Zambia Education Network for Implementation Science Training in Health (ZENITH)

项目总结/摘要 赞比亚的艾滋病毒流行普遍，成人患病率为11.0%，但现在正处于风口浪尖。 达到艾滋病流行控制。随着艾滋病毒流行病的演变，赞比亚需要发展地方执行工作， 科学能力，以解决关键和脆弱人群的最后一公里流行病控制。训练这 作为执行科学家的骨干，我们建议建立赞比亚执行科学教育网络 健康培训（ZENITH），大学教学医院之间的合作伙伴关系，首屈一指的医疗培训 赞比亚的一个站点，以及马里兰州巴尔的摩大学（UMB），该大学是一个实施伙伴， 赞比亚艾滋病毒能力建设和医疗/技术援助。 ZENITH的目标是发展赞比亚的短期、中期和长期执行科学能力， UTH解决关键和脆弱人群未得到满足的需求，以实现可持续的流行病 控制 目标1：我们将通过25名学生（每年5名）建立短期，即时的研究能力 参加在卢萨卡新设立的执行科学研究所，学习基本方法， 实施科学研究，包括方法，生物统计学，定性方法和介绍 授予和手稿写作。这将是一个为期一个月的密集课程在UTH在一月授课。 目标2：我们将通过支持8名学生（每年2名）通过两个建立中期研究能力- 年硕士在健康科学（MHS）在实施和传播科学在UMB。虚拟 在赞比亚的在线课程。 目标3：我们将通过支持2名学生攻读博士学位来建立长期的独立研究能力， UMB，包括UMB研究生院的流行病学和定性社会科学。预计在 博士学员将在项目结束时接管ISI。 所有学员都将得到一对一导师会议的支持，采用结对导师模式， 初级导师共同监督学员，这也将在当地初级导师中建立导师能力。 ZENITH利用赞比亚在利用ECHO平台建设艾滋病毒临床能力方面的丰富经验， 学生将参加每月的研究ECHO研讨会，分享研究进展，期刊俱乐部， 导师制

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The nation of Zambia has a generalized HIV epidemic with adult prevalence of 11.0%, but now stands on cusp of reaching HIV epidemic control. As the HIV epidemic evolves, Zambia needs to develop local implementation science capacity to address key and vulnerable populations for the last mile epidemic control. To train this cadre of implementation scientists, we propose the Zambia Education Network for Implementation Science Training in Health (ZENITH), a partnership between University Teaching Hospital, the premier medical training site in Zambia, and the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), an implementation partner with nearly 20 years of HIV capacity building and medical/technical assistance in Zambia. The goal of ZENITH is to develop Zambian short, medium, and long-term implementation science capacity at UTH to address the unmet need of key and vulnerable populations towards attaining sustainable epidemic control.  Aim1 : We will build short-term, immediate research capacity by having 25 students (5 per year) participate in a new Implementation Science Institute (ISI) in Lusaka to learn basic approaches to implementation science research, including methods, biostatistics, qualitative methods, and introduction to grant & manuscript writing. This will be a one-month intensive course taught at UTH in January.  Aim 2: We will build medium-term research capacity by supporting 8 students (2 per year) via the two- year Master in Health Sciences (MHS) in Implementation & Dissemination Science at UMB. Virtual courses done online in Zambia.  Aim 3: We will build long-term independent research capacity by supporting 2 students for PhD studies at UMB, including Epidemiology at UMB Graduate School, and qualitative social science. It is expected that PhD mentees will take over the ISI by end of the project. All trainees will be supported by one-on-one mentor meetings, using a twinned mentor model whereby senior and junior mentors co-supervise the mentee, which will also build mentorship capacity in local junior mentors. Building on Zambia's deep experience with using ECHO platform to build clinical capacity in HIV, ZENITH students will participate in a monthly research ECHO seminar to share research progress, journal clubs, and mentorship.