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

项目总结 在本申请中，我们建议继续我们的培训计划，以实现临界质量的 玻利维亚的研究人员，在那里我们正在建立当地的专业知识。我们将聘用一位成功的进步者 玻利维亚选择和培训年轻调查人员的循序渐进的方法。这种阶梯式训练方法允许 在多个级别筛选候选人，并确保我们投资于最合格和最有动力的人 个人。玻利维亚毗邻秘鲁为我们提供了一个独特的机会来利用人类 我们在过去25年里利用南南培训在秘鲁建立的能力和基础设施 以更具成本效益的方式开始在玻利维亚建立科学研究社区1 疾病影响玻利维亚的公共健康，我们计划将我们的培训重点放在几个对 国家：恰加斯病、囊虫病、结核病、肺炎和艾滋病毒神经系统混合感染。 在过去的25年里，我们建立了发展中国家和发达国家机构的培训网络。 这是因为它的广度、深度和可持续性令人惊叹。该计划以秘鲁为重点，并已 培训了95多名秘鲁研究生和500多名其他国籍的学生。 与这笔赠款相关的个人和机构的合作网络已经产生了500多份原创作品 发表在同行评议期刊上的研究文章。此网络和基础设施是在我们的原始计划中开发的 在秘鲁被用作培训玻利维亚研究人员的样板。我们将继续进行南南培训 在该方案的头五年中，玻利维亚采用了培训研究人员的方法。 在我们的计划中，我们有以下步骤将在这项D43拨款下完成： 第一步。我们将在玻利维亚每年培训20名学生关于传染病和研究方法的研讨会， 在五年的助学金期间总共有100名学生。 第二步：我们将每年培训四名学生参加大学实验轮换，每年总共培训20名学员。 为期5年的拨款。 第三步。我们将在玻利维亚每年培训6名学生轮换实验室，在培训期间总共培训30名学员 五年助学金。 步骤4.我们将每年培训两名玻利维亚学生，在UPCH攻读硕士学位，总共10名 五年助学金期间的实习生。 第五步：我们将支持10名玻利维亚学生参加热带医学和公共卫生暑期班 在五年的赠款期间在JHSPH研究所。 在五年的资助期间，四名在美国或英国的博士生。

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.