Behavioral/Social Sciences & Community Outreach Core (BSSCOC)

行为/社会科学和社区外联(BSSCO)核心将提供资源和工作人员，以： (1)促进与南佛罗里达州社区代表和组织积极参与UM D-CFAR； (2)为D-CFAR调查人员提供咨询和资源，帮助他们制定和实施 实施程序，加强社区和诊所研究参与者的招募和留住；以及 (三)扩大行为科学家、社会科学家与临床、实验室科学家协作能力。 在这个D-CFAR应用中，BSSCO Core将专注于将进一步提高质量的特定领域 在密歇根大学从事行为/社会科学艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究，并寻求刺激新的 艾滋病毒研究人员，行为/社会科学家之间的研究倡议和合作，临床 科学家和实验室科学家。这一核心的一个特别强调将是协助D-CFAR调查人员 发展和维护有意义的社区伙伴关系。我们的三个目标代表了以下领域 在我们的需求评估和以前的批评中确定的改进 提交的CFAR申请。

The Behavioral/Social Sciences and Community Outreach (BSSCO) Core will offer resources and staff to: (1) promote active involvement with South Florida community representatives and organizations in the UM D-CFAR; (2) provide D-CFAR investigators with consultation and resources that will aid them in developing and implementing procedures to enhance recruitment and retention of community- and clinic-based study participants; and (3) expand the ability of behavioral and social scientists to collaborate with clinical and laboratory scientists. In this D-CFAR application, the BSSCO Core will focus on specific areas that will further enhance the quality of behavioral/social science HIV/AIDS research at UM and also look to stimulate the development of new HIV investigators, research initiatives and collaborations among the behavioral/social scientists, clinical scientists and laboratory scientists. A special emphasis of this core will be to assist D-CFAR investigators in developing and maintaining meaningful community partnerships. Our three aims represent areas for improvement that have been identified in our needs assessments and in critiques from our previously submitted CFAR applications.