
- Coordinate with GSBS to update the MID program website in a timely manner.
B. Co-Director and Director-Elect
The Co-Director/Director-Elect will carry out the Director's responsibilities in the Director's absence. As stated above, the Co-Director/Director-Elect will serve in this position for two years prior to becoming Director upon election. This arrangement ensures continuity between directors' terms. In the event of a vacancy in the Director position, the Co-Director/Director-Elect will become the Director and an election will be held to fill the Co-Director/Director-Elect position.
C. Program Steering Committee
The Director and Co-Director will be advised by a Program Steering Committee comprised of the Director, Co-Director, four at-large elected MID faculty members and one MID student.大型教职员工中至少有三名将是常规计划成员。微生物学和分子遗传学（MMG）部门的主席将作为一个前任non-voting member of the Program Steering Committee
The four at-large MID faculty members on the Steering Committee will be elected by the Program faculty and each will serve a single four-year term. The terms will be staggered by one year such that each year one member is replaced. GSBS will solicit nominations, including self-nominations, from the Program faculty at-large to serve on the Steering Committee. Once the slate of candidates has been approved by the Deans’ Office, GSBS will conduct the election and report the results to the program members.
学生成员将由课程学生选举成一年。GSB将征求计划学生的志愿者在指导委员会中任职。为了符合服务的资格，学生必须处于良好的学术地位，并完成了在GSB的第一年。一旦计划主任和院长办公室批准了候选人的板块，GSB将进行选举，并将结果报告给计划成员。学生代表最多可以连续两个任期。
指导委员会将：
- 至少每半年见面。
- Empanel小组委员会根据需要就计划事项提供建议。
- 制定与计划的学术和行政方面有关的政策，并将其呈现给计划教师以批准或修改。
- 使用GSBS成员委员会标准和这些章程作为指导方案进行审查课程教师。
- 批准对程序的更改。
- 制定学生招聘和录取政策。
- 每年任命一名课程教职员工来协调年度课程务虚会。
- 就所有计划职能的董事提供建议，包括任命课程董事和计划资金的分配。
- ti分发会议活动的总结mely manner.
- Periodically evaluate the curriculum and develop and recommend curriculum changes.
D.计划录取委员会
招生委员会由指导委员会每年任命的至少四个课程组成。该委员会对董事和计划教师负责。招生委员会与GSB招生委员会紧密合作，以协助评估对中期计划感兴趣的潜在GSB学生。理想情况下，该计划委员会的一位成员是GSB招生委员会的成员。
招生委员会将：
- Provide comments to the GSBS Admissions Committee concerning the suitability of GSBS applicants with an interest in the MID Program.
- 与有兴趣的潜在学生交流。
- 组织中型课程努力以招募学生，包括在GSBS学生面试周末期间。
- 开发和分发招聘材料。
- 组织活动以告知第一年GSBS学生中期课程的机会。这包括GSB导向中的任何特定计划活动，以及在GSBS导向期间或学年开始时计划教职员工和学生的社交活动。
E.学生咨询委员会
学生咨询委员会（SAC）由计划指导委员会的学生代表和另外两个中级课程学生组成。大型SAC成员将由课程学生选举成一年。常设SAC成员将提名候选人在SAC上任职，该计划将征求计划学生的其他提名。为了符合服务的资格，学生必须处于良好的学术地位，并完成了在GSB的第一年。一旦计划主任批准了候选人的板块，该计划将进行选举，并将结果报告给课程教师和学生。学生代表最多可以连续两个任期。
The SAC will:
- 让一名成员担任中期计划指导委员会的学生代表。
- 根据需要的其他中级计划学生的自愿帮助，协调年度研究生研讨会（GRASS）计划的组织。
- 每年至少邀请MMG部门研讨会系列的至少一名全国研讨会发言人，以及每年可选的本地研讨会演讲者，等待MMG部门的可用资金。
- Coordinate and write the annual MID Program Newsletter with voluntary help from additional Program Students as needed.
- 通过参加GSBS访谈周末活动，协助中期计划招聘。
- 向计划主任提供有关计划学生对GSB面试的潜在中级学生的意见的反馈。
- Assist with MID Program recruitment for prospective students by including first- year students rotating with program faculty as Program Members for the duration of their rotation.
- Nominate student representatives or officers to other GSBS, Medical School or UTHealth committees and organizations, including the Graduate Student Association (GSA), the Student InterCouncil (SIC), and the GSEC when called for.
iii。课程教师
The goal of the MID Program is to provide rigorous training in the study of bacterial and eukaryotic microorganisms and to foster scientific interactions among students and faculty. In accordance with these goals, MID strives for enthusiastic Program faculty who are dedicated to graduate student education and have vigorous and well-funded research programs.
Applications for membership in the MID Program are submitted to the Program Director. Applications should include the applicant’s CV and a letter stating the applicant’s reasons for requesting to join the Program. This letter should indicate what the applicant expects to gain from membership in the Program and what the applicant can contribute to the Program. Applications are reviewed by the MID Steering Committee with input from the MID Program faculty.
指导委员会审查了计划教师的贡献以及GSBS成员委员会的审查。GSB提供的教师参与报告应通过计划特定活动的报告/声明来增强。该计划向GSB发送了一份不活动的教师名单。在中型计划指导委员会的建议下，决心在中期计划活动中无效的教师将失去与MID的隶属关系。该计划将通知任何新的或被解雇的教职员工。计划会员资格未续签或拒绝计划成员的申请的教师可以向GSBS成员委员会提出上诉。
Requirements of MID Program faculty:
- 由GSBS成员委员会决定
- 科学独立性
- 与中期计划相关的领域的积极资beplay苹果手机能用吗助研究
- 愿意参加概述的计划活动
Program faculty are expected to participate in one or more of the following activities:
- Host tutorial students with MID
- Serve as a thesis advisor for MID
- 在中期计划委员会和小组委员会中任职。
- 代表GSB中的中间
- 服务学生
- 直接和/或教学计划
- 参加课程学生的论文辩护，年度务虚会，期刊俱乐部和学生夏季
- Attend MID faculty meetings and participate in the formulation of Program
- 参加学生招聘和新学生培训
- Help organize and/or attend social events involving MID
iv。课程学生 - 该计划的入学
可以考虑在课程教职员工的实验室中进行论文研究的GSB博士学位学生可以考虑该计划的会员资格（称beplay苹果手机能用吗为“附属学生”）。如果一名学生加入GSB的实验室，但非中间课程教职员工并希望加入中期计划，则可以在与指导委员会协商下根据董事的酌情决定安排。所有课程学生都必须满足所有计划和GSB的要求。董事可以逐案进行有关完成课程课程的例外。计划教师实验室的博士和MS学生不正式参加该计划，可以通过董事，学生和学生的教职顾问的共同协议参加课程活动（称为“参与学生”）。
V.网站
MID计划网站包含有关MID计划课程，课程要求和其他要求的所有基本信息。该计划主管就网站的任何更改咨询了指导委员会，并负责每年更新该网站。导演提醒学生进行任何实质性更改。
vi。修正案的修订
在遵循以下程序之后，可以通过该计划教师的多数票来完成对中期计划的章程的修订。拟议的修正案将提交给计划主任，该计划将将其发送给GSBS Deans办公室进行审查，以确保其符合GSBS指南。然后，该计划主管将以电子方式将修正案发送给该计划教师，以便至少在投票之前两周。如果要在教师会议上讨论该修正案，则可能会在会议上进行最终投票。如果要以电子方式批准该修正案，GSB将将修正案的最终版本发送给该计划教师，以通过电子选票批准。
