Promoting Capacity Building in Chronic Diseases Research in South America

描述(由申请人提供)：我们正在提议一个新的Fogarty培训计划，该计划以阿根廷临床有效性和卫生政策研究所(IECS)为基础，与哈佛大学公共卫生学院(HSPH)以及布里格姆妇女医院和哈佛医学院(BWH/HMS)的支持教师合作，题为“促进南美洲慢性病研究的能力建设”。这项提案将与正在进行的NHLBI BAA No.NHLBI-HV-09-12，并将巩固和加强阿根廷、智利、巴西南部、巴拉圭和乌拉圭参与COE研究项目的机构网络的研究能力。该项目将在阿根廷培养8名硕士和4名博士生，利用哈佛公共卫生学院丰富的学术环境，汇集优秀的教师导师，提供综合和跨学科的体验和协作互动。尖端的教学培训和指导将培养新一代高技能的调查人员，研究行为和环境风险因素对慢性病的影响，并利用全套流行病学、干预、环境和政策工具 设计、实施和评估最有效的干预措施，以减少有害风险因素的影响，促进保护性行为和环境因素的扩展，并减弱或扭转令人震惊的全球慢性病趋势。主要目标是培养全球慢性疾病研究的能力，方法是培训和指导UBA医学院两年制临床有效性硕士项目的8名硕士学生，IECS/UBA和HSPH的4名博士生，以及来自阿根廷、巴西、智利、巴拉圭和乌拉圭的60名学者，参加慢性疾病研究入门主题的研讨会、讲习班和强化短期课程。该计划最具创新性的组成部分之一将是实施一项新的教师发展计划，该计划将包括在为期5年的培训期间从IECS到HSPH和从HSPH到IECS的教职员工访问。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are proposing a new FOGARTY Training Program, based at the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS) of Argentina in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and supporting faculty at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (BWH/HMS), entitled "Promoting Capacity Building in Chronic Diseases Research in South America". This proposal will be closely linked to the ongoing NHLBI BAA No. NHLBI-HV-09-12 and will consolidate and strengthen the research capacities of the network of institutions participating in the COE Research Projects in Argentina, Chile Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. This Program will train 8 Master and 4 Doctoral students in Argentina, taking advantage of the rich academic environment of the Harvard School of Public Health bringing together outstanding faculty mentors to provide integrated and interdisciplinary experiences and collaborative interactions. Cutting-edge didactic training and mentoring will create a new generation of highly skilled investigators to study the impact of behavioral and environmental risk factors on chronic diseases and utilize the full set of epidemiologic, interventional, environmental, and policy tools to design, implement, and evaluate the most effective interventions to reduce impact of harmful risk factors, facilitate expansion of protective behavioral and environmental factors, and attenuate or reverse the alarming global trends in chronic diseases. The main objectives are to build capacity for global chronic disease research by providing training and mentoring to 8 Master students at the 2-year Masters program in Clinical Effectiveness of the UBA school of Medicine, 4 Doctoral students at IECS/UBA and HSPH, and 60 scholars from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to attend seminars, workshops and intensive short courses in introductory topics in chronic disease research. One of the most innovative components of this Program will be the implementation of a new Faculty development program that will include faculty visits from IECS to HSPH and from HSPH to IECS along the 5-year training period.