Academic Partnership for Enhancements in Research (APER)

项目总结/摘要 莫桑比克共和国是一个拥有2800万人口的葡萄牙语国家， 在非洲，经济增长显著，在改善健康指标方面取得了显著进展， 过去的二十年自1992年毁灭性的内战结束以来，卫生一直是政府的优先事项， 特别是应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的沉重负担（2015年全国流行率估计为 在15-49岁的成年人中为13.2%）。联合国2018年人类发展指数将莫桑比克排在第180位 在世界189个国家中。 虽然国家努力扩大艾滋病毒保健服务的提供，但重点是加强社区， 同时，在基础设施建设方面也进行了大量有针对性的投资 艾滋病毒研究、创新和健康教育方面的人力资源能力。医学研究，包括 流行病学和卫生服务研究，有了显著的增长。这一增长源于两方面 国际合作项目，如我们目前的D43伙伴关系的研究实施 爱德华多·蒙代尔大学（UEM）医学院荣获莫桑比克科学奖（PRISM） 和范德比尔特大学医学中心（VUMC）的范德比尔特全球健康研究所（VIGH），以及 莫桑比克越来越重视研究，将其作为专业和研究生教育的关键组成部分， 生物医学科学和公共卫生教育。 我们力求在PRISM合作为艾滋病毒实施工作奠定的基础上， 莫桑比克主要医学院UEM的科学研究能力。通过一系列的棱镜 通过评估，我们确定了UEM需要进一步发展基础设施的两个领域， 服务于研究活动的增长。我们在这里建议UEM-Vanderbilt学术合作伙伴关系， 增强研究（APER）计划，将重点放在进一步加强UEM的本地艾滋病毒 通过在赠款管理和生物统计方面有针对性的能力建设，提高研究能力，这两个重要方面 目前能力建设活动中发现的差距。 我们的具体目标是：1）促进可持续发展，提高教师在赠款方面的竞争力 通过新成立的UEM项目支助办公室与联合国协调， 医学院行政/财务办公室;和2）在UEM的发展生物统计学“核心” 实施科学单位提供生物统计学支持教师和学生在他们的行为 research.

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT The Republic of Mozambique, a Portuguese-speaking country of 28 million people on the southeast coast of Africa, has experienced significant economic growth and distinct progress in improving health indicators over the past two decades. Since the end of a devastating civil war in 1992, health has been a government priority, particularly in response to the crushing burden of HIV/AIDS (the 2015 national prevalence was estimated at 13.2% among adults aged 15-49 years). The UN's 2018 Human Development Index ranks Mozambique 180th out of the world's 189 countries. While national efforts to expand HIV health care service delivery have focused on strengthening community- based and regional clinics, there has simultaneously been significant targeted investment to build infrastructure and human capacity in HIV research, innovation, and health education. Medical research, including epidemiologic and health services research, has grown dramatically. This growth has stemmed from both international collaborative projects, such as our current D43 Partnership for Research in Implementation Science- Mozambique (PRISM) award between the Faculty of Medicine at University Eduardo Mondale (UEM) and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and also from Mozambique's increased emphasis on research as a key component of professional and graduate education in biomedical sciences and public health. We seek to substantially build upon the groundwork laid by the PRISM collaboration for HIV implementation science research capacity at UEM, Mozambique's principal medical school. Through a series of PRISM evaluations, we have identified two areas for which UEM needs further infrastructure development to better serve the growth in research initiatives. We propose here the UEM-Vanderbilt Academic Partnership for Enhancements in Research (APER) program which will focus on further strengthening UEM´s local HIV research capacity through targeted capacity building in Grants Management and Biostatistics, two significant gaps identified in current capacity building activities. Our Specific Aims are to 1) Promote sustainability and increased faculty competitiveness in grants management through capacitation of the newly created UEM Office of Project Support in coordination with the Faculty of Medicine Administration/Finance Office; and to 2) Develop a Biostatistics “Core” within UEM´s Implementation Science Unit to provide biostatistics support to faculty and students in the conduct of their research.