A HIV planning grant for a physician-scientist training program

描述（由申请人提供）：这项规划赠款的主要目标是为内罗毕大学的一个以消除母婴传播（eMTCT）研究为中心的医生-科学家培训项目提出申请。医生-科学家是将研究创新转化为卫生保健提供标准的关键环节，然而，内罗毕大学和撒哈拉以南非洲的大多数学术机构缺乏在当前研究生专业培训中提供医生-科学家培训的综合项目。因此，很少有专门在非洲接受培训的医学专家准备开展研究，为艾滋病毒护理、治疗和预防提供信息，或对保健政策和/或方案设计、绩效、扩大规模和可持续性产生重大影响。这一计划医师-科学家培训项目的提议建立在内罗毕大学高素质和经验丰富的医师研究人员的坚实基础之上，其中包括福加蒂资助的华盛顿大学艾滋病国际研究与培训项目（AIRTP）的许多前受训人员。在完成培训后，这些人已成熟为独立调查人员，并在国家、区域和全球公共卫生政策方面作出了重大贡献。这些来自大学的内科科学家

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The main objective of this planning grant is to develop an application for a physician-scientist training program centered on the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) research at the University of Nairobi. The physician-scientist is the critical link to translation of research innovations to standards of health care provision, however, the University of Nairobi, and most academic institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, lack integrated programs that provide physician-scientist training within current graduate professional training. As a result, few medical specialists trained exclusively in Africa are prepared to conduct research that will inform HIV care, treatment and prevention or have a major impact on healthcare policy and/or program design, performance, scale up and sustainability. This proposal to plan a physician-scientist training program builds on a strong foundation of highly qualified and experienced physician researchers at the University of Nairobi, including many former trainees in the Fogarty-funded University of Washington (UW) AIDS International Research and Training Program (AIRTP). After completing their training, these individuals have matured into independent investigators and made a significant mark on national, regional and global public health policy. These physician-scientists, from the University of Nairobi, led by Professor Ruth Nduati, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Washington led by Dr. Carey Farquhar, propose to consolidate research on eMTCT by developing a program to train specialist physician-scientists (PhD, MMed/MPH, MMed/MSc) who can conduct high-level research, attract research grants and mentor others in research on eMTCT. In order to achieve this goal, the planning grant will: 1) Develop an implementation framework for physician-scientist training through consultative workshops with stakeholders and development of a strategic plan; 2) Build the curriculum for physician-scientists training by reviewing existing PhD, MMed, MPH and MSc curriculums and extending them to an integrated curriculum for physician-scientists; 3) Establish supervision and mentorship structures for trainee physician-scientist trainnes by identifying suitable supervisors, mentors and research sites. The proposed activities fit into the goal of the Kenya government to eliminate MTCT by 2015 through universal access to comprehensive PMTCT services and will create a model for training physician-scientists that can be replicated in other fields, not only at the University of Nairobi but in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa.