PR COMPREHENSIVE CTR FOR HIV DISPARITIES:UPR:FACULTY DVMT & CLIN BEHV RES CORES

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 该提案为艾滋病毒/艾滋病领域健康差异研究综合中心建立了业务和研究基础设施。这是独特而重要的，因为这是第一次在PR三个认可的医学院（UPR医学院，UCC医学院和Ponce医学院）正在合作，作为一个共同的追求的合作伙伴。我们已经增加了三个新的程序到这个财团：牙科的UPR学校，公共卫生的UPR学校和临床心理学的医学计划的庞塞学校。该中心的一些具体目标是：（1）通过这三所学校之间的合作加强临床和转化研究，（2）为未来建立这种传统或“合作文化”，（3）制定针对波多黎各人口的可持续，可复制和文化上适当的预防和/或干预研究计划，以减少疾病负担，（4）开发和验证一系列文化上适当的工具，以衡量各种变量，例如但不限于：社会人口、艾滋病毒风险行为、合并症、坚持、耻辱、暴力和虐待史;并将其提供给感兴趣的研究人员和医疗保健提供者，（6）利用本地及海外资源，为初级调查人员设立导师计划（公共关系和美国机构），并创造刺激的学术环境，鼓励学生和研究员追求健康差异研究的职业生涯，特别是，艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究和（7）增加岛屿机构与美国大陆更成熟的研究计划之间的多学科研究合作的机会。在第一阶段（1-2年），建立了中心的业务基础设施，并为每个机构的一个试点项目提供了支持。在第二阶段（2-6年），这些试点项目成为研究项目，新的年轻研究人员通过建立发展项目加入中心。教师发展的一个强大的核心组成部分将确保该中心的调查人员的增长和生产力。其他核心活动是一个数据中心，一个核心实验室，一个CRC，一个出版物办公室，一个作家/编辑的协助下，以及招聘4名健康差异教师和调查员。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. This proposal established the operational and research infrastructure for a Comprehensive Center for the study of Health Disparities in the area of HIV/AIDS. It is unique and important because for the first time the three accredited Medical Schools in PR (UPR School of Medicine, UCC School of Medicine, and Ponce School of Medicine) are collaborating as partners in a common pursuit. We have added three new programs to this consortium: the UPR School of Dentistry, the UPR School of Public Health and the Ponce School of Medicine Program of Clinical Psychology. Some of the specific aims of the center are: (1) the enhancing of clinical and translational research through collaboration among these three schools, (2) to establish this tradition or "culture of collaboration" for the future, (3) to develop sustainable, replicable and culturally appropriate prevention and/or intervention research programs targeted to the Puerto Rican population to decrease the burden of disease, (4) to develop and validate a series of culturally appropriate instruments to measure diverse variables such as but not limited to: socio-demographic, HIV risk behaviors, co-morbidities, adherence, stigma, history of violence and abuse; and to make them available to interested investigators and health care providers, (6) to establish a Mentorship program for junior investigators with resources from both local and abroad (PR and US institutions) and to create the stimulating academic environment that will encourage students and fellows to pursue a career in health disparities research and in particular, HIV/AIDS research and (7) to enhance the opportunities for multidisciplinary research collaborations between the island institutions and those with a more established research programs in the US mainland. During a Phase I (years 1-2) the operational infrastructure of the center was established and one pilot project per institution was supported. During the Phase II (years 2-6), these pilot projects became research projects and new young investigators joined the Center through the establishment of developmental projects. A strong Core component of faculty development will assure the growth and productivity of the center's investigators. Other Core activities are a Data Center, a Core Laboratory, a CRC, a publications office with the assistance of a writer/editor, and the recruitment of 4 health disparities faculty and investigators.