Argentine Doctoral Training in Implementation Research across the Lifespan

描述（由申请人提供）：该计划的主要目标是在阿根廷提供实施研究方面的博士培训，从而建立一个可持续的国内博士课程，使阿根廷研究人员成为成功的独立研究者。实施研究评估实施循证干预措施的方法，从而提高卫生保健的质量和有效性。实施研究包括使用随机对照试验和严格的业务研究来评估旨在促进将研究成果纳入日常保健的干预措施的有效性。它还包括一种多学科方法，以了解非传染性疾病的决定因素以及实施有效干预措施的文化、社会经济和行为障碍。我们的方法从怀孕前开始，包括整个生命周期。这将通过一个“三明治博士项目”来实现，该项目将为从阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯临床有效性和卫生政策研究所（IECS）的硕士项目毕业或从同等项目毕业的合格候选人提供博士培训。在该计划的第1-3年期间，候选人将在布宜诺斯艾利斯大学医学院注册博士课程，并将在杜兰大学公共卫生和热带医学学院完成第一年的课程。在项目的第4年和第5年，学员将只在杜兰大学学习一个学期，然后在接下来的一个学期学习IECS开发的新课程。这将是逐步将整个项目转移到阿根廷的一步。实施研究方面的培训将集中在IECS和杜兰大学的两个优势领域：妇幼保健和心血管健康，以终身方法将它们联系起来。完成项目后，学员将获得职位和机会与IECS合作进行正在进行的研究活动，特别是与nih资助的项目有关的研究活动。他们还将有机会在阿根廷教授博士生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The main objective of this program is to provide doctoral training in implementation research in Argentina, thereby building a sustainable, in-country doctoral program allowing Argentine researchers to become successful independent investigators. Implementation research evaluates approaches to implement evidence-based interventions, and hence to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care. Implementation research includes the use of randomized controlled trials and rigorous operational research to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions designed to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare. It also includes a multi-disciplinary approach to understand the determinants of non-communicable diseases and the cultural, socio-economic, and behavioral barriers to implementation of effective interventions. Our approach starts in the pre-conceptional period and includes the entire lifespan. This will be accomplished via a "sandwich PhD program," which will offer doctoral training to qualified candidates who have graduated from the master's program at the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina or from equivalent programs. During Years 1-3 of the program, candidates will enroll in the PhD program at the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine and will complete their first year of coursework at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. During Years 4 and 5 of the program, trainees will only spend one semester at Tulane and will then take new courses to be developed at IECS during the following semester. This will be a step toward the progressive transfer of the entire program to Argentina. The training in implementation research will be focused on two areas of strength at IECS and at Tulane University: maternal and child health and cardiovascular health, linking them in a lifespan approach. After completing the program, trainees will be offered positions and opportunities to collaborate with IECS in ongoing research activities, especially those related to NIH-funded projects. They will also have opportunities to teach PhD students in Argentina.