HIV and Substance Abuse Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Program

描述(由申请人提供)：为了回应NIDA申请支持“药物滥用和成瘾研究教育补助金”的请求，本申请寻求资金，以继续、改进和扩大阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院(爱因斯坦)及其大学医院蒙特菲奥里医学中心的临床成瘾研究和教育(CARE)计划的成就，包括加强对艾滋病毒和药物滥用的关注。CARE计划的核心是2002年开始的，是一个博士后奖学金计划，面向对药物滥用研究和临床实践感兴趣的医生。CARE计划的总部设在爱因斯坦的医学系，并从爱因斯坦的流行病学和人口健康系、精神病学和行为科学系以及纽约市的其他机构吸引了更多由NIDA资助的研究导师。除了提供必要的临床研究培训，为医生作为艾滋病毒和药物滥用研究人员的独立职业做准备，CARE计划的教职员工还与蒙特菲奥里医学中心的主要教育领导人合作，加强对内科和家庭医学住院医生和爱因斯坦医学院学生的循证药物滥用培训。CARE计划在最初八年的运作中非常成功，这次竞争性更新将在这一成功的基础上再接再厉，并为艾滋病毒和药物滥用方面的研究、教育和培训创造新的机会。目前的具体目标是：1.继续、改进和扩大CARE奖学金计划的成就，这是一个创新的研究密集型奖学金计划，面向已完成内科、家庭医学或精神病学住院医师资格并正在寻找将艾滋病毒和药物滥用研究与临床工作相结合的职业的医生。2.继续、改进和扩大CARE教育计划的范围，这是一项针对蒙特菲奥里医学中心住院医生和阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院学生的强化药物滥用研究和临床培训计划。 公共卫生相关性：缺乏准备与吸毒者一起进行临床、翻译、预防、卫生服务和治疗研究的合格研究人员。在阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院及其蒙特菲奥里大学医院，鉴于我们强大的成瘾治疗计划、我们由NIDA资助的优秀研究人员队伍，以及我们在临床研究方法和成瘾药物方面提供正规培训的能力，我们处于提供此类培训的独特地位。我们还位于一个艾滋病毒和药物滥用相关疾病高度流行的社区，主要是在种族和少数民族中。这项申请寻求资金，以继续为对艾滋病毒和药物滥用研究和临床实践感兴趣的医生提供博士后奖学金计划。我们还建议继续为住院医生和学生开展艾滋病毒和药物滥用研究和临床培训计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In response to NIDA's request for applications to support "Research Education Grants in Drug Abuse and Addiction," this application seeks funding to continue, improve, and expand the accomplishments of the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) and its University Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, including an enhanced focus on HIV and substance abuse. The centerpiece of the CARE Program, which began in 2002, is a post-doctoral fellowship program for physicians interested in careers in drug abuse research and clinical practice. The CARE Program is based in Einstein's Department of Medicine, and draws additional NIDA-funded research mentors from Einstein's Departments of Epidemiology & Population Health and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, as well as from other New York City institutions. In addition to providing clinical research training necessary to prepare physicians for independent careers as HIV and substance abuse researchers, CARE Program faculty collaborate with key educational leaders at Montefiore Medical Center to enhance evidence-based substance abuse training for residents in Internal and Family Medicine, and for Einstein medical students. The CARE Program has been highly successful in its first eight years of operation, and this competitive renewal will build on that success and create new opportunities for research education and training in HIV and substance abuse. The current specific aims are: 1. to continue, improve, and expand the accomplishments of the CARE Fellowship Program, an innovative research-intensive fellowship program for physicians who have completed residencies in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Psychiatry and are seeking careers that combine HIV and substance abuse research and clinical work. 2. To continue, improve, and expand the scope of the CARE Educational Program, an enhanced substance abuse research and clinical training program for residents at Montefiore Medical Center and students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: There is a shortage of well-qualified researchers prepared to conduct clinical, translational, prevention, health services, and treatment research with drug users. At Albert Einstein College of Medicine and its University Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, we are uniquely positioned to provide such training, given our strong addiction treatment programs, our cadre of outstanding NIDA-funded researchers, and our ability to provide formal training in both clinical research methods and addiction medicine. We are also located in a community with a high prevalence of both HIV and substance abuse related disorders, primarily among racial and ethnic minorities. This application seeks funding to continue a post-doctoral fellowship program for physicians interested in careers in HIV and substance abuse research and clinical practice. We also propose to continue an HIV and substance abuse research and clinical training program for residents and students.