Behavioral Sciences Research in HIV Infection

与艾滋病毒中心合作的题为“艾滋病毒感染行为科学研究”的培训方案 临床和行为研究在哥伦比亚大学精神病学系，提供了创新的 在性、性别和心理健康研究中应用于艾滋病毒的博士后培训。尽管取得了重大 治疗和预防、性行为和性别差异以及精神健康问题方面的生物医学进展 继续在艾滋病毒的持续流行中发挥核心作用。为了帮助结束这一流行病，学者们 需要对性和性别有基本了解的人，因为他们塑造了性表达， 社会生活和心理健康，因为它影响采取预防行为和坚持医疗 在乎该计划的目标是为独立的研究生涯做好准备，在这方面，他们将能够 跨学科协作，应对不断演变的艾滋病毒流行病带来的挑战。以其理论 严谨，方法创新和实际应用，该计划解决了复杂的心理， 该流行病造成的社会和公共卫生困境，并以艾滋病毒方面的生物医学发展为基础 预防和治疗。该计划采用三个互补和相互加强的学习 战略：（1）研究员在经验丰富的高级研究员的指导下从事艾滋病毒研究;（2）研究员接受 实质性问题的指导，包括性、性别和心理健康的交叉，以及 医学，流行病学，生物统计学，健康促进和实施科学的基础， 艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防、治疗和护理;（3）研究员接受关键学术和专业培训 技能，这将使他们能够成为具有竞争力的研究人员，并获得NIH或其他机构的校外资助。 资助者在未来五年，我们建议维持七名研究员的队伍， 任命和新任命的研究员毕业。基于近30年的成功， 培养博士后研究员，该计划已经并将继续发展与系统的投入， 现任和毕业的研究员，计划教师和艾滋病毒中心的高级顾问，导致正在进行的 改进.在这一竞争性更新的建议变化包括一个程序特定的研究补助金写作 课程，引入辅导计划，以补充个人发展计划，以及更密集的 在培训的第一年进行职业指导。正如我们许多毕业生成功的职业生涯所说明的那样， 该计划对艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究和与艾滋病毒/艾滋病有关的预防、治疗和 在乎我们的计划将继续丰富众多的教育资源和培训机会 在哥伦比亚大学、其医学中心和公共卫生学院以及纽约市都有提供。被 我参与了纽约州的“结束流行病（埃特）”倡议和美国国立卫生研究院的“结束艾滋病毒 流行病：美国计划”倡议，艾滋病毒中心，提供最佳机会，研究员接受培训， 及时的、最先进的行为研究将有助于实现结束这一流行病的承诺。

The Training Program entitled, “Behavioral Sciences Research in HIV Infection,” associated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies in the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, provides innovative postdoctoral training in sexuality, gender, and mental health research applied to HIV. Despite significant biomedical advances in treatment and prevention, sexuality and gender disparities, and mental health problems continue to play central roles in the continued HIV epidemic. To contribute to ending the epidemic, scholars are needed who have a fundamental understanding of sexuality and gender as they shape sexual expression and social life and of mental health as it influences the adoption of preventive behaviors and adherence to medical care. The Program’s goal is to prepare scholars for independent research careers, in which they will be able to collaborate across disciplines to address the challenges posed by the evolving HIV epidemic. With its theoretical rigor, methodological innovation, and practical application, the Program addresses the complex psychological, social, and public health dilemmas posed by the epidemic and builds upon biomedical developments in HIV prevention and treatment. The Program employs three complementary and mutually reinforcing learning strategies: (1) Fellows engage in HIV research mentored by experienced senior investigators; (2) Fellows receive instruction in substantive issues, including the intersection of sexuality, gender, and mental health, and fundamentals of medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, health promotion, and implementation science related to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care; and (3) Fellows receive training in critical academic and professional skills that will enable them to excel as competitive researchers with extramural grant support from NIH or other funders. In the next five years, we propose to maintain a cohort of seven Fellows, each with a three-year appointment and with new appointments made as Fellows graduate. Building on almost 30 years of success in training postdoctoral research Fellows, this Program has and will continue to evolve with systematic input from current and graduated Fellows, Program Faculty, and HIV Center’s Senior Advisers that leads to ongoing improvements. Proposed changes in this competing renewal include a Program-specific research grant writing course, the introduction of mentoring plans to complement the Individual Development Plans, and more intensive career coaching in the first year of training. As illustrated by the successful careers of many of our graduates, the Program has had a major impact on HIV/AIDS research and HIV/AIDS-related prevention, treatment and care. Our Program will continue to be enriched by the numerous educational resources and training opportunities offered throughout Columbia University, its medical center and school of public health, and New York City. Being engaged in both the New York State “Ending the Epidemic (ETE)” initiative and the NIH “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America” initiative, the HIV Center, offers optimal opportunities for Fellows to be trained in opportune, state-of-the-art behavioral research that will help making the promise of ending the epidemic a reality.