Research Training Program for Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions

回应坦桑尼亚优化个人护理的国家优先事项 感染艾滋病毒的杜克大学和乞力马扎罗基督教医疗中心 中心(KCMC)将开发一个社会行为科学(SBS)研究核心 KCMC的重点是艾滋病毒/艾滋病护理。SBS研究技能对以下方面至关重要 了解与艾滋病毒检测、污名、关联和保留有关的关键问题 在护理、治疗依从性和精神疾病等共病方面 药物滥用，这与临床结果密切相关。收购 这些研究技能将通过南南培训机会和 开普敦大学(UCT)，以及与杜克大学的南北机会。 考虑到研究独立和创建区域培训的目标 到2018年4月，我们已经为团队制定了仔细的计划 强调强健和互补的SBS研究技能的作文。 四名考生将在第一年开始博士培训，攻读以下专业知识 流行病学/公共卫生、健康促进/行为学和心理学。二 学员还将在一年级开始接受精神病学的医学硕士培训。 在接下来的几年里，额外的团队成员将启动中期和短期 培训以发展精神疾病的公共卫生方面的专门知识，要点 护理诊断、护理、数据管理和研究管理。 杜克大学和加州大学的教职员工将通过他们的 在艾滋病毒感染的SBS方面的专业知识和资助的研究。实习生的 研究将扩展现有的与杜克大学和 在新任首席执行官的领导下与UCT发展新的合作关系 建立了KCMC SBS研究核心团队。计划管理将建立 回顾KCMC-Duke合作培训的过去和成功，以及未来 通过认真的沟通、严格的监测和 评价，并对培训咨询委员会和 外部咨询委员会。

Responding to Tanzanian national priorities for optimizing the care of persons living with HIV infection, Duke University and the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) will develop a Sociobehavioral Sciences (SBS) Research Core at KCMC focused on HIV/AIDS care. SBS research skills are essential for understanding critical issues relating to HIV testing, stigma, linkage and retention in care, treatment adherence, and co-morbidities such as mental illness and substance abuse, which relate strongly to clinical outcomes. The acquisition of these research skills will occur through South-South training opportunities with the University of Cape Town (UCT), and North-South opportunities with Duke. Given the goal of research independence and creation of a regional training facility for the Team by April 2018, we have developed a careful plan for Team composition which emphasizes robust and complementary SBS research skills. Four candidates will begin PhD training in year 1, pursuing expertise in epidemiology/public health, health promotion/behavior, and psychology. Two trainees will also begin Masters' in Medicine training in Psychiatry in year 1. In subsequent years additional Team members will initiate medium- and short-term training to develop expertise in public health aspects of mental illness, point of care diagnostics, nursing, data management and research administration. Strong mentorship will be offered by faculty at Duke and UCT through their expertise and funded research in SBS aspects of HIV infection. The trainees' research will expand existing collaborative research efforts with Duke and develop new collaborations with UCT under the leadership of the newly developed KCMC SBS Research Core Team. Program administration will build upon the past training successes of the KCMC-Duke collaboration, and future success will be ensured through careful communication, rigorous monitoring and evaluation, and accountability to the Training Advisory Committee and an External Advisory Committee.