QUIPU: The Andrean Global Health Informatics Research and Training Center

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案的总体目标是建立“QUIPU：安第斯全球健康信息学研究和培训中心”，这是一个卓越的全球健康信息学（GHI）培训和研究中心，作为解决安第斯地区（AR）高质量培训的国家和地区需求的中心，其成本仅为美国类似培训计划的一小部分。在AR内开发和实施GHI的短期和长期培训机会；2. 使新兴调查人员参与卫生信息学和生物信息学的区域相关研究；和3。扩大和巩固一个研究网络，将AR的研究人员联系起来，促进南南合作，并与来自美国伙伴大学和其他机构的同事联系起来。该中心将从秘鲁利马的秘鲁大学（UPCH）和美国海军医学研究中心支队（NMRCD）， AR的两所大学，哥伦比亚的考卡大学（UCA）和厄瓜多尔的安迪纳西蒙玻利瓦尔大学（UASB）和华盛顿大学（UW）扩展；他们将作为一个联盟一起工作，共同实施QUIPU。拟议的项目建立在四个机构之间现有的和新兴的合作基础上，以及UPCH和UW之间通过NIH-Fogarty资助的项目长期以培训为中心的合作，这些项目使UPCH和秘鲁培养了大量训练有素的研究人员。我们将GHI设想为一个保护伞，将健康信息学和生物信息学整合到临床、生物医学和行为研究问题中，这些问题对于促进AR和全球人口的健康至关重要。拟议的计划包括培训和研究部分。培训部分将提供课程，两个证书课程（健康信息学和生物信息学），以及高级学生的硕士和博士课程。我们计划在五年的资助期内提供12个短期课程奖学金，11个证书奖学金，14个硕士奖学金和2个博士学位奖学金。候选人将从安第斯国家中选出，重点是哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔和秘鲁。视频会议和基于互联网的课程将被用于向更广泛的学生提供服务。卫生信息学研究的组成部分将通过提供竞争性研究奖励、在已建立的研究项目中提供机会以及在合作机构网络（包括区域研究会议）内与其他研究人员建立联系，加强在该区域进行的NIH和非NIH资助的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of this proposal is to establish the "QUIPU: Andean Global Health Informatics Research and Training Center," a center of excellence for training and research in global health informatics (GHI) to serve as a hub for addressing the national and regional needs for high-quality training in the Andean Region (AR) at a fraction of the cost of similar training programs in the U.S. The specific aims of the proposal are: 1. To develop and implement short-term and long-term training opportunities in GHI within the AR; 2. To engage emerging investigators in regionally pertinent research in health informatics and bioinformatics; and 3. To expand and consolidate a research network to link researchers in the AR, promoting south^south collaborations, as well as with colleagues from partner universities in the U.S. and other institutions. The Center will expand from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment (NMRCD) in Lima, Peru, two universities from the AR, the Universidad del Cauca (UCA) in Colombia and the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar (UASB) in Ecuador, and the University of Washington (UW); who will work together as a Consortium to collaboratively implement QUIPU. The proposed program builds on existing and emerging collaborations between the four institutions, as well as a long-standing training-centered collaboration between UPCH and UW through NIH-Fogarty funded programs which allowed the development of a critical mass of trained researchers at UPCH and in Peru. We envision GHI as an umbrella for integrating health informatics and bioinformatics into clinical, biomedical and behavioral research issues that are key to advancing the health of populations in the AR and around the globe. The proposed program includes training and a research component. The training component will offer courses, two Certificate programs (health informatics and bioinformatics), as well as Masters and PhD programs for advanced students. We plan to offer 12 scholarships for short courses, 11 for Certificates, 14 for Masters and 2 for PhD degrees during the 5-year grant. Candidates will be selected from Andean countries with a focus on Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Video conferences and internet-based courses will be used to expand availability to a broader pool of students. The component for research in health informatics will strengthen NIH and non-NIH funded research conducted in the region, by providing competitive research awards, opportunities within already established research projects, and links to other researchers within the networks of collaborating institutions, including a regional research conference. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Within South America, the Andean Region (AR) is the most disadvantaged. However, modern technology such as computers, cellular phones, and other information and communications technologies (ICT) are becoming more widely available in the region. The fields of informatics and global public health are both growing, but we lack an institutionalized effort to train professionals to apply ICT to global health issues in the context of regional needs and to develop health information technology experts capable of linking informatics with health research.