Interdisciplinary Training in HIV/AIDS Epidemiology

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一份继续申请 为六名博士后候选人提供培训(以前为四名博士后 候选人)和一名博士后候选人(之前为两名博士后 候选人)每年参加一个关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病的多学科计划，导致 硕士(仅限博士后)或博士学位和博士后研究 具有流行病学博士学位的人可以学习流行病学。这个 多学科教员包括领先的艾滋病毒/艾滋病 来自流行病学、生物统计学、免疫学、病毒学、临床的研究人员 医学、神经学、心理学和行为科学。除了 流行病学、生物统计学、艾滋病毒生物学、 控制艾滋病毒的行为和公共卫生战略、卫生战略 为了预防艾滋病毒感染和监测，将需要受训人员 选修其他生物学、社会学和/或数学的课程 学科，研究道德，并参加正在进行的关于 艾滋病毒/艾滋病。学员还可以从众多课程中选择选修课程 加州大学洛杉矶分校开设了关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病的额外课程。实习生将撰写论文， 艾滋病毒/艾滋病方面的论文和博士后研究 该计划的跨学科教员。实习生将有机会 在广泛的艾滋病毒/艾滋病项目中与调查人员合作，包括 多中心艾滋病队列研究，艾滋病毒/艾滋病的发病机制项目， 针对弱势群体的舆论领袖模型研究和行为研究 人口。他们可能会利用这些研究的数据来制定研究建议 或发展其他学位论文题目。学员将在以下时间发表文章 他们的论文中至少有一篇。将作出特别努力，以 从代表性不足的少数群体中招聘合格的候选人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application to continue to provide training for six predoctoral candidates (previously four predoctoral candidates) and one postdoctoral candidate (previously two postdoctoral candidates) each year in a multidisciplinary program on HIV/AIDS leading to the M.S. (postdoctorals only) or Ph.D. degrees and for postdoctoral studies in epidemiology for those with a prior doctoral degree in epidemiology. The members of the multidisciplinary faculty include leading HIV/AIDS investigators from epidemiology, biostatistics, immunology, virology, clinical medicine, neurology, psychology, and behavioral sciences. In addition to a core program of courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, the biology of HIV, behavioral and public health strategies for control of HIV, health strategies for prevention of HIV infection, and surveillance, trainees will be required to take additional courses in other biologic, sociologic, and/or mathematical disciplines, research ethics and to participate in an ongoing seminar on HIV/AIDS. Trainees may also take elective courses from among the many additional courses in HIV/AIDS offered at UCLA. Trainees will develop theses, dissertations, and postdoctoral research in HIV/AIDS in collaboration with the interdisciplinary faculty of the program. Trainees will have the opportunity to work with investigators in a wide range of HIV/AIDS projects, including the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, the Pathogenesis of HIV/AIDS project, the Popular Opinion Leader Model study and behavioral studies aimed at vulnerable populations. They may develop research proposals using data from these studies or develop other dissertation topics. Trainees will be expected to publish at least one paper from their dissertation. Special efforts will be made to recruit qualified candidates from underrepresented minority groups.