The UJMT Global Consortium: building research capacity through mentored training

摘要 在过去的五年里，UJMT全球联盟-包括北卡罗来纳州查珀尔大学 希尔，约翰霍普金斯大学，莫尔豪斯医学院和杜兰大学-支持 在低收入和中等收入国家的28个附属地点进行了指导培训。从所有核心指标来看， UJMT奖学金项目非常成功：培养了132名博士生和博士后， 发表了109篇手稿（包括69篇第一作者），提交了204篇会议摘要，约1.7美元 亿元的项目融资。我们的博士后研究员中有一半以上在毕业后担任学术职务。 完成该计划;许多人成功地竞争了研究资金，包括来自NIH的资金， 成为独立资助的调查员。在下一个赠款周期（2017-2022），我们将扩大这些 加强全球卫生研究能力建设。一是充实美国人才库， LMIC研究人员致力于解决全球健康问题。我们将招收博士生， 来自33个国内培训项目的博士后研究员（即，T32）和17个国际方案（即，D43， R25）隶属于我们的机构。我们将提供为期12个月的密集指导现场机会， 将学员与广泛的科学领域和学科的专家联系起来。我们将继续培养 艾滋病毒/艾滋病、非传染性疾病、新发感染、癌症、心理健康、神经病学 疾病和妇女健康。其次，我们将实施并迭代改进一个计划课程 为学员、校友和导师的专业发展目标量身定制。我们将继续努力， 我们当前计划的活动（例如，科学写作，网络研讨会，核心技能清单），同时提高新的 文化能力和全球研究伦理等领域。我们还将投入资源， 我们计划中的导师制，包括对学员和导师的支持。第三，从战略上 分配资源以支持LMIC站点的能力建设。我们将以竞争性方式为讲习班提供资金， 短期课程、专业技能培训和支持长期研究基础设施的设备。我们将 与我们重点国家现有的D43培训计划合作，最大限度地发挥我们的影响力， 投资.在能力强的国家（例如，马拉维、秘鲁、乌干达），我们将帮助结盟和协调 正在开展的活动;在能力建设专用资源较少的国家（例如，加纳 我们将促进南南和北南伙伴关系，以查明差距， 未来的支持。我们的计划利用了一套独特的资源，培训教师和网站，直接 福格蒂国际中心在2014年提出的五个战略目标中的四个：建筑研究 能力，支持实施科学，推进对传染性和非传染性疾病的研究 疾病，并建立伙伴关系，以推动全球卫生研究。

ABSTRACT Over the past five years, the UJMT Global Consortium – comprising the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Tulane University – has supported mentored training at 28 affiliated sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). By all core metrics, the UJMT fellowship program has been highly successful: 132 doctoral students and postdoctoral students trained, 109 manuscripts published (including 69 as first author), 204 conference abstracts presented, and ~$1.7 million in program co-funding raised. Over half of our postdoctoral fellows have taken academic positions after completing the program; many have successfully competed for research funding, including from the NIH, to become independently funded investigators. In the coming grant cycle (2017-2022), we will expand upon these strengths to further build capacity in global health research. First, we will enrich the pool of talented US and LMIC investigators committed to solving global health problems. We will recruit doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows from 33 domestic training programs (i.e., T32) and 17 international programs (i.e., D43, R25) affiliated with our institutions. We will provide 12-month, intensively mentored field opportunities that connect trainees with experts across a wide range of scientific areas and disciplines. We will continue to foster research in HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases, emerging infections, cancers, mental health, neurologic disorders, and women's health. Second, we will implement and iteratively improve a program curriculum tailored to the professional development goals of trainees, alumni, and mentors. We will build upon the activities of our current program (e.g., scientific writing, webinars, core skills checklists), while enhancing new areas such as cultural competency and global research ethics. We will also dedicate resources to improving mentorship within our program, including support for trainees and mentors alike. Third, we will strategically allocate resources to support LMIC site capacity building. We will competitively award funds for workshops and short courses, specialty skills training, and equipment to support long-term research infrastructure. We will collaborate with existing D43 training programs in our focus countries to maximize the impact of our investments. In countries with high capacity (e.g., Malawi, Peru, Uganda), we will help to align and coordinate ongoing activities; in countries with fewer dedicated resources for capacity building (e.g., Ghana, Sierra Leone), we will facilitate South-South and North-South partnerships to identify gaps and prioritize needs for future grant support. Our program leverages a unique set of resources, training faculty, and sites that directly further four of the five strategic goals set forth by the Fogarty International Center in 2014: building research capacity, supporting implementation science, advancing research on communicable and non-communicable diseases, and forming partnerships to advance global health research.