UCLA/China CDC Training Program in Advanced Research Methodologies

描述(申请人提供)：中国已在全国范围内全面收集艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的艾滋病毒诊断、治疗和生存以及药物替代计划参与者的数据，这为监测计划和提供干预策略提供了宝贵的资源。然而，中国缺乏足够训练有素的研究人员来分析这些庞大的数据集。因此，中国疾病预防控制中心(中国)和加州大学洛杉矶分校公共卫生学院(UCLA SPH)提出了一个联合双轨计划，以增强中国疾控中心的研究能力，中国是中国的主要卫生研究机构。中国疾病预防控制中心现在能够在协作提供高级研究方法培训方面发挥积极作用。因此，我们建议在中国疾控中心和加州大学洛杉矶分校SPH设立双轨项目，并在中国疾控中心举办一系列关于先进方法的研讨会。中国疾控中心的博士生将在中国疾控中心完成第一年的课程工作，第二年将在加州大学洛杉矶分校学习高级数据管理和分析，并将获得加州大学洛杉矶分校的公共卫生硕士学位。然后，他们将回到中国完成他们的学位论文田野工作。加州大学洛杉矶分校的博士生将花两年半的时间完成加州大学洛杉矶分校的课程工作，然后在中国杂志上开发、实施、分析和发表一项与艾滋病毒政策相关的研究报告。加州大学洛杉矶分校和中国疾控中心的教职员工将同时担任加州大学洛杉矶分校和中国疾控中心学员的博士委员会成员。根据拟议的共享培训计划，加州大学洛杉矶分校将支持加州大学洛杉矶分校的活动，中国疾控中心将支持中国的活动，包括博士项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): China has implemented comprehensive nation-wide data collection on HIV diagnosis, treatment and survival of HIV/AIDS patients, and on participants in the drug replacement programs, which provides an invaluable resource for monitoring the programs and informing intervention strategies. However, China lacks enough well-trained research personnel to be able to analyze these large data sets. Therefore, the Chinese Centers for Disease Control (China CDC) and the UCLA School of Public Health (UCLA SPH) propose a joint two-track program to enhance the research capability of the China CDC, which is the major health research institution in China. The China CDC is now in a position to take an active role in collaboratively providing advanced training in research methodology. Therefore, we propose a two-track program in the China CDC and the UCLA SPH and a series of workshops on advanced methodology at the China CDC. Ph.D. trainees at the China CDC will spend their first year completed course work at the China CDC and their second year studying advanced data management and analysis at UCLA, for which they will receive a MPH degree from UCLA. They will then return to China to complete their dissertation field work. The UCLA Ph.D. trainees will spend two and half years completing course work at UCLA, then develop, implement, analyze, and publish a research study in China relevant to HIV policy. Faculty from both UCLA and the China CDC will serve on the doctoral committees of both the UCLA and China CDC trainees. Under the proposed shared training program, UCLA will support the activities at UCLA and the China CDC will support the activities in China, including the Ph.D. program.