Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies

描述（由申请人提供）：培养下一代艾滋病预防科学家，熟练掌握多个领域的方法，并增加少数民族研究人员的数量，是加州大学旧金山分校艾滋病预防研究博士后培训（TAPS）的长期目标。短期目标是培养博士后从事以下研究的技能：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通过在其共同博士后研究员的学科中培养各自领域的新晋科学家来平衡预防的行为和生物医学方面。TAPS设在UCSF的艾滋病预防研究中心（CAPS），与艾滋病研究所旗下的其他机构关系密切。该项目需要高级教师一对一的指导；临床或公共卫生研究硕士学位；研究方法和伦理的高级课程；研讨会和圆桌会议；同行评议与教学；研究项目的设计、拨款撰写和实施；并提交论文发表。自成立以来，TAPS已培训了109名研究员，在过去的五年里，URM的学者人数增加到60%；所有人都转岗到大学从事学术研究和新发现，卫生部门从事实施科学研究，国际组织从事政策研究。校友在过去10年中出版了580本出版物，获得了220项资助。计划的五年续期将允许每年培训2至3名新研究员，我们设想他们将准备好对艾滋病流行病实施致命一击，并继续解决美国和全世界未来的主要健康问题。

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.