EXPANSION OF FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL AIDS TRAINING PROGRAM

我们请求为现有的加州大学伯克利分校/加州大学旧金山分校福格蒂国际艾滋病培训项目提供为期3年的补充资金，以支持向印度的地域扩展。拟议的新培训活动将支持两个正在进行的项目和一个计划中的项目，分别与印度孟买和班加罗尔的两个机构合作。具体而言，我们将提供以下方面的培训：1。生殖道感染（RTIs）和HIV实验室和临床诊断技术；2. 以合乎道德的方式开展与艾滋病有关的研究，包括关于知情同意的培训；保密制度;披露艾滋病毒检测结果和咨询；和3。数据管理和研究方法方面的培训。培训将包括国内讲习班和UCB/UCSF及其附属机构的结构化指导和课程。该培训计划支持的正在进行的研究项目包括美国国立卫生研究院资助的一项研究，该研究旨在测试孟买高风险男性RTI患者的艾滋病毒干预效果（与锡安医院和LTMG医学院合作，附件1）；一项评估和发展卡纳塔克邦妇女艾滋病毒预防艾滋病毒家庭咨询方法的研究。后两项研究是与班加罗尔圣约翰医学院和医院合作进行的（附件1）。拟议培训的每个组成部分都将用于支助所有三个项目。

We are requesting funds for a 3-year supplement to the existing University of California, Berkeley (UCB)/University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Fogarty International AIDS Training program to support a geographic expansion to India. The proposed new training activities will support two ongoing projects and one planned project in collaboration with two institutions in Mumbai and Bangalore, India, respectively. Specifically, we will provide training in the following areas: 1. Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs) and HIV laboratory and clinical diagnostic techniques; 2. Ethical conduct of AIDS-related research, including training on informed consent; confidentiality; disclosures of HIV test results and counseling; and 3. Training in data management and research methodology. Training will involve both in-country workshops and structured mentoring and courses at UCB/UCSF and affiliated institutions. The ongoing research projects to be supported by this training program include an NIH-funded study testing the efficacy of an HIV intervention for high risk male RTI patients in Mumbai (with Sion Hospital and LTMG Medical School, attachment 1); a study evaluating and developing HIV family counseling methods in Karnataka RTI/HIV prevention among women. The latter two studies are being performed in collaboration with St. Johns Medical School and Hospital in Bangalore (attachment 1). Each component of the proposed training will be available to support all three projects.