Training Program in Substance Use, HIV and Related Infections

要求更新资金以继续T32培训方案，以培训下一代预防 在艾滋病毒和相关药物使用者的共病方面具有专业知识的科学家。我们的计划建立在 年提供的两个公共卫生和药物使用跨学科研究的联合博士课程 加州大学圣地亚哥分校(UCSD)医学院与圣地亚哥分校 州立大学(SDSU)公共卫生和社会工作研究生院，以及 新成立的加州大学伯克利分校赫伯特·韦特海姆公共卫生学院提供生物统计学。我们的目标是： 1)为博士后研究生和博士后研究员提供跨学科培训经验 流行病学、健康行为和生物统计学，以及公共卫生，希望在 药物滥用与艾滋病毒或其他综合症(如病毒性肝炎、结核病、性传播感染、SARS-- CoV-2，过量用药，耻辱，创伤)；2)支持NIH关键研究领域的高级培训，包括一个新的 专注于数据科学应用于物质使用和艾滋病毒或相关综合征，在国内和 国际环境；3)招聘和装备来自不同学术背景和以下领域的研究人员 代表少数民族(URM)群体，拥有成为独立行为科学家所需的工具 在物质使用和艾滋病毒预防研究方面拥有最先进的技能；4)培训个人 对人类受试者进行负责任的研究(RCR)，特别是在国际和跨文化领域 设置。总而言之，在过去的4年里，我们的计划支持了26名实习生(11名博士前和15名博士后 博士后研究员；12名(46%)为URM)。2017-2021年完成的实习生人数(8名博士后和8名博士后)，全部 但仍有1人活跃在这一领域。攻读预科博士的平均时间为3年。五个K系列奖项是 新近授予博士后。我们的26个博士后和博士后分别发表了84篇和116篇手稿， 其中44%是第一次创作。我们请求继续支持4名博士后和4名博士后实习生， 他们将从30名P受体中接受指导。根据学员的培训水平，学员将完成 药物使用和传染病课程、RCR指导、季度文化敏感度培训 讲习班、关于科学严谨性的研讨会、关于“正在进行的工作”的演讲和研讨会(例如，写作 圆圈)。我们在邻近的墨西哥和许多其他中低收入国家的积极研究项目 提供独特的亲身实践的国际培训体验和强大的基础设施 受训人员将发展成为专注于预防艾滋病毒和相关综合症的独立调查人员 使用种群的物质。

Renewed funding is requested to continue a T32 training program to train the next generation of prevention scientists with expertise in HIV and related co-morbidities among substance users. Our program builds upon two joint doctoral programs in Public Health and Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use offered in partnership between the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the San Diego State University (SDSU) Graduate Schools of Public Health and Social Work, and a doctoral program in Biostatistics offered in the newly founded UCSD Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health. Our objectives are: 1) To provide interdisciplinary training experiences for pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in epidemiology, health behavior, and biostatistics, and public health who wish to focus on prevention research at the intersection between substance abuse and HIV or other syndemics (e.g. viral hepatitis, TB, STIs, SARS- CoV-2, overdose, stigma, trauma); 2) To support advanced training in key NIH research areas, including a new focus on data sciences applied to substance use and HIV or related syndemics in both domestic and international settings; 3) To recruit and equip researchers from diverse academic backgrounds and under- represented minority (URM) populations with the tools needed to become independent behavioral scientists with state-of-the-art skills in substance use and HIV prevention research; 4) To train individuals in the responsible conduct of research (RCR) with human subjects, especially in international and cross-cultural settings. In sum, during the past 4 years, our program supported 26 trainees (11 predoctoral and 15 postdoctoral fellows; 12 (46%) were URM). Of completed trainees 2017-2021, (8 predocs and 8 postdocs), all but 1 are still active in the field. Time to matriculation for predocs averaged 3 years. Five K-series awards were newly awarded to postdocs. Our 26 predocs and postdocs published 84 and 116 manuscripts, respectively, 44% of which were first authored. We request continued support for 4 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral trainees, who will be mentored from a pool of 30 Preceptors. Depending on their level of training, mentees complete courses in substance use and infectious diseases, RCR instruction, quarterly cultural sensitivity training workshops, seminars on scientific rigor, presentations on 'Work In Progress', and seminars (e.g., Writing Circle). Our active research projects in nearby Mexico and numerous other lower and middle income countries offer the opportunity for unique, hands-on international training experiences and a robust infrastructure for trainees to develop into independent investigators focused on prevention of HIV and related syndemics among substance using populations.