Clinical Research Training for NCD Studies in India

描述(由申请人提供):这个应用程序是为了应对RFA的补发数量RFA - tw - 06 - 002和延续的活动开始计划在反应初始格兰特带来资金问题。该计划资助了UAB与位于印度泰米尔纳德邦金奈的马德拉斯糖尿病研究基金会（MDRF）之间的合作。承担这一项目的团体创建并运营了一项既广泛又深入的培训活动。方案内容广泛，现已扩大到包括大多数主要的非传染性疾病；提供的培训类型广泛，其中包括在美国进行的短期培训、印度各地学员参加的全国研讨会、为经过精心挑选的学员举办的强化培训课程和讲习班、视频会议和为MDRF教职员工举办的特别课程。重点是糖尿病和对选定的MDRF工作人员的长期培训，这是在印度而不是在美国进行的。这些活动共同促进了许多研究科学家的培训和他们的研究计划的发展。重要的是，我们创建了印度非传染性疾病网络，作为一个正式实体，以促进全面实现我们的目标。迄今参与的受训人员已完成博士学位或正在努力在本国完成博士学位，其中一些人已担任了MDRF的关键领导职务。我们建议继续并扩大这些活动，并继续利用UAB和钦奈杰出研究机构MDRF的广泛培训专业知识和资源。培训内容将包括研究方法、非传染性疾病背景以及加强研究基础设施的方法，如数据管理、样本处理系统和研究操作。在大多数情况下，我们计划在印度进行培训，在那里培训可以在培训适用的研究背景下进行，并允许顺利过渡到研究项目，对他们的公共卫生系统产生直接影响。我们计划继续利用印度和美国教员为来自印度各地的学员举办年度全国研讨会，为MDRF教职员工举办特别讲习班，为选定的学员举办强化培训课程。我们还期望加强国际培训所的活动，使其能够帮助促进更广泛地设立培训机会和活动。我们将扩大利用视频会议进行研究研讨会和研究规划的创新方法，使其包括印度的另外2 - 4个地点，并在其他方面进一步加强MDRF作为培训中心的作用。我们还建议培训培训师，以帮助培养能够为印度其他研究所举办讲习班的教员。我们的总体目标是改善并在必要时创建开展研究和预防项目所需的临床研究培训，以帮助印度抵御即将到来的糖尿病和其他非传染性疾病的流行。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is in response to the reissue of RFA Number RFA-TW-06-002 and is for continuation of activities commenced with a planning grant resulting from funding in response to the initial issue. The planning grant has funded collaborations between UAB and the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The groups undertaking this program have created and operated a training activity that is both broad and deep. Broad in terms of program content, which has been expanded to include most major non-communicable diseases, and in terms of the types of training offered, which includes short-term training in the US, a national seminar involving trainees from throughout India, intensive training sessions for highly selected trainees and workshops, video conferences and special courses for MDRF faculty and staff. Deep in the sense of a focus on diabetes and on long-term training for selected MDRF staff, which is done in India rather than in the US. Together these activities have facilitated the training of numerous research scientist and development of their research programs. Importantly, we created the Indian Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Network (INN) as a formal entity to facilitate the overall attainment of our goals. Trainees involved to date have completed PhDs or are working toward completing them in their own country and some have assumed key leadership positions in MDRF. We propose to continue and expand these activities, and continue to draw on the extensive training expertise and resources of both UAB and MDRF, an outstanding research organization in Chennai. Training content will include research methods, background on NCDs, and methods to enhance research infrastructure, such as data management, sample handling systems and study operations. For the most part, we plan to conduct the training in India where it can be done in the context of the research to which the training applies and allows for a smooth transition into research programs, with immediate impacts on their public health system. We plan to continue the annual national seminars for trainees from throughout India using Indian and US faculty, special workshops for MDRF faculty and staff, intensive training sessions for selected trainees. We expect also to enhance the activities of the INN so that it can help facilitate the broader establishment of training opportunities and activities. We will expand our innovative approach to using video conferences for research seminars and research planning so that it includes two-four other sites in India and to otherwise further enhance MDRF as a center for training. We also propose to train the trainers to help develop faculty that can conduct workshops for other institutes in India. Our overall goal is to improve, and create where necessary, the clinical research training required to conduct research and prevention programs to help ward off the impending epidemic of diabetes and other NCDs in India.