Vanderbilt-NARI-NIE Informatics Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：范德比尔特大学提议与印度的两个主要研究机构，位于Rune的国家艾滋病研究所（NARI）和位于钦奈的国家流行病学研究所（NIE）建立信息学培训合作伙伴关系。印度国家医学研究所和印度国家医学研究所是印度医学研究理事会的节点机构，在印度的艾滋病毒/艾滋病和其他传染病的生物医学和行为研究、临床和现场流行病学以及方案监测和评价等领域提供国家一级的领导。通过我们在艾滋病毒/艾滋病和全球健康相关研究方面现有的三个机构（弗吉尼亚大学、国家信息研究所、国家信息研究所）的培训和研究伙伴关系，我们可以加强利用弗吉尼亚大学已经使用的现有信息学培训资源（详见下文），开展有针对性的能力建设工作，以响应国家信息研究所和国家信息研究所的重大信息学需求。我们力求通过与临床、流行病学、业务和实验室/基础科学研究有关的研究信息学和信息管理方面的合作培训，发展国家科学研究所和国家科学研究所的能力，特别强调与艾滋病毒/艾滋病和传染病有关的研究中的信息学需求。该培训计划的具体重点领域是：1)临床试验和流行病学研究中临床/实验室数据库的信息管理；2)用于综合项目监测和评价的信息学，包括数据管理、汇总/集成、质量保证和控制；3)分子病毒学和遗传学相关的信息学研究。培训将通过以下方式提供：有针对性的印度短期培训、讲习班和专题讨论会；中期（6个月）为NARI/ NIE在美国的下属科学家提供培训；为NARI/ NIE下属的科学家提供长期学位培训（信息学硕士），这些科学家将返回印度，将最先进的信息和通信技术应用于他们在母公司进行的研究。我们的培训计划解决了影响可持续增强信息学能力的重大挑战，通过与现有资助的研究合作补充和整合培训，通过在以大学为基础的导师和以国家信息研究所/国家信息研究所为基础的导师之间提供双重建议，以及通过关注信息学来支持国家信息研究所和国家信息研究所的核心研究任务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant: Vanderbilt University proposes an informatics training partnership with two leading research institutions in India, the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) in Rune and the National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE) in Chennai. NARI and NIE are nodal institutes of the Indian Council of Medical Research, providing national level leadership in the field of biomedical and behavioral research in HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, clinical and field epidemiology, and program monitoring and evaluation in India. Through our existing three- institution (VU, NARI, NIE) training and research partnerships in HIV/AIDS and global health-related research, we can enhance utilization of existing informatics training resources already in use at VU (detailed within) for targeted capacity building efforts in response to NARI and NIE's significant informatics needs. We seek to develop capacity at NARI and NIE through collaborative training in research informatics and information management related to clinical, epidemiological, operations, and laboratory/basic science research, with a special emphasis on informatics needs in research related to HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases. Specific focus areas for this training program are: 1) information management of clinical/laboratory databases in clinical trials and epidemiology studies; 2) informatics for integrated program monitoring and evaluation, including data management, aggregation/integration, and quality assurance and control; and 3) informatics in research related to molecular virology and genetics. The training will be provided through: targeted India-based short-term training, workshops, and symposia; intermediate-term (6 months) training for NARI/ NIE affiliated scientists in the US; and long-term degree training (M.S. in Informatics) for NARI/ NIE affiliated scientists who will return to India and apply state-of-the-art information and communication technologies to research conducted at their parent institutions. Our training plan addresses the significant challenges of effecting sustainable enhanced informatics capacity by complementing and integrating training with existing funded research collaborations, through dual-advising between VU-based and NARI/NIE-based mentors, and by focusing on informatics to support the core research missions of NARI and NIE.