QUIPU: The Andrean Global Health Informatics Research and Training Center

描述（申请人提供）：本提案的总体目标是建立“QUIPU：安第斯全球卫生信息学研究和培训中心，“一个全球卫生信息学（GHI）培训和研究的卓越中心，作为满足安第斯地区（AR）国家和地区高质量培训需求的中心在一个类似的培训计划在美国的成本的一小部分，该建议的具体目标是：1。2.在非洲区域内开发和实施GHI的短期和长期培训机会;让新兴的研究人员参与卫生信息学和生物信息学的区域相关研究; 3.扩大和巩固一个研究网络，将AR的研究人员联系起来，促进南南合作，以及与美国合作大学和其他机构的同事合作。该中心将从位于秘鲁利马的秘鲁卡耶塔诺埃雷迪亚大学（UPCH）和美国海军医学研究中心支队（NMRCD）、来自AR的两所大学（哥伦比亚考卡大学（UCA）和厄瓜多尔安迪纳西蒙玻利瓦尔大学（UASB））以及华盛顿大学（UW）扩展;他们将作为一个联盟共同努力，合作实施QUIPU。拟议的计划建立在现有的和新兴的四个机构之间的合作，以及UPCH和UW之间的长期培训为中心的合作，通过NIH-福格蒂资助的计划，使训练有素的研究人员在UPCH和秘鲁的临界质量的发展。我们将GHI视为将健康信息学和生物信息学整合到临床，生物医学和行为研究问题中的保护伞，这些问题是促进AR和地球仪周围人群健康的关键。拟议的方案包括培训和研究部分。培训部分将提供课程，两个证书课程（卫生信息学和生物信息学），以及硕士和博士课程的先进的学生。我们计划提供12个短期课程奖学金，11个证书，14个硕士和2个博士学位在5年的补助金。将从安第斯国家挑选候选人，重点是哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔和秘鲁。将利用电视会议和因特网课程扩大向更广泛的学生提供的机会。卫生信息学研究的组成部分将通过提供有竞争力的研究奖、在已建立的研究项目内的机会以及与合作机构网络内的其他研究人员的联系，包括区域研究会议，加强国家卫生研究院和非国家卫生研究院资助的在该地区进行的研究。 公共卫生相关性：在南美洲，安第斯地区（AR）处于最不利的地位。然而，计算机、移动电话和其他信息和通信技术等现代技术在本区域越来越普及。信息学和全球公共卫生领域都在增长，但我们缺乏一种制度化的努力来培训专业人员，以便根据区域需要将信息和通信技术应用于全球卫生问题，并培养能够将信息学与卫生研究联系起来的卫生信息技术专家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of this proposal is to establish the "QUIPU: Andean Global Health Informatics Research and Training Center," a center of excellence for training and research in global health informatics (GHI) to serve as a hub for addressing the national and regional needs for high-quality training in the Andean Region (AR) at a fraction of the cost of similar training programs in the U.S. The specific aims of the proposal are: 1. To develop and implement short-term and long-term training opportunities in GHI within the AR; 2. To engage emerging investigators in regionally pertinent research in health informatics and bioinformatics; and 3. To expand and consolidate a research network to link researchers in the AR, promoting south^south collaborations, as well as with colleagues from partner universities in the U.S. and other institutions. The Center will expand from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment (NMRCD) in Lima, Peru, two universities from the AR, the Universidad del Cauca (UCA) in Colombia and the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar (UASB) in Ecuador, and the University of Washington (UW); who will work together as a Consortium to collaboratively implement QUIPU. The proposed program builds on existing and emerging collaborations between the four institutions, as well as a long-standing training-centered collaboration between UPCH and UW through NIH-Fogarty funded programs which allowed the development of a critical mass of trained researchers at UPCH and in Peru. We envision GHI as an umbrella for integrating health informatics and bioinformatics into clinical, biomedical and behavioral research issues that are key to advancing the health of populations in the AR and around the globe. The proposed program includes training and a research component. The training component will offer courses, two Certificate programs (health informatics and bioinformatics), as well as Masters and PhD programs for advanced students. We plan to offer 12 scholarships for short courses, 11 for Certificates, 14 for Masters and 2 for PhD degrees during the 5-year grant. Candidates will be selected from Andean countries with a focus on Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Video conferences and internet-based courses will be used to expand availability to a broader pool of students. The component for research in health informatics will strengthen NIH and non-NIH funded research conducted in the region, by providing competitive research awards, opportunities within already established research projects, and links to other researchers within the networks of collaborating institutions, including a regional research conference. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Within South America, the Andean Region (AR) is the most disadvantaged. However, modern technology such as computers, cellular phones, and other information and communications technologies (ICT) are becoming more widely available in the region. The fields of informatics and global public health are both growing, but we lack an institutionalized effort to train professionals to apply ICT to global health issues in the context of regional needs and to develop health information technology experts capable of linking informatics with health research.