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

项目摘要/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， 这在很大程度上是由于贫穷和粮食不安全的平行挑战。然而，卫生专业人员并没有接受过培训来 包括可持续发展解决方案，作为其解决艾滋病毒健康状况不佳的手段的一部分 结果。艾滋病毒健康可持续发展(SD4H)培训计划为研究生提供密集的 对肯尼亚博士和硕士研究生的培训，重点是通过以下方式改善艾滋病毒健康结果 创新粮食安全和扶贫干预措施。我们渴望造就一支毕业实习生干部队伍 世卫组织将成为在公共卫生领域拥有跨学科专业知识的下一代艾滋病毒研究人员 健康和发展科学，以帮助解决贫困、粮食不安全和 糟糕的艾滋病毒健康SD4H是肯尼亚和美国(美国)机构的联盟，包括 马塞诺大学(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)统一的财团，通过以下方式提供协同 利用MU、KEMRI和UCGHI提供特殊培训和研究支持的能力；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和加州大学旧金山分校调查人员之间成功的研究和培训合作；3)卓越 由拥有不同学科专业知识的教师导师组成的跨学科团队通常不是单一的 培训项目包括：公共卫生、医学、艾滋病毒/艾滋病、护理、经济、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 和社会科学；4)经过验证的导师培训计划，旨在加强LMIC的指导能力 机构；以及5)团队指导方法，由主要导师(通常来自马塞诺大学)采取行动 作为受训者的主管，这将加强和支持跨学科研究指导，以推动 事业和科学发现。在五年计划中，我们将培养4名博士和9名硕士研究生，如 以及参加SD4H年度工作坊和在线课程的额外MU学生和教职员工 谁参加了辅导发展研讨会。博士生和硕士生将获得大部分 墨尔本大学的教育，博士生在加州大学旧金山分校学习一年，完成为期一年的高级课程 临床研究证书培训，硕士研究生参加加州大学旧金山分校和 UCGHI。此外，博士生将可以选择在加州大学戴维斯分校学习四分之一或参加额外的 加州大学旧金山分校的SD4H课程。所有学生都将参与有指导的研究。在SD4H完成后 计划，肯尼亚科学家将成功地从事基于证据的SD4H研究，以改进 将对艾滋病毒感染者和受影响人群的健康进行培训和支持，以指导下一个 在这一领域产生了一代初级科学家，并将在政策和社区卫生实践中发挥关键作用 在当地、地区和国际上。

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.