Infectious Diseases Training program in Bolivia: South-South Training with Peru

项目摘要 在这次申请中，我们建议继续我们的培训计划，以达到临界质量， 在玻利维亚，我们正在建立当地的专业知识。我们会聘请一位成功的进步人士 在玻利维亚选拔和培训年轻调查员的逐步方法。这种循序渐进的训练方法允许 在多个级别筛选候选人，并确保我们投资于最高素质和最积极的 个体玻利维亚邻近秘鲁，这为我们提供了一个独特的机会， 我们在秘鲁过去25年来通过南南培训建立的能力和基础设施， 为了采取更具成本效益的方法，开始在玻利维亚建立一个科学研究社区。 疾病影响玻利维亚的公共卫生，我们计划将我们的培训集中在一些最重要的， 国家：南美锥虫病、囊虫病、结核病、肺炎和艾滋病毒神经系统合并感染。 在过去25年中，我们发展了一个发展中国家和发达国家机构的培训网络 它的广度、深度和可持续性都是非常了不起的。该计划始于秘鲁， 培训了95名秘鲁本科生和研究生以及500名其他国籍的学生。 个人和机构的合作网络与这项赠款挂钩，产生了500多个原始 同行评审期刊上的研究文章。这个网络和基础设施是在我们最初的计划中开发的 在秘鲁的一次培训被用作培训玻利维亚研究人员的模式。我们将继续南南培训 这是在玻利维亚培训研究人员项目的前五年中使用的方法。 我们在我们的计划中有以下步骤，将在此D43补助金下完成： 步骤1.我们每年将在玻利维亚培训20多名学生参加传染病和研究方法研讨会， 在五年的助学金期间，共有100多名学生。 步骤2.我们将每年在UPCH的实验室轮换中培训四名学生， 五年的补助金。 步骤3.我们将每年在玻利维亚的实验室轮换中培训6名学生，在2010年期间总共培训30名学员。 5-年格兰特。 步骤4.我们将每年在UPCH的硕士学位课程中培养两名玻利维亚学生，总共十名 在五年的补助金期间， 步骤5.我们将支持10名玻利维亚学生参加热带医学和公共卫生夏季 研究所在JHSPH在五年的赠款。 步骤6.四个博士在美国或英国的候选人在五年的赠款。

PROJECT SUMMARY In this application, we propose to continue our training program to achieve a critical mass of researchers in Bolivia, where we are building local expertise. We will employ a successful progressive stepwise method of selecting and training young investigators in Bolivia. This stepwise training method permits screening of candidates at multiple levels and ensures that we invest in the most highly qualified and motivated individuals. The proximity of Bolivia to Peru provides us with a unique opportunity to leverage the human capacity and infrastructure that we have built in Peru over the last 25 years, using a South-South training approach to more cost-effectively begin to build a scientific research community in Bolivia.1 Several infectious diseases affect public health in Bolivia, and we plan to focus our training on a few of the most important to the country: Chagas disease, cysticercosis, tuberculosis (TB), pneumonia, and HIV neurological co-infections. Over the past 25 years, we have developed a training network of developing and developed country institutions that is remarkable for its breadth, depth, and sustainability. This program began with a focus on Peru and has trained more than 95 Peruvian graduate and post-graduate students and 500 students of other nationalities. The collaborative network of individuals and institutions tied to this grant has produced more than 500 original research articles in peer-reviewed journals. This network and infrastructure developed in our original program in Peru was used as the model to train researchers in Bolivia. We will continue the South-South training approach used in the first five years of the program to train researchers in Bolivia. We have the following steps in our program that will be completed under this D43 grant: Step 1. We will train 20+ students each year in infectious disease and research methods seminars in Bolivia, for a total of 100+ students during the five-year grant. Step 2. We will train four students per year in laboratory rotations at the UPCH, for a total of 20 trainees during the 5-year grant. Step 3. We will train six students per year in laboratory rotations in Bolivia, for a total of 30 trainees during the 5-year grant. Step 4. We will train two Bolivian students per year in a master’s degree program at UPCH, for a total of ten trainees during the five-year grant. Step 5. We will support 10 Bolivian students to attend the Tropical Medicine and Public Health Summer Institute at JHSPH during the five-year grant. Step 6. Four Ph.D. candidates at USA or U.K during the five-year grant.