Infrastructure Development Training Program for Aga Khan University East Africa

摘要 肯尼亚是世界上艾滋病毒流行最严重的国家之一，有150多万人患有这种疾病。 肯尼亚的艾滋病毒研究为艾滋病毒的管理、治疗和预防做出了重大贡献 在国内以及在世界范围内制定国际准则。东非阿加汗大学 (AKU)是一个不断发展的医疗和护理学术机构，在肯尼亚，乌干达和坦桑尼亚设有校区。 它为东非的医生发起了第一个临床传染病和心脏病学研究金 并正在发展艾滋病毒和非传染性疾病（NCD）的研究专长。但为了 为了创造一个高质量的艾滋病研究环境，AKU需要加强其研究管理， 管理基础设施。本提案的目标是：1）了解以下方面的需求和差距： 在AKU的研究行政和管理，通过进行现场评估; 2)通过实施提高AKU研究管理人员和赠款管理人员的知识和技能 在肯尼亚内罗毕举办面对面的培训讲习班，并协助AKU学员实地访问肯尼亚大学， 美国西雅图的华盛顿（UW）; 3）加强AKU研究管理员和资助的能力 管理人员成功提交NIH，CDC和其他捐助者资助的赠款，通过提供持续的 辅导和在线课程。华盛顿大学的研究管理、资助和财务管理专家 将实施拟议的基础设施发展培训计划的目标，该计划将由 博士华盛顿大学全球健康副教授Michael Chung和副教授William Macharia博士 AKU研究院院长该计划将由钟博士的治疗，研究和专家促进 教育（树）计划在全球卫生（DGH）的UW部门。TREE拥有丰富的经验 在肯尼亚机构的能力建设，并在西雅图在华盛顿大学和内罗毕在AKU，在那里博士办事处。 钟也是医学系主任。钟博士，项目主任，和博士。 主任，将建立一个培训计划，将教育12名行政人员和经理在AKU在一系列 3年来在肯尼亚举办了7次讲习班，促进10名AKU受训人员访问西雅图的华盛顿大学， 指导一组核心学员，他们需要成功地提交和管理AKU的赠款。数十 东非的学员也将能够参加UW计划提供的在线财务管理课程 教师。在基础设施发展培训计划结束时，研究管理人员和赠款 AKU的管理人员将能够成功地提交和管理美国国立卫生研究院（NIH），中心 疾病控制和预防（CDC），以及其他捐助者资助的赠款，并将大大扩大 AKU教师提交的艾滋病毒赠款申请的数量和授予艾滋病毒感染者的赠款资金的数量 机构。

ABSTRACT Kenya has one of the largest HIV epidemics in the world with more than 1.5 million people living with the disease. Research on HIV in Kenya have contributed significantly to the management, treatment, and prevention of HIV in the country as well to the development of international guidelines worldwide. Aga Khan University East Africa (AKU) is a growing medical and nursing academic institution with campuses in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. It initiated the first clinical infectious diseases (ID) and cardiology fellowships for medical doctors in East Africa and is developing research expertise in HIV and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, in order to create a high quality HIV research environment, AKU needs to strengthen its research administration and management infrastructure. The objectives of this proposal are to: 1) understand the needs and gaps in research administration and management at AKU by conducting an on-the-ground assessment of the site; 2) improve the knowledge and skills of AKU research administrators and grant managers by implementing in-person training workshops in Nairobi, Kenya and facilitating site visits by AKU trainees to the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, USA; and 3) strengthen the ability of AKU research administrator and grant managers to successfully submit NIH, CDC, and other donor-funded grants by providing ongoing mentorship and online coursework. UW experts in research administration and grant and financial management will implement the objectives of the proposed infrastructure development training program, which will be led by Dr. Michael Chung, an Associate Professor of Global Health at UW, and Dr. William Macharia, the Associate Dean of Research at AKU. The program will be facilitated by Dr. Chung’s Treatment, Research, and Expert Education (TREE) program in the UW Department of Global Health (DGH). TREE has extensive experience building capacity in Kenyan institutions, and has offices in Seattle at the UW and in Nairobi at AKU, where Dr. Chung is also Chair of the Department of Medicine. Dr. Chung, the Program Director, and Dr. Macharia, the Co- Director, will establish a training program that will educate 12 administrators and managers at AKU in a series of 7 workshops conducted in Kenya over 3 years, facilitate visits to the UW in Seattle by 10 AKU trainees, and mentor a core group of trainees who are needed to successfully submit and administer grants from AKU. Dozens of trainees in East Africa will also be able to take online financial management courses provided by UW program faculty. By the end of the infrastructure development training program, research administrators and grant managers at AKU will be able to successfully submit and manage National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other donor-funded grants, and will significantly expand the number of HIV grant applications submitted by AKU faculty and amount of grant funding awarded to the institution.