International Research Training Center for Botanicals and Metabolic Syndrome in T

项目描述（由申请人提供）：该项目将在塔吉克斯坦建立一个植物药物和代谢综合征国际研究培训中心（CBMS），塔吉克斯坦是世界上最贫穷的国家之一，急需改善公共卫生和医学研究培训。塔吉克斯坦以前是苏联的一部分，具有利用植物疗法治疗和预防慢性非传染性疾病和失调的悠久传统，可追溯到一千年前著名的塔吉克医生和哲学家阿维森纳时代。该中心将以一种文化敏感的方式，将西方医学的密集教学培训与强大的植物医学传统知识相结合，并为即将毕业的博士和博士后水平的研究科学家建立一个可持续的机制，使他们能够将这两个系统结合起来，造福塔吉克斯坦。拟议的培训计划将由美国国立卫生研究院资助的三个项目大力支持，这些项目涉及参与该申请的大多数研究培训教员：国家植物学和代谢综合征中心、美国国立卫生研究院T32治疗代谢综合征培训资助项目，以及现已完成的名为“在中亚建立新的制药能力”的国际生物多样性合作小组（ICBG）项目。此外，拟议的项目将利用全球生物探索研究所（GIBEX）建立的全球研究培训基础设施。CBMS项目主任（拉斯金）和协调员（杜申科夫）曾在塔吉克斯坦工作，会说俄语（科学和受过教育的专业人员的语言），并与参与CBMS的塔吉克斯坦机构建立了密切联系。CBMS将涉及三个美国机构，罗格斯大学、彭宁顿生物医学研究中心/路易斯安那州立大学和Eugenio Maria de Hostos社区学院，这是一个专门从事与健康相关培训的少数民族服务机构，以及五个塔吉克机构。正式培养博士研究生6名，博士后4名；但是，它将把远程学习课程、在线培训和国家活动扩大到更多的塔吉克科学家和卫生专业人员。该中心的目的是为塔吉克斯坦科学家提供一个可持续的基础，加强研究、培训和留住他们从事植物药物用于预防和治疗代谢综合症的跨学科研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will establish an International Research Training Center for Botanicals and Metabolic Syndrome (CBMS) in Tajikistan, one of the poorest countries in the world in critical need of improved public health and training in medical research. Tajikistan, formerly a part of the Soviet Union, has a well-established tradition of usin botanical therapeutics for treatment and prevention of Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders (NCDDs) going back a thousand years to the times of renowned Tajik physician and philosopher Avicenna. The proposed Center will integrate, in a culturally sensitive way, intensive didactic training in western medical science with the strong traditional knowledge of botanical medicine and develop a sustainable mechanism for graduating Ph.D. and postdoctoral-level research scientists who can merge these two systems for the benefit of Tajikistan. The proposed training program will be strongly leveraged by three NIH-funded programs that involve most of the research training faculty participating in this application: National Center for Botanicals and Metabolic Syndrome, NIH T32 Training Grant in Botanical Approaches to Combat Metabolic Syndrome and now completed International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) program titled "Building New Pharmaceutical Capabilities in Central Asia." In addition the proposed program will take advantage of the world-wide research training infrastructure established by the Global Institute for Bio exploration (GIBEX). CBMS Program Director (Raskin) and Coordinator (Dushenkov) have worked in Tajikistan, speak Russian (the language of science and educated professionals) and have established close connections with Tajik institutions involved in CBMS. CBMS will involve three US institutions, Rutgers University, Pennington Biomedical research Center/Louisiana State University and Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, a minority serving institution specializing in health-related training, and five Tajik institutions. It will formally train six Ph.D. students and four postdoctoral fellow; however, it will extend its distance learning courses, online training and in country events to a much larger number of Tajik scientists and health professionals. CBMS's aim is to provide a sustainable foundation for intense research training and retention of Tajik scientists in the interdisciplinary studies of the uses of botanicals for the prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome.