Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for Low and Middle-Income Countries

福格蒂低收入和中等收入国家艾滋病毒研究培训计划

• 批准号: 8707593
• 负责人: MYRON E ESSEX
• 金额: $ 27.24万
• 依托单位: HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-01 至 2018-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8707593
• 关键词: AIDS/HIV problem; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Advisory Committees; Africa; Anti-Retroviral Agents; Area; Botswana; Clinical; Country; Developing Countries; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational workshop; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Government; HIV; Health; High Prevalence; Incidence; Income; Individual; Institutes; Journals; Mentors; Monitor; Patients; Performance; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Physicians; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Prevention Research; Preventive Intervention; Publications; Relative (related person); Research; Research Activity; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Site; Teacher Professional Development; Training; Training Programs; base; experience; pre-doctoral; programs; success

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The focus for this proposal is on prevention research in Botswana to reduce incidence of HIV/AIDS. This is central to the current research activities of the faculty mentors, who collaborate extensively with each other and with key partners at the Botswana site. Our partner for training is the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP), a limited liability nonprofit corporation (LLC) with the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Botswana. The BHP is the largest HIV/AIDS research organization in Botswana, and one of the largest in Africa. The long- term goals and objectives of this training program are to train research leaders who can take responsibility for the BHP within the next 5-10 years, and to staff the MOH with local AIDS experts. Botswana currently has the second-highest prevalence of HIV in the world for adults (25%), but has also had the highest rate of antiretroviral drug treatment (ART) for patients with AIDS (about 90%, according to WHO). The government of Botswana, the training faculty at Harvard, and the key collaborators at BHP have now decided to focus their efforts on prevention research. A new research grant based on a combination of prevention interventions includes participation by 10 of the 14 Harvard training faculty. AIDS-related courses, seminars, and workshops are available for trainees. We have requested funds for 2 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral positions each year. We estimate that we will train about 18 trainees over 5 years, allowing for multiple years for each PhD candidate and some postdoctoral fellows, and assuming several short-term trainees could fill a single annual training slot. Stipends will be based on current degrees and research experience; thus an MD on an MS or PhD program would be eligible for a postdoctoral-level stipend. All trainees would have at least a BSc degree. We estimate that about half will be physicians with clinical experience. Some will be postdoctoral fellows who have PhD's in a related area but no experience in AIDS research. Each trainee will have a principal advisor and a faculty advisory committee. Selection of trainees is based on previous academic performance, references, experience, and assurance that the candidates will return to participate in AIDS research in Botswana. The quality of the program will be monitored by a Training Advisory Committee composed of experts from the US and from developing countries. The success of the training program will be judged by the relative increase in senior research positions at BHP and MOH that are individuals who were trained by this program after the second and fourth years. Success will also be judged by the implementation of successful prevention research programs that involve trainees, numbers of trainee publications in high-impact journals, and number of staff positions filled by former trainees at the BHP and the Ministry of Health.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案的重点是博茨瓦纳的预防研究，以降低艾滋病毒/艾滋病的发病率。这是中心的教师导师，谁与对方和在博茨瓦纳网站的关键合作伙伴广泛合作，目前的研究活动。我们的培训合作伙伴是博茨瓦纳哈佛艾滋病研究所伙伴关系（BHP），这是博茨瓦纳卫生部（MOH）的一家有限责任非营利公司。BHP是博茨瓦纳最大的艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究组织，也是非洲最大的研究组织之一。这一培训方案的长期目标和目的是培养能够在未来5-10年内负责BHP的研究领导人，并为卫生部配备当地艾滋病专家。博茨瓦纳目前是世界上成人艾滋病毒感染率第二高的国家（25%），但也是艾滋病患者抗逆转录病毒药物治疗率最高的国家（据世卫组织统计，约90%）。博茨瓦纳政府、哈佛的培训教师和必和必拓的主要合作者现在决定将他们的努力集中在预防研究上。一项新的基于预防干预措施组合的研究赠款包括哈佛14名培训教师中的10名参与。为学员提供与艾滋病有关的课程、研讨会和讲习班。我们每年申请2个博士前和3个博士后职位的资金。我们估计，我们将在5年内培训约18名学员，允许每个博士候选人和一些博士后研究员多年，并假设几个短期学员可以填补一个年度培训名额。津贴将基于当前的学位和研究经验;因此，在MS或博士课程的MD将有资格获得博士后水平的津贴。所有受训人员都至少有一个理学士学位。我们估计，大约一半将是具有临床经验的医生。有些人将是博士后研究员，他们拥有相关领域的博士学位，但没有艾滋病研究的经验。每个学员将有一个主要顾问和一个教师咨询委员会。挑选受训人员的依据是以前的学习成绩、推荐信、经验，并保证候选人将返回博茨瓦纳参加艾滋病研究。该计划的质量将由一个由美国和发展中国家专家组成的培训咨询委员会监督。培训计划的成功与否将取决于必和必拓和卫生部高级研究职位的相对增加，这些职位是在第二年和第四年后接受该计划培训的个人。成功与否还将取决于是否成功实施了涉及受训人员的预防研究方案，受训人员在高影响力期刊上发表的文章数量，以及前受训人员在必和必拓和卫生部担任的工作人员职位数量。