Community-Based HIV Education Research Program for Diverse Scholars

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的“针对不同种族和民族的社区艾滋病毒教育研究计划”解决了在社区参与性艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究领域中代表不足的种族和少数民族(REM)学者取得进步的有据可查的挑战和障碍。将招聘和保留五名四名高级博士后或初级教员级别的REM学者，目标是男女人数相等(总数N=20)。认识到高质量的指导和获得实践经验在设定新研究人员的生产率和成功轨迹方面的重要性，特别是那些来自代表性不足的REM群体的研究人员，我们将提供为期六周的强化暑期学院，以提供研究教育课程并促进注册学者的专业发展；开发和推出指导类型，以解决REM学者在基于社区的艾滋病毒研究中取得进步的结构性和个人障碍；并评估整体教育计划对学者、导师及其各自组织的影响和功效。该计划将由一个由公共卫生、护理学、人类学、社会学和社会工作以及黑人研究生院和大学历史委员会、少数民族组织(密歇根大学种族、文化和健康研究中心)和亨特学院基于社区的艾滋病毒/艾滋病项目组成的跨学科合作团队提供。所有REM学者将：参加连续两个暑期的密集暑期项目，其中包括跨学科和应用学习经验；获得持续的指导，并获得更大的REM艾滋病毒科学家网络的机会；获得支持，撰写协作性艾滋病毒提案，并获得试点项目资金，以解决有色人种社区内经历的几个艾滋病毒不平等之一。这项建议的意义在于，它提供了以理论为导向的研究教育，特别强调影响有色人种社区内艾滋病毒不平等的社会决定因素和结构因素；它是在一种“合作文化”中做到这一点的，这种文化延伸到在研究和实践中与代表性不足的社区公平合作，并与多样性丰富的大学和研究组织建立互惠的转介和研究教育伙伴关系。将历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)整合为招聘和科学咨询结构的一部分，是这项提议的创新之一，与来自NIMH资助的其他R25项目的导师和REM研究人员的联系也是如此。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed "Community-Based HIV Education Research Program for Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups" addresses the documented challenges and barriers to the advancement of underrepresented race and ethnic minority (REM) scholars in the field of community-based participatory HIV/AIDS research. Five cohorts of four REM scholars, each at the advanced post-doctoral or junior faculty level, will be recruited and retained, with a targeted goal of equal numbers of women and men (total N=20). Recognizing the importance of quality mentorship and access to practical experience in setting the trajectory for productivity and success of new investigators, and especially those from underrepresented REM groups, we will provide an intensive six week Summer Institute to deliver a research education curriculum and advance the professional development of enrolled scholars; develop and roll out a mentoring typology that addresses structural and individual barriers to advancement of REM scholars in community-based HIV research; and evaluate the effect and efficacy of the overall education program on scholars, mentors, and their respective organizations. The program will be delivered by an interdisciplinary collaborative team comprised of Public Health, Nursing, Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work and the Historical Council of Black Graduate Colleges and Universities, minority organizations (University of Michigan's Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health) and Hunter College Community-Based HIV/AIDS Program. All REM scholars will: participate in an intensive summer program for two consecutive summers that includes interdisciplinary and applied learning experiences; receive sustained mentorship and access to a larger network of REM HIV scientists; be supported to write collaborative HIV proposals and receive funding for pilot projects that address one of the several HIV inequities experienced within communities of color. The significance of this proposal is that it provides theory-driven research education with a unique emphasis on the social determinants and structural factors influencing HIV inequities within communities of color; and it does so within a "culture of collaboration" that extends from working equitably with underrepresented communities in research and practice and builds mutually beneficial referral and research education partnerships with diversity-rich universities and research organizations. The integration of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as part of the recruitment and scientific advisory structure is one of the innovations of this proposal as is the linkage with mentors and REM researchers from other NIMH funded R25 programs.