Vanderbilt-NARI-NIE Informatics Training Program

描述(由申请人提供：范德比尔特大学提议与印度两家领先的研究机构--鲁恩的国家艾滋病研究所(Nari)和金奈的国家流行病学研究所(NIE)--建立信息学培训伙伴关系。NARI和NIE是印度医学研究委员会的节点机构，在印度艾滋病毒/艾滋病和其他传染病的生物医学和行为研究、临床和现场流行病学以及项目监测和评估领域提供国家级领导。通过我们现有的三个机构(VU、NARI、NIE)在艾滋病毒/艾滋病和全球健康相关研究方面的培训和研究伙伴关系，我们可以加强利用VU已在使用的现有信息学培训资源(详见下文)，进行有针对性的能力建设工作，以响应NARI和NIE的重大信息学需求。我们寻求通过与临床、流行病学、手术和实验室/基础科学研究相关的研究信息学和信息管理方面的合作培训，特别强调与艾滋病毒/艾滋病和传染病相关的研究中的信息学需求，来发展NARI和NIE的能力。该培训计划的具体重点领域是：1)临床试验和流行病学研究中临床/实验室数据库的信息管理；2)综合计划监测和评估的信息学，包括数据管理、汇总/集成以及质量保证和控制；以及3)与分子病毒学和遗传学相关的研究中的信息学。培训将通过以下方式提供：有针对性的印度短期培训、讲习班和座谈会；为在美国的NARI/NIE附属科学家提供的中期(6个月)培训；以及为将返回印度并将最先进的信息和通信技术应用于在其母机构进行的研究的NARI/NIE附属科学家提供的长期学位培训(信息学硕士学位)。我们的培训计划解决了实现可持续增强信息学能力的重大挑战，方法是将培训与现有资助的研究合作进行补充和整合，在VU和NARI/NIE的导师之间提供双重建议，并将重点放在信息学上，以支持NARI和NIE的核心研究任务。 公共卫生相关性：尽管信息学在全球卫生中发挥着核心作用，但发展中国家的许多机构信息学专家寥寥无几，在利用信息技术基础设施方面面临重大挑战。因此，迫切需要培训能够开发当地研究应用程序或修改现有平台的当地专家，以提供适合其机构和国家的需求、文化和基础设施的工具。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant: Vanderbilt University proposes an informatics training partnership with two leading research institutions in India, the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) in Rune and the National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE) in Chennai. NARI and NIE are nodal institutes of the Indian Council of Medical Research, providing national level leadership in the field of biomedical and behavioral research in HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, clinical and field epidemiology, and program monitoring and evaluation in India. Through our existing three- institution (VU, NARI, NIE) training and research partnerships in HIV/AIDS and global health-related research, we can enhance utilization of existing informatics training resources already in use at VU (detailed within) for targeted capacity building efforts in response to NARI and NIE's significant informatics needs. We seek to develop capacity at NARI and NIE through collaborative training in research informatics and information management related to clinical, epidemiological, operations, and laboratory/basic science research, with a special emphasis on informatics needs in research related to HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases. Specific focus areas for this training program are: 1) information management of clinical/laboratory databases in clinical trials and epidemiology studies; 2) informatics for integrated program monitoring and evaluation, including data management, aggregation/integration, and quality assurance and control; and 3) informatics in research related to molecular virology and genetics. The training will be provided through: targeted India-based short-term training, workshops, and symposia; intermediate-term (6 months) training for NARI/ NIE affiliated scientists in the US; and long-term degree training (M.S. in Informatics) for NARI/ NIE affiliated scientists who will return to India and apply state-of-the-art information and communication technologies to research conducted at their parent institutions. Our training plan addresses the significant challenges of effecting sustainable enhanced informatics capacity by complementing and integrating training with existing funded research collaborations, through dual-advising between VU-based and NARI/NIE-based mentors, and by focusing on informatics to support the core research missions of NARI and NIE. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Despite the central role that informatics plays in global health, many institutions in developing country settings have very few informatics experts and face significant challenges in utilizing information technology infrastructure. Consequently, there is a critical need to train local experts who are able to develop local research applications or modify existing platforms to provide tools that are appropriate for the needs, culture, and infrastructure of their institutions and countries.