UCLA - Cairo University Addiction Unit Research Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：开罗大学(卡斯尔艾尼)是埃及和中东的一所领先的教育机构，近一个世纪以来一直是一家领先的医学培训机构，在整个地区培养医学博士作为从业者和医学领袖。在医疗和保健服务提供方面的进展要求更多地应用新的研究成果，并出现了埃及社会特有的与卫生有关的问题。越来越多的人要求开罗大学发展研究能力，以便利用和促进医学和保健服务方面的研究。Fogarty国际研究培训计划是将加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)医学院与开罗大学医学院(开罗大学)联系起来的一个极好的机制，通过扩大两所大学精神病学系之间的现有关系，建设开罗大学在物质使用障碍及其治疗和在埃及提供治疗的护理系统方面的研究能力，从而达成一项有益的合作协议。埃及需要一种研究能力，以：1.确定药物使用障碍的性质和程度；2.评估具体治疗的效力和效力；3.定量评估创新治疗服务的提供工作。而临床试验研究是主要的 作为培训计划的主题，加州大学洛杉矶分校的ISAP拥有多样化的研究知识和专业知识。研究员还将接触到成瘾的基本神经生理学、脑成像研究、人体实验室研究方法、妇女和青少年问题、药物使用的医学后遗症(包括艾滋病毒和肝炎)、流行病学研究、卫生服务研究、药物滥用和刑事司法系统等许多领域的研究。拟议的培训计划将包括：2名长期研究员，他们将在加州大学洛杉矶分校度过12个月和6个月(5年10名)；2名短期研究员，他们将访问加州大学洛杉矶分校并参加国家发展计划会议(5年10名)；在开罗举行的成瘾研究所年度会议；4名加州大学洛杉矶分校教员在开罗举办的为期2周的讲习班；开罗大学研究员和开罗大学其他精神病学教员参加定期安排的加州大学洛杉矶分校药物滥用研究研讨会的远程学习；Tarek Gawad博士和4名研究员前往加州大学洛杉矶分校学习药物依赖问题和加州大学洛杉矶分校的药物滥用问题。每个研究员将有一名来自加州大学洛杉矶分校的教职员工研究导师，负责监督研究知识/技能发展计划。将向开展研究项目的研究员颁发小额赠款。开罗大学成瘾科副主任Gawad博士和加州大学洛杉矶分校ISAP副主任Rawson博士将协调所有活动。该培训计划的目的是：(1)吸引现有开罗大学教职员工和医学博士候选人投身研究事业；(2)介绍和启动理科硕士候选人的研究兴趣和技能；(3)在整个开罗大学医学课程中增加研究培训；(4)解决埃及重要的物质使用研究问题；(5)促进开罗大学教职员工和学生成功地获得NIDA和其他研究资助。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cairo University (Kasr El-Ainy) is a leading educational institution in Egypt and the Middle East and has been a leading medical training institution for almost a century, training MDs as practitioners and medical leaders throughout the region. Advances in medicine and health services delivery have required increased application of emerging research findings and health-related questions specific to Egyptian society have emerged. There is an increasing demand for Cairo University to develop a research capacity to use and contribute to the research in medicine and health care delivery. The Fogarty International Research Training Program is an excellent mechanism to link the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine with the Cairo University School of Medicine (Cairo U) in a beneficial collaborative agreement by extending the existing relationship between the universities' Departments of Psychiatry to build Cairo U's capacity in the area of research on substance use disorders, their treatment and on the systems of care that deliver treatment in Egypt. Egypt needs a research capacity to: 1. determine the nature and extent of substance use disorders; 2. assess the efficacy and effectiveness of specific treatments; and, 3. quantitatively evaluate innovative treatment service delivery efforts. While clinical trials research is the major theme of the training program, there is a diversity of research knowledge and expertise at UCLA ISAP. Fellows will also receive tremendous exposure to research on the basic neurophysiology of addiction, brain imaging research, human laboratory research methods, women and adolescent issues, medical sequellae of drug use (including HIV and hepatitis), epidemiological research, health services research, drug abuse and the criminal justice system, and many other areas. The proposed training plan will include: 2 long-term fellows, who will spend 12 and 6 months at UCLA (10 over 5 years); 2 short-term fellows who will visit UCLA and attend CPDD meeting (10 over 5 years); an annual addiction research institute conference in Cairo; 2 week-long workshops by 4 UCLA faculty members in Cairo; distance learning participation by Cairo U fellows and other Cairo U psychiatric faculty in regularly scheduled UCLA substance abuse research seminars; travel by Dr. Tarek Gawad and the 4 fellows to College on Problems of Drug Dependence and UCLA. Each fellow will have a faculty research mentor from UCLA to oversee a plan of research knowledge/skills development. Small grants will be awarded to fellows to conduct a research project. Dr. Gawad, Associate Director of the Addiction Unit at Cairo U and Dr. Rawson, Associate Director of UCLA ISAP, will coordinate all activities. The aims of this training program are to: (1) Engage current Cairo U faculty and MD Candidates into careers in research; (2) Introduce and initiate research interests and skills of MSc candidates; (3) Increase research training throughout the Cairo U medical curriculum (4) Address substance use research questions of importance in Egypt, and finally; (5) Promote successful NIDA and other research grants by Cairo U faculty and students.