Sustainable Development for Improved HIV Health and Prevention in Kenya (SD4H-Kenya)

项目总结/摘要 在撒哈拉以南非洲，艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者的发病率和死亡率仍然高得令人无法接受， 这主要是由于贫穷和粮食不安全的并行挑战。然而，卫生专业人员没有受过培训， 包括可持续发展解决办法，作为解决艾滋病毒健康状况不佳问题手段的一部分 结果。艾滋病毒健康可持续发展（SD 4 H）培训计划提供密集的毕业生 为肯尼亚博士和硕士候选人提供培训，重点是通过以下措施改善艾滋病毒健康结果： 创新的粮食安全和减贫干预措施。我们渴望培养一批毕业生 他们将成为下一代艾滋病毒研究人员，在公共卫生、艾滋病毒 发展科学，以帮助解决贫困、粮食不安全和 艾滋病毒健康状况差SD 4 H是肯尼亚和美国机构之间的联盟，包括 Maseno大学（MU）、肯尼亚医学研究所（KEMRI）和加州大学 全球卫生研究所（UCGHI）。 我们计划的优势和创新包括：1）一个统一的联盟，通过以下方式提供协同作用： 利用MU，KEMRI和UCGHI的能力提供卓越的培训和研究支持; 2）A 在培训和建设当地能力方面拥有丰富经验的团队，包括25年的高度- KEMRI和UCSF研究人员之间成功的研究和培训合作; 3）卓越的 跨学科的教师导师团队，具有不同学科的专业知识，通常不会在一个单一的 培训项目包括：公共卫生、医学、艾滋病毒/艾滋病、护理、经济学、农业和食品 安全、营养、环境科学、性别研究、发展和战略研究，以及生物 4）旨在加强LMIC指导能力的经过验证的导师培训计划 5）团队指导方法，由主要导师（通常来自Maseno大学）采取行动 作为受训者的导师，加强和支持跨学科研究指导， 职业生涯和科学发现。在五年的计划中，我们将培养4名博士和9名硕士生， 以及参加年度SD 4 H研讨会和在线课程的其他MU学生，以及教师 谁参加辅导发展研讨会。博士和硕士生将获得他们的大部分 教育在MU，博士生花了一年时间在UCSF完成为期一年的高级 临床研究证书培训，硕士生参加加州大学旧金山分校的在线课程， UCGHI。此外，博士生将可以选择在加州大学戴维斯分校度过四分之一的时间，或者参加额外的课程。 UCSF的SD 4 H课程。所有学生都将参加指导研究。SD 4 H完成后 计划，肯尼亚科学家将成功地从事生产循证SD 4 H研究，以提高 将对艾滋病毒感染者和受影响人群的健康状况进行培训和支持，以指导下一个 在这一领域的年轻科学家一代，并将在政策和社区卫生实践中发挥关键作用 在地方、区域和国际上。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa, largely due to the parallel challenges of poverty and food insecurity. Yet, health professionals are not trained to include sustainable development solutions as part of their armamentarium to address poor HIV health outcomes. The Sustainable Development for HIV Health (SD4H) Training Program provides intensive graduate training for Kenyan PhD and MSc candidates with a focus on improving HIV health outcomes through innovative food security and poverty alleviation interventions. We aspire to create a cadre of graduate trainees who will become the next generation of HIV researchers with transdisciplinary expertise in public health, HIV health, and development sciences in order to help address the vicious cycle of poverty, food insecurity and poor HIV health The SD4H is a consortium among Kenyan and United States (US) institutions including Maseno University (MU), the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI). Strengths and innovations of our program include: 1) A unified consortium that offers synergy by capitalizing upon MU, KEMRI and UCGHI's ability to provide exceptional training and research support; 2) A team with extensive experience in training and building local capacity including the 25 years of highly- successful research and training collaboration between KEMRI and UCSF investigators; 3) Exceptional transdisciplinary team of faculty mentors with expertise in diverse disciplines not typically found in a single training program including: public health, medicine, HIV/AIDS, nursing, economics, agriculture and food security, nutrition, environmental sciences, gender studies, development and strategic studies, and biological and social sciences; 4) A proven mentor training program designed to strengthen mentoring capacity at LMIC institutions; and 5) A team mentoring approach, with a primary mentor (usually from Maseno University) to act as the trainee's supervisor, that enhances and supports transdisciplinary research mentorship to advance careers and scientific discovery. During the five-year program, we will train 4 PhD and 9 Master's students, as well as additional MU students who participate in the annual SD4H workshops and on-line courses, and faculty who attend the mentoring development workshop. PhD and Master's students will receive most of their education at MU, with doctoral students spending a year at UCSF to complete the year-long Advanced Training in Clinical Research certificate, and Masters students taking part in online courses at UCSF and UCGHI. In addition, doctoral students will have the options to spend a quarter at UC Davis or take additional SD4H courses at UCSF. All students will participate in mentored research. Upon completion of the SD4H program, Kenyan scientists will successfully engage in producing evidence-based SD4H research to improve health among HIV-infected and affected populations, will be trained and supported to mentor the next generation of junior scientists in this field, and will play a critical role in policy and community health practices locally, regionally and internationally.