PR COMPREHENSIVE CTR FOR HIV DISPARITIES:UPR:FACULTY DVMT & CLIN BEHV RES CORES

本子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的众多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能已经从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是中心的，不一定是研究者的机构。描述（由申请人提供）：本提案将为艾滋病毒/艾滋病领域健康差异研究综合中心建立业务和研究基础设施。这是独特而重要的，因为这是PR的三所认可的医学院（UPR医学院、UCC医学院和庞塞医学院）首次作为合作伙伴在共同的追求中合作。该中心的一些具体目标是：(1)通过这三所学校之间的合作加强临床和转化研究，(2)为未来建立这种传统或“合作文化”，(3)针对波多黎各人口开发可持续、可复制和文化上适当的预防和/或干预研究项目，以减轻疾病负担，(4)开发和验证一系列文化上合适的工具，以衡量各种变量，如但不限于：社会人口统计学、艾滋病毒风险行为、合并症、依从性、污名化、暴力和虐待史；(6)利用本地和国外（PR和美国机构）的资源，为初级研究人员建立一个导师计划，并创造一个激励的学术环境，鼓励学生和研究员在健康差异研究方面追求职业生涯，特别是，(7)加强岛屿机构与在美国大陆有更成熟研究项目的机构之间多学科研究合作的机会。在第一阶段，将建立该中心的业务基础设施，并将支助每个机构的一个试点项目。在第二阶段，这些试点项目将成为研究项目，新的青年研究人员将通过试点项目加入中心。教师发展的一个强大的核心组成部分将确保中心的研究人员的增长和生产力。其他核心活动将包括一个数据中心、一个实验室、一个儿童权利委员会、一个由一名作家/编辑协助的出版物办公室，以及招聘3名健康差异调查人员。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal will establish the operational and research infrastructure for a Comprehensive Center for the study of Health Disparities in the area of HIVIAIDS. It is unique and important because for the first time the three accredited Medical Schools in PR (UPR School of Medicine, UCC School of Medicine, and Ponce School of Medicine) will collaborate as partners in a common pursuit. Some of the specific aims of the center are: (1) the enhancing of clinical and translational research through collaboration among these three schools, (2) to establish this tradition or "culture of collaboration" for the future, (3) to develop sustainable, replicable and culturally appropriate prevention and/or intervention research programs targeted to the Puerto Rican population to decrease the burden of disease, (4) to develop and validate a series of culturally appropriate instruments to measure diverse variables such as but not limited to: sociodemographic, HIV risk behaviors, co-morbidities, adherence, stigma, history of violence and abuse; and to make them available to interested investigators and health care providers, (6) to establish a Mentorship program for junior investigators with resources from both local and abroad (PR and US institutions) and to create the stimulating academic environment that will encourage students and fellows to pursue a career in health disparities research and in particular, HIV/AIDS research and (7) to enhance the opportunities for multidisciplinary research collaborations between the island institutions and those with a more established research programs in the US mainland. During a Phase I the operational infrastructure of the center will be established and one pilot project per institution will be supported. During the Phase II, these pilot projects will become research projects and new young investigators will join the Center through pilot projects. A strong Core component of faculty development will assure the growth and productivity of the center's investigators. Other Core activities will be a Data Center, a Lab, a CRC, a publications office with the assistance of a writer/editor, and the recruitment of 3 health disparities investigators.