Expanding the pool of Independent Investigators in Implementation Science in Nigeria throug h HIV research training (EXPAND)

通过艾滋病毒研究培训扩大尼日利亚实施科学领域的独立研究者队伍 (EXPAND)

• 批准号: 10472879
• 负责人: Alash'le G. Abimiku
• 金额: $ 25.76万
• 依托单位: INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2027-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10472879
• 关键词: Address; Africa; Baltimore; Centers of Research Excellence; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Epidemic; Funding; HIV; Health Priorities; Human; Hybrids; Institutes; Institution; International; Leadership; Maryland; Mentors; Mission; Nigeria; Nigerian; Outcome; Persons; Policies; Positioning Attribute; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Research; Research Personnel; Research Priority; Research Training; Scientist; Training; Translating; Universities; career; cohort; design; implementation science; knowledge translation; multidisciplinary; programs; skills; supportive environment; virology; virtual

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: For more than 15 years, the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHV-Nigeria or IHVN) has partnered with the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland Baltimore (IHV-UMB) to train Nigerian researchers both locally and in the US. This has resulted in 51 Masters and PhD-holders engaged in HIV research and leadership careers at IHVN’s International Research Center of Excellence (IRCE) and at collaborating universities and institutions throughout Nigeria. IRCE was established in 2015 to drive IHV- Nigeria’s research mission: to increase the volume, quality, and capacity for research in Nigeria and West Africa. To harness their prior training and exponentially increase their impact, it is imperative to mature these early (trained) investigators into independent (skilled) investigators. In addition, it is important for Nigerian public health programs that implementers and policymakers have complementary program evaluation and knowledge translation skills, to address HIV and other health priorities and gaps. The focus of this submission is to expand local expertise in responding to Nigeria’s HIV epidemic by addressing research leadership gaps among investigators, and program evaluation and knowledge translation gaps among implementers and policymakers. The proposed Expanding the Pool of Independent Investigators in Implementation Science in Nigeria through HIV research training (EXPAND Nigeria) has four specific aims. Specific Aim 1: To launch a 12- month, implementation science design-integrated HIV research training curriculum at IRCE, delivered on a hybrid virtual and in-person platform. Specific Aim 2: To mentor and develop a cohort of five early career MD and/or PhD-holding scientists trained with the Aim 1 curriculum, to compete for independent research funding that addresses HIV research priorities relevant to Nigeria. Specific Aim 3: To transition skilled early career investigators from Aim 2 into active and productive research positions at IRCE and collaborating academic and public health institutions in Nigeria. Specific Aim 4: Using the hard skills subset of modules from the Aim 1 curriculum, to provide short-term, six-month training for a multidisciplinary cohort of 40 program implementers and policymakers, to design and conduct priority HIV program evaluations and translate findings into policy and practice. Outcomes of the proposal include a scalable training curriculum addressing local research capacity and skills gaps; skilled researchers in a supportive environment that launches and keeps them in a research trajectory; and institutional research leadership successfully transitioned from IHV-UMB to IHV-Nigeria, with IHV-UMB remaining as a long-term training and research partner.

项目摘要/摘要： 超过15年，尼日利亚人类病毒学研究所（IHV尼日利亚或IHVN）与 马里兰州巴尔的摩大学（IHV-umb）的人类病毒学研究所训练尼日利亚人 研究人员在当地和美国。这导致了51名硕士和博士学位持有人。 IHVN国际卓越研究中心（IRCE）的研究和领导职业 在整个尼日利亚协作大学和机构。 IRCE成立于2015年以驾驶IHV- 尼日利亚的研究任务：增加尼日利亚和西部研究的数量，质量和能力 非洲。为了利用他们的先前培训并指数增加其影响，必须成熟 早期（经过培训的）研究人员参与独立（熟练）研究人员。此外，这对尼日利亚人很重要 实施者和政策制定者的公共卫生计划已完成计划评估，并且 知识翻译技巧，以解决艾滋病毒和其他健康重点和差距。此提交的重点 通过解决研究领导差距来扩大当地专业知识，以应对尼日利亚的艾滋病毒流行 在研究人员中，以及启动者和知识翻译差距 决策者。 提议扩大尼日利亚实施科学领域的独立研究人员池 通过艾滋病毒研究培训（扩展尼日利亚）具有四个特定目标。特定目标1：发射12- 月份，IRCE的实施科学设计集成的HIV研究培训课程， 混合虚拟和面对面平台。特定目标2：精神和发展五个早期职业的队列 接受AIM 1课程培训的MD和/或博士学位科学家，以争夺独立研究 解决与尼日利亚有关的艾滋病毒研究重点的资金。特定目的3：提早过渡到过渡 AIM 2的职业调查人员进入IRCE的主动和产品研究职位和合作 尼日利亚的学术和公共卫生机构。特定目标4：使用模块的硬技能子集 从AIM 1课程中，为40个多学科队列提供短期，六个月的培训 计划实施者和政策制定者，设计和进行优先艾滋病毒计划评估和 将发现转化为政策和实践。 该提案的结果包括可扩展的培训课程，以解决当地研究能力和技能 差距；在受支持的环境中，熟练的研究人员启动并将其保持在研究轨迹中； 机构研究领导成功从IHV-umb成功过渡到IHV尼日利亚，与IHV-BUMB 作为长期培训和研究合作伙伴。