Interdisciplinary Training in HIV/AIDS Epidemiology

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个继续申请 为6名博士前候选人提供培训（以前为4名博士前候选人） 一名博士后候选人（前两名博士后） 候选人），每年在艾滋病毒/艾滋病多学科计划，导致 的ms（仅限博士后）或博士学位和博士后研究， 流行病学为那些在流行病学博士学位。的 多学科教师的成员包括艾滋病毒/艾滋病的领导 来自流行病学、生物统计学、免疫学、病毒学、临床 医学、神经病学、心理学和行为科学。除了一 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， 为了预防艾滋病毒感染和监测， 参加其他生物学，社会学和/或数学课程 学科，研究伦理，并参加正在进行的研讨会， 艾滋病毒/艾滋病的学员还可以从众多的选修课程中选修 在加州大学洛杉矶分校提供艾滋病毒/艾滋病的额外课程。学员将撰写论文， 博士论文和博士后研究在艾滋病毒/艾滋病的合作， 该计划的跨学科教师。学员将有机会 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/艾滋病发病机制项目， 民意领袖模型研究和针对弱势群体的行为研究 人口。他们可以利用这些研究的数据来制定研究计划 或开发其他论文主题。学员将于 至少一篇论文将特别努力 从代表性不足的少数群体中招募合格的候选人。

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.