Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies

描述（由申请人提供）：培训下一代艾滋病毒预防科学家，熟练掌握多个领域的方法，并增加代表性不足的少数民族研究人员的数量是UCSF艾滋病预防研究（TAPS）博士后培训的长期目标。短期目标是建立博士后研究员的技能，从事研究：1）结合生物医学，行为和结构干预措施，以最大限度地发挥影响，2）消除美国艾滋病毒的种族/民族差异，3）开发新的预防干预措施。TAPS平衡行为和生物医学方面的预防培训科学家新铸造在各自的领域在他们的共同博士后研究员的学科。TAPS设在UCSF的艾滋病预防研究中心（CAPS），与艾滋病研究所伞下的其他机构有密切的关系。该计划需要与高级教师一对一的指导;临床或公共卫生研究硕士学位;研究方法和道德的高级课程;研讨会和盛大的回合;同行评审和教学;设计，资助写作和实施研究项目;和提交论文出版。自成立以来，TAPS已经培训了109名研究员，同时在过去五年中将URM学者增加到60%;所有人都过渡到大学进行学术研究和新发现，卫生部门进行实施科学研究，国际组织进行政策研究。校友在过去10年中产生了580出版物，并获得220赠款。TAPS的五年更新将允许每年培训2至3名新研究员，我们设想他们将准备好管理艾滋病流行病的致命一击，并继续解决美国和世界范围内未来的重大健康问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Training the next generation of HIV prevention scientists, skilled in the methods of multiple fields, and increasing the number of under-represented minority researchers are the long-term goals of the postdoctoral Traineeship in AIDS Prevention Studies (TAPS) at UCSF. Short-term goals are to build the skills of postdoctoral fellows to engage in research that: 1) combines biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions to maximize impact, 2) eliminates racial/ethnic disparities in HIV in the US, and 3) develops novel prevention interventions. TAPS balances the behavioral and biomedical sides of prevention by training scientists newly minted in their respective fields in th disciplines of their co-postdoctoral fellows. TAPS is housed in UCSF's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), with close relationships to other institutions within the AIDS Research Institute umbrella. The program requires one-on-one mentorship with senior faculty; a master's degree in clinical or public health research; advanced courses in research methods and ethics; seminars and grand rounds; peer review and teaching; designing, grant writing, and implementing research projects; and submission of papers for publication. Since inception, TAPS has trained 109 fellows, while increasing URM scholars to 60% in the last five-year period; all transitioned to positions at universities conducting academic research and new discovery, health departments conducting implementation science research, and international organizations conducting policy research. Alumni in the last 10 years produced 580 publications and obtained 220 grants. Five-year renewal of TAPS will permit training of 2 to 3 new fellows per year who we envision will be poised to administer the coup de grace to the AIDS epidemic and carry on to address major future health issues in the US and worldwide.