Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention Training Program

耶鲁大学艾滋病跨学科研究中心（CIRA）于1999年建立了一个非常成功的艾滋病预防研究前和博士后奖学金培训计划，本申请为nssa T32 MH20031续签。在过去的14年里，我们成功地培养了博士后研究员，在过去的9年里，年轻的、早期职业的科学家在我们的博士前培训部分蓬勃发展。中心设在耶鲁大学公共卫生学院，提供了一个特殊的培训环境，继续与不断变化的艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病保持同步。我们的培训计划的独特之处在于提供以下观点组合：专注于弱势群体和服务不足的人群；强调定量和定性分析方法严谨性的强大培训基础；在国内和国际上进行合乎道德的、基于社区的研究的机会；以及实施科学技能和方法，以支持针对当地情况和研究人群量身定制的干预措施的设计和评估。我们要求继续支持每年3个博士预科和6个博士后名额。前博士和博士后奖学金的重点是与教师导师一起“动手”进行研究、分析、论文和拨款写作。我们所有的同学都被要求每周参加一次

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Renewal Application for NRSA T32 MH20031 seeks to continue a highly successful Pre- and Post- Doctoral Fellowship Training Program (established in 1999) in HIV prevention research at Yale University's Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA). Over the past fourteen years we have successfully trained Post-Doctoral Fellows, with younger, early-career scientists thriving in our Pre-Doctoral Training component over the past nine years. CIRA, housed within the Yale School of Public Health at Yale University, provides an exceptional training environment that continues to keep step with the changing HIV/AIDS pandemic. Our training program is unique in providing the following combination of perspectives: a focus on vulnerable and underserved populations~ a strong foundation of training that emphasizes methodological rigor in both quantitative and qualitative analyses~ opportunities to conduct ethically sound, community based research, domestically and internationally~ and implementation science skills and methods to support the design and evaluation of interventions that are tailored to local contexts and study populations. We are requesting continued support for 3 Pre-Doctoral and 6 Post-Doctoral slots per year. The focus of both the Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowship is "hands on" conduct of research, analysis, paper and grant writing with a faculty mentor. All of our fellows are required to participate in a weekly seminar and lecture series. In addition, the Pre-Doctoral training also includes: formal course work, research preceptorship, seminars, outside courses and meetings, qualifying examinations, and dissertation research. Our approach to training future scientists for careers in HIV prevention research will emphasize flexibility and individual tailoring of Fellows' research preceptorships, while recognizing the importance of core training in methodology and the responsible conduct of research. Over the past 14 years we have successfully trained, and continue to train, 44 Post-Doctoral Fellows and 9 Pre-Doctoral fellows from a variety of disciplines. Fellows are both exposed to, and actively collaborate in, a wide array of studies and career trajectories, with an unprecedented opportunity to publish their own research. We are, therefore, confident in our ability to prepare both Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellows with the strongest foundation of knowledge, skills, and experience to achieve and sustain careers as scientific investigators, contributing to advances in HIV prevention, specifically, and public health, in general.