Infrastructure Development Training Program for Aga Khan University East Africa

东非阿卡汗大学基础设施发展培训项目

• 批准号: 10103987
• 负责人: Michael Hoonbae Chung
• 金额: $ 6.19万
• 依托单位: AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY (KENYA)
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-24 至 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10103987
• 关键词: Infrastructure; Development; Training; Program; Aga

ABSTRACT Kenya has one of the largest HIV epidemics in the world with more than 1.5 million people living with the disease. Research on HIV in Kenya have contributed significantly to the management, treatment, and prevention of HIV in the country as well to the development of international guidelines worldwide. Aga Khan University East Africa (AKU) is a growing medical and nursing academic institution with campuses in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. It initiated the first clinical infectious diseases (ID) and cardiology fellowships for medical doctors in East Africa and is developing research expertise in HIV and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, in order to create a high quality HIV research environment, AKU needs to strengthen its research administration and management infrastructure. The objectives of this proposal are to: 1) understand the needs and gaps in research administration and management at AKU by conducting an on-the-ground assessment of the site; 2) improve the knowledge and skills of AKU research administrators and grant managers by implementing in-person training workshops in Nairobi, Kenya and facilitating site visits by AKU trainees to the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, USA; and 3) strengthen the ability of AKU research administrator and grant managers to successfully submit NIH, CDC, and other donor-funded grants by providing ongoing mentorship and online coursework. UW experts in research administration and grant and financial management will implement the objectives of the proposed infrastructure development training program, which will be led by Dr. Michael Chung, an Associate Professor of Global Health at UW, and Dr. William Macharia, the Associate Dean of Research at AKU. The program will be facilitated by Dr. Chung’s Treatment, Research, and Expert Education (TREE) program in the UW Department of Global Health (DGH). TREE has extensive experience building capacity in Kenyan institutions, and has offices in Seattle at the UW and in Nairobi at AKU, where Dr. Chung is also Chair of the Department of Medicine. Dr. Chung, the Program Director, and Dr. Macharia, the Co- Director, will establish a training program that will educate 12 administrators and managers at AKU in a series of 7 workshops conducted in Kenya over 3 years, facilitate visits to the UW in Seattle by 10 AKU trainees, and mentor a core group of trainees who are needed to successfully submit and administer grants from AKU. Dozens of trainees in East Africa will also be able to take online financial management courses provided by UW program faculty. By the end of the infrastructure development training program, research administrators and grant managers at AKU will be able to successfully submit and manage National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other donor-funded grants, and will significantly expand the number of HIV grant applications submitted by AKU faculty and amount of grant funding awarded to the institution.

摘要 肯尼亚是世界上艾滋病毒流行最严重的国家之一，有超过150万人感染了这种疾病。 肯尼亚对艾滋病毒的研究对艾滋病毒的管理、治疗和预防做出了重大贡献 在该国，以及在世界范围内制定国际准则。东非阿加汗大学 (AKU)是一家不断发展的医疗和护理学术机构，在肯尼亚、乌干达和坦桑尼亚设有校区。 它在东非发起了第一个临床传染病(ID)和心脏病医生奖学金 并正在开发艾滋病毒和非传染性疾病(NCDs)方面的研究专门知识。然而，为了 创造高质量的艾滋病毒研究环境，AKU需要加强研究管理和 管理基础设施。本提案的目标是：1)了解以下方面的需求和差距 通过对场地进行实地评估，对AKU进行研究行政和管理； 2)通过以下方式提高AKU研究管理员和赠款管理人员的知识和技能 在肯尼亚内罗毕举办面对面培训讲习班，并协助AKU受训人员实地访问哥伦比亚大学 华盛顿(UW)在美国西雅图；以及3)加强AKU研究管理员和拨款的能力 管理人员成功提交NIH、CDC和其他捐赠者资助的赠款 指导和在线课程。威斯康星州大学研究管理、拨款和财务管理方面的专家 将执行拟议的基础设施发展培训方案的目标，该方案将由 密歇根大学全球健康副教授Michael Chung博士和副教授William Macharia博士 AKU研究部主任。该计划将由钟博士的治疗、研究和专家推动 华盛顿大学全球卫生部(DGH)的教育(TREE)计划。树有丰富的经验 在肯尼亚机构的能力建设，并在西雅图的华盛顿大学和内罗毕的AKU设有办事处。 钟也是医学部的主任。项目主任钟博士和马查里亚博士，联合- 主任将建立一个培训计划，对AKU的12名管理人员进行一系列培训 3年来在肯尼亚举办了7个讲习班，为10名阿卡迪亚大学学员访问西雅图的西雅图大学提供便利，以及 指导一组核心学员，他们需要成功提交和管理AKU的补助金。几十个 东非的学员还将能够参加UW计划提供的在线财务管理课程 教职员工。在基础设施开发培训方案结束时，研究管理人员和赠款 AKU的管理人员将能够成功地提交和管理国家卫生研究院(NIH)、中心 疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)和其他捐助者资助的赠款，并将大幅扩大 由AKU教职员递交的爱滋病补助金申请数目及获批给 机构。