GEOHEALTH HUB FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN EASTERN AFRICA - U.S.

项目摘要/摘要 此应用程序要求续订渐进式和分级培训计划，以装备研究人员和 具有推动职业和环境健康研究和翻译的技能的研究团队 相关U01申请中的议程(1/2：东非研究和培训地球健康中心-- 埃塞俄比亚)。受训人员将成为区域研究和培训的领导者和知识渊博的人 在指导政策方面。在当前方案的成功和教训的基础上，拟议的培训和 研究将围绕紧迫的环境问题推进当地相关科学证据的翻译 和职业健康，包括气候变化，转化为有影响力的行动。培训计划将是 与埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴大学(AAU)合作实施，该中心是 申请；发言机构设在肯尼亚(内罗毕大学)和乌干达(Makerere大学)。 更多的培训合作伙伴将在卢旺达、加纳和喀麦隆，进一步扩大中心的覆盖范围 更长期的计划将在整个撒哈拉以南非洲地区进行更有针对性的扩张。 培训计划将培养解决以下关键研究主题所需的能力 针对这些低收入和中等收入国家的全面情况分析和需求评估：室内 和室外空气污染，重点是儿童和妇女的健康；职业健康，特别是高温 暴露和工人生产力；以及气候变化。U2R团队包括经验丰富的研究人员和 来自哥伦比亚大学、科罗拉多公共卫生学院、科罗拉多州立大学和 与AAU和其他伙伴机构有合作记录的南加州大学。 分级培训活动将促进增强研究能力--培养能够 解决职业和环境健康问题的高级研究--以及政策中的技能 翻译，适用于国家和区域背景。为了与这些目标保持一致并确保可持续性，中心和 分支机构将在当地开展的培训中发挥领导作用。中心奖学金计划将继续 使用灵活、经济高效的培训模式，包括在哥伦比亚大学的有限停留时间 和其他美国合作机构；由总部设在美国的和 东非导师；国内讲习班和短期课程；以及同步和异步远程-- 基于方法。我们还将继续使用创新的方法，通过以下方式促进政策翻译 与利益相关者的真实接触。评估将跟踪参与者在满足以下方面的成功程度 短期和长期的发展目标，完成拟议的研究，作出贡献 科学报告和论文，并获得赠款资助。通过仔细的案例研究，我们将继续 审查学员对政策指标的影响，例如执行新的国家空气质量 标准和指南、法规和实践中的变化。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This application requests renewal of a progressive and tiered training program that equips researchers and research teams with the skills to advance the occupational and environmental health research and translational agenda in the linked U01 application (1/2: GEOHealth Hub for Research and Training in Eastern Africa – Ethiopia). The trainees will be equipped to become regional research and training leaders and knowledgeable in guiding policy. Building on successes and lessons from the current program, the proposed training and research will advance translation of locally relevant scientific evidence around pressing issues in environmental and occupational health, including climate change, into impactful actions. The training program will be implemented in collaboration with Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia, the Hub institution for the linked application; the Spoke institutions are in Kenya (University of Nairobi) and Uganda (Makerere University). Additional training partners will be in Rwanda, Ghana, and Cameroon further expanding the Hub's reach beyond Eastern Africa, and longer-term plans will move toward more targeted expansion across sub-Saharan Africa. The training program will build the competencies needed to address critical research themes emerging from comprehensive Situational Analysis and Needs Assessments for these low- and middle-income countries: indoor and outdoor air pollution, with a focus on children's and women's health; occupational health, specifically heat exposure and worker productivity; and climate change. The U2R team includes experienced researchers and educators from Columbia University, Colorado School of Public Health, Colorado State University, and the University of Southern California who have records of collaboration with AAU and other partner institutions. Tiered training activities will promote enhanced research capacity—creating national scientific leaders who can advance research that addresses issues in occupational and environmental health—and skills in policy translation, for national and regional contexts. In line with these goals and to ensure sustainability, the Hub and Spoke institutions will assume leadership for locally developed training. The Hub Scholar program will continue to use a flexible, cost-effective array of training modalities, including limited-length stays at Columbia University and other US partner institutions; in-country MS- and PhD-level training with co-advising by US-based and Eastern African mentors; in-country workshops and short courses; and synchronous and asynchronous distance- based approaches. We also will continue to use innovative approaches to facilitate policy translation through real-world engagement with stakeholders. Evaluation will track participants' success in meeting their development goals in the short term and, in the longer term, in completing the proposed research, contributing scientific presentations and papers, and attaining grant funding. Through careful case studies, we will continue to examine the impact of trainees on policy indicators, such as implementation of new national air quality standards and guidelines, regulations, and changes in practices.