MINORITY PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

描述（由申请人提供）：这个少数民族研究培训奖学金的目的是培训候选人在艾滋病毒、药物滥用、亲密伴侣暴力及其复杂共生领域的干预和预防研究科学。候选人将学习如何使用社会、行为和生物医学科学来为干预研究的设计、实施和评估提供信息。候选人还将接受有关设计符合文化的干预措施过程的培训。为了完成这一培训计划，候选人将在哥伦比亚大学的社会干预小组（SIG）进行两项研究。研究1:Eban项目，这是NIMH资助的非洲裔美国人血清不一致夫妇预防艾滋病的最大研究。四所大学参与了这项研究的实施（哥伦比亚大学、加州大学洛杉矶分校、埃默里大学和宾夕法尼亚大学）。至少有800对夫妇将参加这项研究。候选人已成为实施研究团队的一员，该团队包括招聘、保留以及质量保证和控制。研究2：男性健康项目，NIDA资助的纵向研究，于2003年完成。候选人将利用这些数据编写关于亲密伴侣暴力、艾滋病毒和药物滥用之间关系的文稿。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this minority research training fellowship is to train the candidate on the science of intervention and prevention research in the areas of HIV, drug abuse, intimate partner violence, and their complex co-occurrence. The candidate will learn how to use social, behavioral and biomedical sciences in informing the design, implementation and evaluation of intervention research. The candidate will also be trained on the process of designing culturally congruent interventions. To accomplish this training plan, the candidate will work in two studies at Columbia University's Social Intervention Group (SIG). Study 1: Project Eban, the largest study funded by NIMH for HIV prevention in African American serodiscordant couples. Four universities are involved in the implementation of this study (Columbia, UCLA, Emory, and UPenn). A minimum of 800 couples will be enrolled in the study. The candidate has become part of an implementation study team which includes recruitment, retention, and quality assurance and control. Study 2: Men's Health Project, a NIDA funded longitudinal study that was completed in 2003. The candidate will use the data to prepare manuscripts regarding the relationship between intimate partner violence, HIV and drug abuse.