International Substance Abuse Research Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：正在进行的ICOHRTA计划的更新申请将继续推进波兰药物滥用研究的多学科培训，并将其场地扩展到3个邻近的东欧国家。该计划侧重于临床和预防研究，将扩展密歇根大学（UM）成瘾研究中心及其主要外国合作者华沙精神病学和神经病学研究所（IPN）之间的研究基础设施，培训和合作的成功发展。IPN还将作为与波兰其他研究中心以及乌克兰、斯洛伐克和拉脱维亚新增研究中心联系的枢纽。利用UM的全方位资源，这个持续5年的计划将提高我们波兰合作者的研究水平，并开始在已经存在科学关系的附近国家进行平行发展。最终产品将包括加强该区域的药物滥用研究能力以及加强合作关系。一套集中的连锁培训经验，在不同的强度和职业地位水平将包括以下内容：（a）五个为期一年的机会，为早期职业博士后研究员，包括医生，从国外网站，在澳门大学培训与教师导师在共同感兴趣的研究领域工作，（B）在返回他们的祖国，该计划将资助Fogarty研究员在美国开发的相关试点研究协议，这些协议与UM正在进行的药物滥用研究平行并扩展。(c)计划采取一项举措，由波兰政府提供对等资金，以支持重返项目，并加强东道国的支持，（d）在密歇根大学为初级至中级职业研究人员提供三个为期三个月的中期方法学研究金，将培训培训员，以便在国外的地点能够提供药物滥用研究方法学方面的顾问骨干，（e）职业中期至高级药物滥用研究人员在美国逗留四次，为期两个月，将促进与现有东欧研究小组的新合作，（f）每年在每个合作国家轮流举办一次为期一周的重点讲习班，&开放给所有级别的药物滥用科学家，从研究生到更先进的高级研究人员。来自美国的高级合作者和外国网站也将在研讨会周期间花时间微调他们的计划，确定新的研究员，建立新的合作，（g）最后，计划举行两次区域会议，一次在第3年和第5年，以展示正在进行的研究活动，并促进区域科学社会和研究网络的发展。相关性：药物滥用是一个全球性的健康问题，大多数研究和治疗举措都局限于西方国家。这笔赠款将培训东欧同事，以制定更好地为所有国家服务的成瘾方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal application for an ongoing ICOHRTA program will continue to advance multidisciplinary training in substance abuse research in Poland, & expand its venue to 3 neighboring Eastern European countries. The program which focuses on clinical and prevention research will extend the successful development of research infrastructure, training, and collaboration between the University of Michigan (UM) Addiction Research Center and its Major Foreign Collaborator, the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology (IPN) in Warsaw, established during the last 5 years. The IPN will also serve as the hub for links with other research centers in Poland, & with newly added sites in the Ukraine, Slovakia, & Latvia. Utilizing the full range of resources at the UM, this continuing 5-year program will increase the research sophistication of our Polish collaborators, and begin a parallel developmental process in nearby countries where scientific relationships already exist. The end product will include an enriched capacity for substance abuse research in this region, as well as strengthened collaborative relationships. A focused set of interlocking training experiences at different levels of intensity and career status will include the following: (a) five 1-year-long opportunities for early-career post-doctoral research fellows, including physicians, from the foreign sites to train at the UM with faculty mentors working in research areas of common interest, (b) On returning to their home countries, the Program will fund relevant pilot research protocols that the Fogarty Fellows developed while in the U.S. that parallel and extend ongoing substance abuse research at the UM. (c) An initiative is planned to make matching funds available from the government of Poland to support re-entry projects.and also reinforce host country buy-in, (d) Three intermediate-term methodology fellowships at the UM, 3 months long, for junior to mid-career researchers, will train the trainer so that a cadre of consultants in substance abuse research methodology becomes available at the foreign sites, (e) Four 2-month sojourns in the U.S. for mid-career to senior substance abuse researchers will foster new collaborations with existing Eastern European research teams, (f) A yearly 1-week long set of focused workshops, held in each of the collaborating countries on a rotating basis, & open to all levels of substance abuse scientists from graduate students to more advanced & senior researchers. Senior collaborators from the U.S. & foreign sites will also devote time during the workshop weeks to fine-tune their programs, identify new fellows, & build new collaborations, (g) Finally, two regional conferences are planned, one in Years 3 & 5, to showcase ongoing research activity and to foster the development of a regional scientific society & research network. Relevance: Substance abuse is a global health problem with most research and treatment initiatives localized to Western countries. This grant will train Eastern European colleagues to develop approaches to addiction that can better serve all countries.