Mentoring Diverse Scientists in Global HIV Research on Mental Health & Adherence

描述（由申请人提供）：与要求在以患者为导向的研究（K24）的职业中期研究者奖，我计划（a）指导一个多学科和社会人口统计学多样化的研究生和早期职业研究人员在全球艾滋病毒研究的行为方面（B）扩大我自己的能力，进行国际在线艾滋病毒干预措施的研究。我一直是富有成效的，并成功地为我的病人为导向的研究计划获得资金。此外，我在支持学员和帮助他们获得自己的资金方面有着悠久的历史，其中几个目前持有K23和其他奖项。然而，教学，临床和行政责任限制了我可以承诺指导的时间。该奖项将使我能够进一步投入我的时间和资源，指导（从5%到25%的工作指导和25%的职业发展和研究）。此外，这将使我更接近我的长期目标，成为全球艾滋病毒和心理健康研究的国际公认的领导者，并在华盛顿大学和国家一级制定更系统和正式的指导计划。华盛顿大学（全国资助最多的公共机构）和心理学系的临床领域（目前排名第一）为该奖项提供了良好的环境。在华盛顿大学，有一个多元化和良好的合格的学员，我已经为他们概述了具体的计划，选择，指导，并参与我自己的积极进行中的研究计划。计划包括继续和正式化的个人和团体为基础的支持，从整个校园以及医生，护士和行为科学家在初级教师水平的一群不同的研究生。这种支持将与正在进行的计划在大学一级，并通过转化健康科学研究所（CIMIS）和医学院整合。一个多元化的合作者群体-在各自领域受到尊敬和公认的研究人员的高级导师-致力于支持这一奖项。我的职业发展活动将涉及在线技术的强化培训，用于干预研究，语言发展和指导/领导力培训。计划中的活动利用了华盛顿大学的现有资源，包括我参与了一个由R25资助的美国土著科学家培训项目、艾滋病研究中心的社会行为和预防核心以及艾滋病研究中心。这项新提出的研究涉及一项针对中国北京新诊断出艾滋病毒的男性和女性的在线咨询干预的4阶段研究。这包括定性的形成性工作，横断面调查，开发具有社交网络功能的多模块在线干预，以及干预的试点随机对照试验。 公共卫生相关性：该奖项将有助于增加成功研究艾滋病毒行为方面的多样化研究人员群体的可用性，这对抗击这一全球流行病至关重要。此外，它还将协助一名职业中期调查员的职业发展，该调查员的目标是开发一个在线程序，以帮助在获得心理健康咨询有限的情况下与新的艾滋病毒诊断作斗争的个人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With the requested Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24), I plan to (a) mentor a multi-disciplinary and socio-demographically diverse group of graduate students and early career investigators in behavioral aspects of global HIV research and (b) expand my own capabilities to conduct research on international online HIV interventions. I have been consistently productive and successful in obtaining funding for my program of patient-oriented research. Moreover, I have a long history of supporting mentees and helping them secure their own funding, with several currently holding K23 and other awards. However, teaching, clinical, and administrative obligations have limited the time I can commit to mentoring. The award will allow me to further devote my time and resources to mentoring (from 5% to 25% effort for mentoring and 25% for career development and research). Moreover, it would move me closer to my longer term goals of becoming an internationally recognized leader in global HIV and mental health research and developing more systematic and formalized mentoring programs both at the University of Washington and at the national level. The University of Washington (the top-funded public institution in the country) and the Clinical Area in the Department of Psychology (currently ranked #1) provide excellent environments for this award. At the UW, there is a large pool of diverse and well qualified mentees, for whom I have outlined specific plans for selecting, mentoring, and involving in my own active ongoing program of research. Plans include continuing and formalizing individual- and group-based support for a cohort of diverse graduate students from across campus as well as physicians, nurses, and behavioral scientists at the junior faculty level. This support will be integrated with ongoing programs at the College level and through the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) and the School of Medicine. A diverse group of collaborators--senior mentors who are esteemed and established researchers in their respective fields--have committed their support to this award. My career development activities will involve intensive training in online technologies for intervention research, language development, and mentorship/leadership training. Planned activities capitalize on existing resources at the UW, including my involvement in an ongoing R25-funded training program for Native American scientists, the Center for AIDS Research's Sociobehavioral and Prevention Core, and ITHS. The newly proposed research involves a 4-phase study of an online counseling intervention targeting men and women newly diagnosed with HIV in Beijing, China. This comprises qualitative formative work, a cross-sectional survey, development of a multi-modular online intervention with social networking capabilities, and a pilot randomized controlled trial of the intervention. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This award will assist in increasing the availability of a diverse group of researchers successfully studying behavioral aspects of HIV, which is crucial to combating this global pandemic. Additionally, it will assist in the career development of a mid-career investigator who aims to develop an online program to assist individuals struggling with a new HIV diagnosis in settings where access to mental health counseling is limited.