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利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 该提案为艾滋病毒/艾滋病领域的健康差距综合研究中心建立了业务和研究基础设施。这是独特而重要的，因为PR中的三所经认证的医学院(UPR医学院、UCC医学院和庞塞医学院)第一次作为合作伙伴在共同的追求中进行合作。我们为这个联盟增加了三个新项目：UPR牙科学院、UPR公共卫生学院和庞塞医学院临床心理学项目。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性研究，(2)为未来建立这一传统或“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/或干预研究方案，以减轻疾病负担，(4)开发和验证一系列文化上适当的工具，以衡量不同的变量，例如但不限于：社会人口、艾滋病毒危险行为、共病、坚持、污名、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)利用来自本地和国外(公关和美国机构)的资源，为初级调查人员建立导师计划，并创造激励的学术环境，鼓励学生和研究员从事健康差距研究，特别是艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究，以及(7)增加岛屿机构与在美国大陆拥有更成熟研究项目的机构之间进行多学科研究合作的机会。在第一阶段(第1-2年)期间，建立了该中心的业务基础设施，并支持每个机构一个试点项目。在第二阶段(第2至第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了中心。一个强大的教师发展核心组成部分将确保该中心研究人员的增长和生产力。其他核心活动包括一个数据中心、一个核心实验室、一个儿童权利中心、一个在撰稿人/编辑协助下的出版物办公室，以及招聘4名健康差距教员和调查员。

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.