International Research

国际研究核心的目的是促进和便利贝勒-休斯顿大学CFAR成员在国际环境中进行艾滋病毒/艾滋病翻译研究。在过去的10年里，贝勒国际儿科艾滋病倡议(BIPAI)得到了国际研究核心的部分支持，从一个专注于罗马尼亚的小型实验室项目发展到包括世界上最大的儿科和家庭艾滋病毒治疗和研究中心网络，有超过30,000名艾滋病毒感染患者在接受护理。这些中心相互联系，共同成为一种资源，能够促进罗马尼亚、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国际环境中的艾滋病毒/艾滋病合作研究。 到目前为止，国际研究核心一直非常高效和富有成效。与布加勒斯特斯特凡·尼古劳病毒学研究所的伙伴关系尤其令人自豪；我们对这种关系的支持反映在我们要求继续向这一伙伴分配相当大比例的CFAR国际研究核心资金。CFAR国际研究核心为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CFAR投入和捐款的推动。 CFAR国际研究核心现在正准备指数级增长，因为通过新实施的电子病历系统可以实现几乎无限的流行病学、业务和临床研究机会。这个电子病历系统目前包括7个地点3万名患者的数据。这一新工具有可能在现有核心用户中激发回溯性和前瞻性研究，并将吸引更多新用户加入核心用户。

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.