Training Program in HIV Prevention Research Ethics

艾滋病毒预防研究伦理培训计划

• 批准号: 8140939
• 负责人: Celia B Fisher
• 金额: $ 36.33万
• 依托单位: FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-04-01 至 2016-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8140939
• 关键词: AIDS prevention; AIDS/HIV problem; Address; Automobile Driving; Behavioral; Collaborations; Commit; Communication; Communities; Community Participation; Data; Data Analyses; Decision Making; Development; Education; Electronics; Equilibrium; Ethical Issues; Ethics; Evaluation; Faculty; Financial Support; Funding; Future; Gender; Generations; Goals; Grant; Guidelines; HIV; Health; Homelessness; Housing; Human Rights; Human immunodeficiency virus test; Institutes; Instruction; International; Knowledge; Learning; Life; Medical; Mentors; Methods; Modeling; Morals; Online Systems; Participant; Persons; Pilot Projects; Policies; Population; Poverty; Prevention; Prevention Research; Prevention strategy; Procedures; Process; Public Health; Recording of previous events; Recruitment Activity; Regulation; Request for Applications; Research; Research Design; Research Ethics; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Support; Resources; Risk; Science; Scientist; Seasons; Senior Scientist; Sex Orientation; Site; Solutions; Structure; Training; Training Programs; Travel; Trust; Universities; Update; Writing; base; career; cohort; drug abuse education; evidence base; experience; illegal behavior; innovation; lens; meetings; member; multidisciplinary; programs; science and society; skills; social; success; symposium; transmission process

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks funding for the HIV Prevention Research Ethics Training Program. The program addresses the urgent need for HIV investigators with the knowledge and skills to identify and address ethical issues in HIV prevention research, ethically engage participants and communities in the construction and evaluation of population and culturally sensitive research protections, and generate empirical data to inform HIV prevention science ethical procedures and policies. Through an intensive summer institute, mentoring and financial assistance, and a communications networking platform the program offers research ethics education and mentoring to social, behavioral, medical and public health early career scientists with demonstrated expertise in HIV prevention research and the capacity to initiate innovative programs of research that focus on the conduct, improvement and evaluation of population sensitive HIV prevention research ethical procedures. The program's aims are to: (1) increase trainees' knowledge of and capacity to address key ethical issues in HIV prevention research; (2) increase trainees' capacity to ethically engage participants and communities in the construction of participant protections that reflect the values and merit the trust of all stakeholders in HIV prevention research.; (3) increase trainees' capacity to conduct research that will generate data to inform HIV prevention research practices and policies; and (4) create and sustain an information and communication network for trainees, faculty and others in the field for enhancing ethical knowledge, ethical dialogue and future professional collaborations in HIV prevention research ethics. The 5-year grant will include 4 cohorts of 6 trainees each (N = 24). Each trainee will commit to 2 years of training. The program includes: (a) a structured intensive summer institute for trainees in their 1st year; (b) a 2-year individually mentored and financially supported research pilot project on an ethical issue in HIV prevention research; (c) an advanced summer seminar for trainees in their 2nd year focused on data analysis, professional and community dissemination of their mentored research project, and grant writing incorporating the mentored project as a pilot study for a grant supplement or new grant; (d) access to web-based platform for HIV prevention ethics resources and collegial exchange; and (e) participation in a mini-conference on HIV prevention research ethics for all trainees in the 5th year of the grant. Mentoring will be conducted in person during the summer institutes and via electronic media during the year. The summer institute will be held at Fordham University's Center for Ethics Education, NYC. The Center will have primary responsibility for all aspects of the training program. The program has outstanding ethnically diverse, gender balanced and multidisciplinary faculty with experience in the conduct and ethics evaluation of national and international HIV prevention research. Travel, housing, meals and training materials will be fully covered by the training program. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The success of research on the development of effective prevention strategies to reduce the transmission and acquisition of HIV/AIDS is dependent upon ethical procedures that reflect the values and merit the trust of research participants and the communities in which research is conducted. At present, ethics is under- represented in HIV prevention training programs. The proposed training program addresses the urgent need for HIV investigators who can identify and address ethical issues, engage communities in the construction and evaluation of population sensitive research protections, and generate empirical data to inform ethical practice and policies for HIV prevention science.

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请旨在为HIV预防研究道德培训计划寻求资金。该计划解决了艾滋病毒调查人员的迫切需求，他们拥有确定和解决艾滋病毒预防研究中的伦理问题的知识和技能，在伦理上让参与者和社区参与到人口和文化敏感研究保护的建设和评估中，并产生经验数据，为艾滋病毒预防科学伦理程序和政策提供信息。该计划通过密集的暑期研究所、指导和财政援助以及交流网络平台，为社会、行为、医学和公共卫生早期职业科学家提供研究伦理教育和指导，这些科学家在艾滋病毒预防研究方面表现出专业知识，并有能力发起创新的研究计划，重点是实施、改进和评估对人口敏感的艾滋病毒预防研究伦理程序。该计划的目标是：(1)提高学员对艾滋病毒预防研究中关键伦理问题的认识和解决问题的能力；(2)提高学员的能力，使参与者和社区在道德上参与到参与者保护的建设中，这些保护反映了艾滋病毒预防研究中的价值观，并值得所有利益相关者信任；(3)提高学员进行研究的能力，这些研究将产生数据，为艾滋病毒预防研究实践和政策提供信息；以及(4)为学员、教职员工和该领域的其他人创建和维持一个信息和交流网络，以加强艾滋病毒预防研究伦理方面的伦理知识、伦理对话和未来的专业合作。为期5年的赠款将包括4组，每组6名学员(N=24)。每位学员将接受为期两年的培训。该方案包括：(A)为第一年的受训者设立一个有系统的强化暑期研究所；(B)一个为期两年的关于艾滋病毒预防研究中的伦理问题的个人指导和财政支助的研究试点项目；(C)为二年级的受训者举办一个高级暑期研讨会，重点是数据分析、专业和社区传播其指导的研究项目，以及将指导项目作为赠款补充或新赠款的试点研究的赠款撰写；(D)利用基于网络的艾滋病毒预防伦理资源和大学交流平台；以及(E)在赠款的第5年，参加为所有受训人员举办的关于艾滋病毒预防研究道德的小型会议。辅导将在暑期研习班期间亲自进行，并在年内通过电子媒体进行。暑期研修班将在纽约福特汉姆大学道德教育中心举行。该中心将对培训计划的所有方面负主要责任。该计划拥有优秀的种族多元化、性别平衡和多学科的教职员工，他们在国内和国际艾滋病毒预防研究的进行和道德评估方面具有经验。旅行、住房、餐饮和培训材料都将由培训计划全覆盖。 公共卫生相关性：为减少艾滋病毒/艾滋病的传播和感染而制定有效预防战略的研究能否取得成功，取决于能够反映研究参与者和开展研究的社区的价值观和值得信任的道德程序。目前，道德在艾滋病毒预防培训计划中的代表性不足。拟议的培训计划解决了对艾滋病毒调查人员的迫切需求，这些调查人员能够识别和解决伦理问题，让社区参与人口敏感研究保护的建设和评估，并产生经验数据，为艾滋病毒预防科学的伦理实践和政策提供信息。