Assessing how relationships between MSM influence HIV prevention strategies

描述(由申请者提供)：这份科学家导师奖申请书旨在使受训人员、现任博士后研究员Kelika Konda博士成为国际艾滋病毒预防研究领域的独立研究员。这里设计的研究培训计划考虑到了Konda博士目前的教育和经验，并试图增加特定的统计、伦理和学科相关的教育机会，并正式确定她与拟议的多学科指导团队的关系，以便在获奖期间向她提供建议和指导。专家的多学科指导团队将为康达博士的培训计划和拟议研究的执行提供宝贵的指导。拟议的研究将跨越五年，以便纳入必要的培训和拟议的研究经验。培训计划包括以课堂为基础的教育和指导团队成员的定向阅读，以建立与拟议研究和Konda博士作为国际艾滋病毒预防领域独立研究员的职业道路相关的关键知识。鉴于拉丁美洲男男性行为者(MSM)和美国拉丁裔男男性行为者(MSM)的艾滋病毒负担，该研究计划解决了一个对公共卫生具有重要意义的问题。该计划包括混合方法、关于男男性接触者性关系的数据收集以及对各种艾滋病毒预防战略的了解和接受，包括使用艾滋病毒治疗作为预防的较新战略(目标1和2)。Konda博士将利用在AIMS 1和AIMS 2期间收集的信息，设计和实施秘鲁男男性接触者艾滋病毒预防干预试点，包括小组会议和夫妇自愿咨询和检测。试点干预的目标将是确定其可行性、可接受性和对其效果的估计。该试点将成为未来R01应用的基础，以测试这种针对秘鲁男男性接触者的艾滋病毒预防干预措施的有效性。这项拟议研究的目标与国家精神卫生研究所的使命密切相关，该研究所研究艾滋病毒/性传播感染预防的行为和社区方法。通过与佩鲁亚纳·卡耶塔诺·赫雷迪亚大学的密切合作，这项研究将迅速传播，并以及时和有效的方式为今后的干预措施提供信息。拟议的培训和研究源于康田博士和她经验丰富的指导团队过去的工作，将有助于她成为一名独立研究人员的职业道路。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This mentored scientist award application has been designed to enable the trainee, Dr. Kelika Konda, a current post-doctoral fellow to become an independent investigator in the field of international HIV prevention research. The research training program designed herein takes into account Dr. Konda's current education and experience and seeks to add specific statistical, ethical, and subject related educational opportunities as well as formalizing her relationship with the proposed multi-disciplinary mentoring team to provide advice and guidance to her during the award period. The expert, multi-disciplinary mentoring team will provide Dr. Konda with invaluable guidance for her training plan and in the execution of the proposed research. The proposed research will span five years in order to include the necessary training and research experiences proposed. The training plan includes both classroom based education and directed readings with members of the mentoring team to build critical knowledge of areas related to the proposed research and to Dr. Konda's career path as an independent researcher in the area of international HIV prevention. The research plan addresses an issue of importance to public health given the HIV burden among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Latin America and Latino MSM in the United States. The plan includes mixed methods data collection on sexual relationships between MSM and the knowledge and acceptance of various HIV prevention strategies including newer strategies such as using HIV treatment as prevention (Aims 1 and 2). Dr. Konda will use the information gathered during Aims 1 and 2 to design and implement a pilot HIV prevention intervention with MSM in Peru including small group sessions and couples voluntary counseling and testing. The goal of the pilot intervention will be to establish its feasibility, acceptability, and an estimateof its effect. The pilot will be the basis for a future R01 application to test the efficacy of this HIV prevention intervention with MSM in Peru. The goals of the proposed study are closely aligned with the mission of the National Institute of Mental Health, which investigates behavioral and community-based methods of HIV/STI prevention. Through close collaboration with the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, this research will be rapidly disseminated and inform future interventions in a timely and effective manner. The proposed training and research stem from the past work of Dr. Konda and that of her experienced mentoring team and will contribute to her career path toward becoming an independent researcher.