Training Program in Substance Use, HIV and Related Infections

描述（由申请人提供）：要求提供资金以更新一项培训计划，该计划旨在培训下一代行为科学家，他们具有在药物使用人群中预防艾滋病毒和相关并发症（即结核病，病毒性肝炎和性病）的专业知识。我们的计划建立在公共卫生和临床心理学联合博士课程（JDP）的基础上，该课程是通过加州圣地亚哥大学（UCSD）医学院和圣地亚哥州立大学（SDSU）公共卫生研究生院和社会工作学院之间的长期合作伙伴关系提供的。在这次更新中，2013年开始的关于药物滥用社会科学研究的新JDP将进一步加强我们的申请人库，我们将重点扩展到艾滋病毒合并感染之外，以考虑合并症，这反映了额外的广度。我们的目标是：1）为希望专注于药物滥用与艾滋病毒及相关并发症之间交叉点的预防研究的流行病学，健康行为和心理学的博士前学生和博士后研究员提供跨学科研究培训经验的机会; 2）为学生提供在国际环境中预防艾滋病毒及相关并发症的实践经验; 3）招募和培训来自不同学术背景和代表性不足的少数民族（URM）人口的研究人员，他们拥有最先进的技能，以应对药物使用和艾滋病毒预防研究方面的挑战;以及4）培训个人负责地进行人类受试者的研究，特别是在国际和跨文化环境中。经过4年的支持，我们的计划已经支持了16名学员。在完成培训的6名博士后研究员和3名博士前实习生中，所有人都在该领域积极工作; 4名完成培训的研究员现在是助理教授。三名研究员成功地竞争了K 01;一名博士前实习生获得了R36论文资助，第二名获得了多样性补充。我们支持了5个城市资源管理员，其中3人已经完成培训。受训人员在培训期间共发表了59篇手稿。我们请求支持3名博士前和3名博士后学员，由17个核心教师指导。根据学员的培训水平，他们必须完成药物滥用和传染病课程、负责任地开展研究的指导、每季度的文化敏感性培训讲习班、每月的“工作进展”研讨会和一次赠款撰写研讨会。我们在附近的墨西哥和其他8个国家的积极研究计划创造了独特的，动手的国际培训经验和基础设施的学员发展成为独立的调查员的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funding is requested to renew a training program that aims to train the next generation of behavioral scientists with expertise in the prevention of HIV and related co-morbidities (i.e. TB, viral hepatitis and STls) among substance using populations. Our program builds upon the joint doctoral programs (JDP) in public health and clinical psychology offered through a longstanding partnership between the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the San Diego State University (SDSU) Graduate School of Public Health and School of Social Work. In this renewal, a new JDP beginning in 2013 on Social Sciences Research in Substance Abuse will further enhance our applicant pool, and our extended focus beyond HIV co-infections to consider co-morbidities reflects additional breadth. Our objectives are: 1) To provide opportunities for interdisciplinary research training experiences for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in epidemiology, health behavior and psychology who wish to focus on prevention research at the intersection between substance abuse and HIV and related co-morbidities; 2) To offer students hands-on experience in the prevention of HIV and related co-morbidities in international settings; 3) To recruit and train researchers from diverse academic backgrounds and under-represented minority (URM) populations with state-of-the-art skills to address challenges in substance use and HIV prevention research; and 4) To train individuals in the responsible conduct of research with human subjects, especially in international and cross-cultural settings. After 4 years of support, our program has supported 16 trainees. Of the 6 postdoctoral fellows and 3 predoctoral trainees who completed training, all remain active in the field; 4 completed Fellows are now Assistant Professors. Three Fellows successfully competed for K01s; one predoctoral trainee received an R36 dissertation grant and a second was granted a Diversity Supplement. We have supported 5 URM, of whom 3 already completed training. Collectively, trainees published 59 manuscripts during their training. We request support for 3 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees, mentored by 17 Core Faculty. Depending on their level of training, mentees are required to complete courses in substance abuse and infectious diseases, instruction in responsible conduct of research, quarterly cultural sensitivity training workshops, monthly 'Work In Progress' seminars and a grant-writing seminar. Our active research programs in nearby Mexico and 8 other countries create the opportunity for unique, hands-on international training experiences and an infrastructure for trainees to develop into independent investigators.