Academic Partnership for Enhancements in Research (APER)

增强研究学术合作伙伴关系 (APER)

• 批准号: 10752791
• 负责人: D. Troy Moon
• 金额: $ 1.85万
• 依托单位: TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2023-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10752791
• 关键词: Academic; Partnership; Enhancements; Research; APER

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.

项目概要/摘要 莫桑比克共和国，一个拥有2800万人口的葡萄牙语国家，位于非洲东南沿海。 非洲经历了显着的经济增长，在改善健康指标方面取得了显着进展 过去二十年。自 1992 年毁灭性内战结束以来，健康一直是政府的首要任务， 特别是为了应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的沉重负担（2015 年全国患病率估计为 15-49 岁成年人中为 13.2%）。联合国2018年人类发展指数排名莫桑比克第180位 世界 189 个国家中。 虽然国家扩大艾滋病毒卫生保健服务提供的努力重点是加强社区 总部和区域诊所同时进行了大量有针对性的投资来建设基础设施 以及人类在艾滋病毒研究、创新和健康教育方面的能力。医学研究，包括 流行病学和卫生服务研究急剧增长。这种增长源于两方面 国际合作项目，例如我们当前的 D43 实施研究合作伙伴关系 爱德华多·蒙代尔大学 (UEM) 医学院授予莫桑比克科学 (PRISM) 奖 以及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作为专业和研究生的关键组成部分 生物医学科学和公共卫生教育。 我们力求充分利用 PRISM 合作为艾滋病毒实施奠定的基础 莫桑比克主要医学院UEM的科学研究能力。通过一系列棱镜 通过评估，我们确定了 UEM 需要进一步开发基础设施以更好地发展两个领域 服务于研究计划的增长。我们在此提议建立 UEM-范德比尔特学术合作伙伴关系 研究增强 (APER) 计划将重点关注进一步加强 UEM 当地的艾滋病毒 通过赠款管理和生物统计这两个重要领域的有针对性的能力建设来提高研究能力 当前能力建设活动中发现的差距。 我们的具体目标是 1) 促进可持续性并提高教师在资助方面的竞争力 通过与新成立的 UEM 项目支持办公室的协调进行管理 医学管理学院/财务办公室； 2) 在 UEM 内开发生物统计学“核心” 实施科学部门为教师和学生提供生物统计学支持 研究。