Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases

太平洋西南媒介传播疾病卓越中心

• 批准号: 10653042
• 负责人: Christopher M Barker
• 金额: $ 200万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10653042
• 关键词: Pacific; Southwest; Center; Excellence; Vector

PROJECT SUMMARY The Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (PacVec) offers an opportunity to address an urgent and compelling public health challenge—the ongoing rise in vector-borne diseases, particularly those transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks—by leveraging the resources of seven leading research and teaching institutions that have well-established partnerships with a strong cadre of mosquito control and public health agencies around our region. Vector-borne diseases have been increasing in prevalence in the U.S., emerging at a frequency higher than that of other infectious diseases. The impact of this trend is keenly felt in the Pacific Southwest and our US-affiliated Pacific Islands, with our large and diverse population and our position as a global hub for travel and commerce. Many of our public-health and vector-control partners are also national leaders in terms of expertise and resources to combat vector-borne diseases, and PacVec presents an excellent opportunity for knowledge exchange and capacity strengthening through sharing of knowledge across our community of practice and through collaboration with other CoEs. PacVec seeks to build on our successful efforts of the last five years to continue to expand local communities of practice throughout the Pacific Southwest and US-affiliated Pacific Islands. We plan to conduct a wide range of research projects to rigorously evaluate both new and existing methods to prevent tick- and mosquito-borne diseases, and to engage and train a culturally diverse workforce reflective of the racial and ethnic diversity of the region and knowledgeable in their respective fields (e.g. public health, vector control, entomology). Our plans have been developed through constant engagement between PacVec’s Leadership Team and our public health and vector control partners throughout the region to address our most pressing vector-borne disease needs.

项目摘要 太平洋西南媒介传播疾病卓越中心（PacVec）提供了一个解决 紧迫和紧迫的公共卫生挑战-病媒传播疾病，特别是 通过利用七个领先的研究和教学资源， 与强大的蚊虫控制和公共卫生骨干建立了良好伙伴关系的机构 我们地区的代理商。在美国，病媒传播疾病的流行率一直在上升，出现在 发病率高于其他传染病。太平洋西南部地区强烈感受到了这一趋势的影响 以及我们的美国附属太平洋岛屿，我们拥有庞大而多样化的人口，以及我们作为全球旅游中心的地位 和商业。我们的许多公共卫生和病媒控制合作伙伴在专业知识方面也处于国家领先地位 和资源，以打击病媒传播的疾病，和PacVec提供了一个很好的机会，了解 通过在我们的实践社区分享知识， 与其他COE合作。 PacVec寻求建立在我们过去五年的成功努力，继续扩大当地社区， 在整个太平洋西南部和美国附属的太平洋岛屿实践。我们计划进行广泛的 研究项目，以严格评估新的和现有的方法，以防止蜱虫和蚊子传播 疾病，并参与和培训文化多样性的劳动力，反映种族和民族的多样性， 这些专家都是本地区的专家，在各自领域（如公共卫生、病媒控制、昆虫学）具有丰富的知识。我们的计划 通过PacVec的领导团队和我们的公共卫生和矢量之间的不断参与， 我们将与整个地区的控制伙伴合作，以解决我们最紧迫的病媒传播疾病需求。