TABASAMU: A multidisciplinary collaboration on building up research capacity in oral health and HIV/AIDS

D71 TABASAMU项目摘要 口腔疾病是世界上最常见的慢性病，而脆弱人群，如患有口腔疾病的人， 艾滋病毒(PWH)，受其发生的影响最大。在世界范围内，他们有1700万年生活在残疾之中 (年)和大约17,000个伤残调整寿命年(DALY)，成为最常见的非 传染病(NCDs)。尽管抗逆转录病毒疗法(ART)取得了成功，但口腔疾病仍然更多 在PWH中的流行程度高于未感染HIV的人。我们题为《TABASAMU：一个多学科》的提案 在口腔健康和艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究能力建设方面的合作“为未来铺平道路 由华盛顿大学(UW，美国西雅图)参与的肯尼亚跨学科研究培训计划， 内罗毕大学(UON)和肯雅塔国立医院(KNH)(肯尼亚内罗毕)。塔巴萨姆 (斯瓦希里语中的微笑)申请是建立在国家卫生研究院(NIH)长期成功的基础上的 在该地区提供资金。我们的目标是：1)最终确定我们Tabasamu网络的领导层。通过构建 基于UW、UON和KNH之间的长期合作历史，我们将巩固现有的关系 现有的研究人员和利益相关者，并吸引新的研究人员，以创建一个整合口腔健康的联盟 在其目前的艾滋病毒研究和政策结构内。因为我们认为培训工作应该是 为了分散管理，我们计划在内罗毕、蒙巴萨和基苏木这三个拥有 肯尼亚最大的艾滋病毒流行率，以便：a)促进我们的肯尼亚合作者就 我们未来的口腔健康D43拨款将解决的感知需求和优先事项，b)了解当前的肯尼亚人 艾滋病毒研究培训计划，并确定口腔健康合作机会，这将增强我们的 培训拨款申请，以及c)设计一张网络图，其中有确定的潜在导师，并具有足够的活跃程度 研修生项目的研究议程。2)确定口腔健康研究的先驱一代。通过 让县政府参与，并利用我们在内罗毕、蒙巴萨和基苏木的塔巴萨姆网络，我们将 为未来的D43计划确定潜在的高素质学员。通过焦点小组/视频会议 在可能的学员中，我们将收集有关兴趣、可行性、后勤、财务负担和可能的数据 未来学员在休假接受教育时可能在本国机构遇到的挑战 目的。由于潜在候选人之间的交流将增强我们的研究人员队伍，我们 建议发展一个功能强大的社交媒体群，以促进互动并提供参与的平台 在国立卫生研究院的活动和未来研究员的机会。3)组织、开发和最终确定我们的D43拨款 申请。通过这笔规划赠款，我们将有能力接触利益相关者和关键 调查人员在他们的工作地点，因此确定谁将发挥关键作用的口腔健康冠军 一个组织结构，以支持未来的口腔健康艾滋病毒研究培训计划。根据数据 我们将收集，我们将有资格最终确定我们的研究培训方法(短期、中期和长期)。

D71 TABASAMU PROJECT ABSTRACT Oral diseases are the most prevalent chronic illnesses in the world, and vulnerable populations, like people with HIV (PWH), are most impacted by its occurrence. Worldwide, they account for 17 million years lived with disability (YLDs) and approximately 17,000 Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), becoming the most common non- communicable diseases (NCDs). Despite successful antiretroviral therapy (ART), oral diseases remain more prevalent in PWH than those without HIV. Our proposal entitled “TABASAMU: A multidisciplinary collaboration on building up research capacity in oral health and HIV/AIDS” prepares the path for a future interdisciplinary research training program in Kenya involving the University of Washington (UW, Seattle, USA), the University of Nairobi (UoN), and the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) (Nairobi, Kenya). The Tabasamu (smile in Swahili) application is built upon the successes of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) long-term funding in the region. Our objectives are to: 1) Finalize the leadership of our Tabasamu network. By building upon the long history of collaboration among the UW, UoN, and KNH, we will solidify existing relationships with current researchers and stakeholders and engage new ones so as to create an alliance for integrating oral health within their current HIV research and policy structures. Because we believe training efforts ought to be decentralized, we plan to conduct a stakeholder analysis in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, the cities with the largest HIV prevalence in Kenya, in order to: a) facilitate consensus among our Kenyan collaborators on the perceived needs and priorities that our future D43 grant on oral health will address, b) understand current Kenyan HIV research training programs and identify opportunities for oral health collaboration that will strength our training grant application, and c) design a network map with identified potential mentors with enough active research agendas for study trainees’ projects. 2) Identify a pioneer generation of oral health researchers. By engaging county governments and utilizing our Tabasamu network in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu we will identify potential high caliber trainees for the future D43 program. Through focus groups/video conferences among possible trainees, we will gather data on interest, feasibility, logistics, financial burden, and possible challenges that future trainees might encounter at their home institutions while taking time off for educational purposes. Because communication among the potential candidates will enhance our pool of researchers, we propose to develop a functional social media group that will boost interaction and provide a platform for engaging in NIH activities and opportunities for future fellows. 3) Organize, develop, and finalize our D43 grant application. Through this planning grant, we will have the capability to reach out to stakeholders and key investigators at their work sites, therefore identifying oral health champions who will play a pivotal role in defining an organizational structure to support a future HIV research training program in oral health. Based on the data we will collect, we will be qualified to finalize our research training approaches (short-, medium-, and long-term).