International Research

国际研究核心的目的是促进和促进贝勒乌瑟斯顿CFAR成员在国际环境中的翻译艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究。在过去的10年里，贝勒国际儿科艾滋病倡议（BIPAI），部分由国际研究核心的支持，已经从一个小型的，以实验室为基础的计划集中在罗马尼亚，包括世界上最大的网络儿科和家庭艾滋病毒治疗和研究中心与超过30,000艾滋病毒感染者的护理。这些中心相互联系，共同作为一种资源，能够促进在罗马尼亚、博茨瓦纳、莱索托、马拉维、斯威士兰、乌干达、坦桑尼亚、布基纳法索和肯尼亚九个不同的国际环境中开展艾滋病毒/艾滋病合作研究。 迄今为止，国际研究核心一直非常高效和富有成效。与布加勒斯特Stefan Nicolau病毒学研究所的伙伴关系特别令人自豪;我们对这种关系的支持反映在我们要求继续向该伙伴分配CFAR国际研究核心基金的很大一部分。CFAR国际研究核心对NIH资助的艾滋病国际研究和培训计划学者的成功做出了巨大贡献。其他项目（如在博茨瓦纳哈博罗内进行的BANA 2试验）得到了非洲难民基金会的投入和捐款的推动。 CFAR国际研究核心现在正处于指数级增长，因为通过新实施的电子病历系统可以实现流行病学，操作和临床研究的几乎无限机会。这一电子病历系统目前包括7个地点的30 000名病人的数据。这一新工具有可能激发现有核心用户进行回顾性和前瞻性研究，并将吸引更多的新用户加入核心。

The purpose of the International Research Core is to promote and facilitate translational HIV/AIDS research by Baylor-UTHouston CFAR members in international settings. Over the past 10 years, the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), supported in part by the International Research Core, has grown from a small, laboratory-based program focused in Romania to encompass the world's largest network of pediatric and family HIV treatment and research centers with over 30,000 HIV-infected patients in care. These centers are linked with one another, and together they serve as a resource capable of facilitating collaborative HIV/AIDS research across nine distinct international settings in Romania, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, and Kenya. The International Research Core has been extraordinarily efficient and productive to date. The partnership with the Stefan Nicolau Institute of Virology in Bucharest has been a particular source of pride; our support for this relationship is reflected in our request for continued allocation of a substantial proportion of CFAR International Research Core funds to this partner. The CFAR International Research Core has contributed greatly to the success of the NIH-funded AIDS International Research and Training Program scholars. Other projects (such as the BANA 2 trial in Gaborone, Botswana) have been catalyzed by CFAR input and contributions. The CFAR International Research Core is now poised for exponential growth, as nearly limitless opportunities for epidemiological, operational, and clinical research can be realized through the newly implemented electronic medical records system. This electronic medical records system currently includes data on 30,000 patients in seven sites. This new tool has the potential to galvanize both retrospective and prospective research among existing core users and will attract additional new users to the core.