Developmental Core

核心摘要 艾滋病毒在美国边缘化人群中的流行率最高，包括非洲裔美国人和 拉丁裔社区以及性和性别多样化的个人。因此，结束美国疫情将 需要进行创新研究，为能够接触到最边缘化群体的服务提供信息。的一种方法 实现这一点是为了确保来自科学界代表性不足的群体的个人进入职业管道 发展来自不同社区的方法论强有力的调查人员是扩大研究的必要条件 和社区网络，并实施创新和有效的干预措施，以解决共病精神 健康问题和艾滋病毒。此外，他们必须具备文化流利性，并深入了解 使项目在当地可持续发展。在对这些需求的创新回应中，华盛顿大学 (UW)发展艾滋病研究中心（D-ARC）发展核心团队的目标是1）吸引，参与， 支持心理健康和艾滋病毒研究中的各种早期研究人员（ESI）; 2）加强 心理健康和艾滋病毒研究人员的指导技能，以促进ESI的培育环境。文化 知情指导对于增加艾滋病毒行为研究人员的数量和多样性至关重要 研究人员。因此，我们将使用一个既定的指导导师（MtM）课程， 美国和撒哈拉以南非洲的导师。核心将利用现有的优势和体制 在华盛顿大学的支持，包括来自华盛顿大学/弗雷德哈奇CFAR（慷慨地提供了四个2年的新 精神健康和艾滋病毒研究者奖，以补充核心的10个为期2年的协同试点ARC [2018 - 08 - 18][2018 - 08]核心将连接ESI与来自广泛网络的导师 具有相关方法学和实施科学专业知识的华盛顿大学研究人员，并加强访问 到NIH资助的中心（例如，ALACRITY）、NIAID资助的临床试验网络（例如，HPTN，HVTN，IMPAACT， MTN）和NIMH资助的U19扩展集线器网络。最后，核心将利用华盛顿大学研究生院 课程、电子学习方法课程以及最先进的实施科学的全球培训。总的来说， 核心将通过协同当地在精神卫生和艾滋病毒方面的专业知识来增加价值， 独立的学者和支持导师，每个人都有能力进行严谨，创新的科学 需要结束艾滋病的流行。

DEVELOPMENTAL CORE ABSRACT HIV has the highest prevalence in the US among marginalized populations, including African-American and Latinx communities as well as sexual and gender diverse individuals. Therefore, ending the US epidemic will require innovative research to inform services that can reach the most marginalized populations. One way to achieve this is to ensure that individuals from groups underrepresented in science enter the pipeline for career development. Methodologically strong investigators from diverse communities are necessary to expand research and community networks and implement innovative and effective interventions to address co-morbid mental health problems and HIV. In addition, they must possess cultural fluency and an intimate understanding of what makes programs sustainable locally. In an innovative response to these needs, the University of Washington (UW) Developmental AIDS Research Center (D-ARC) Developmental Core team aims to 1) Attract, engage, and support a diverse set of early stage investigators (ESI) in mental health and HIV research and 2) Enhance the mentoring skills of mental health and HIV researchers to promote a nurturing environment for ESI. Culturally informed mentorship is essential to increasing the quantity and diversity of investigators for the HIV behavioral research workforce. Thus, we will use an established Mentoring the Mentors (MtM) curriculum for ongoing cohorts of US and sub-Saharan African mentors. The Core will leverage existing strengths and institutional support at UW, including from the UW/Fred Hutch CFAR (which has generously provided four 2-year New Investigator Awards for mental health and HIV, to supplement the Core’s ten 2-year Synergistic Pilot ARC [SPARC] awards and eight Travel Awards). The Core will connect ESI with mentors from an extensive network of UW investigators with relevant methodological and implementation science expertise and strengthen access to NIH-funded centers (e.g., ALACRITY), NIAID-funded clinical trial networks (e.g., HPTN, HVTN, IMPAACT, MTN), and the NIMH-funded U19 Scale-Up Hub Networks. Finally, the Core will leverage UW graduate school offerings, e-learning methods courses, and global trainings in state-of-the-art implementation science. Overall, the Core will add value by synergizing local expertise in mental health and HIV to develop a diverse group of independent scholars and supportive mentors, each capable of conducting the rigorous, innovative science needed to end the HIV epidemic.