Partnerships for the Next Generation of HIV Social Science in South Africa

描述(由申请人提供)：我们建议开普敦大学公共卫生和家庭医学院(UCT-SPHFM)和布朗大学公共卫生学院之间建立战略合作伙伴关系。我们的“南非下一代艾滋病毒社会科学伙伴关系”的总体目标是培养一支新的受过严格培训的艾滋病毒社会科学家队伍，他们能够为艾滋病毒/艾滋病提供可持续的跨学科解决方案。利用双向交流的模式，合作伙伴关系通过建立我们两个机构之间的天然协同效应来利用投资，这两个机构拥有卓越的历史、互补的优势和成功合作研究的现有基础。我们的合作伙伴关系将借鉴布朗在社会和行为科学艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究方面的经验，包括布朗最近建立的行为和社会科学系，为在UCT-SPHFM发展类似的新部门提供更强的技术能力。我们还基于布朗对全球合作伙伴关系的承诺，以及UCT-SPHFM在艾滋病毒研究方面的卓越表现，建立了一个制度性的全球学术交流。我们还以布朗的卓越教学能力和UCT杰出的奖学金记录为基础，帮助UCT发展社会科学能力的持续增长。UCT-SPHFM为投资于下一代社会科学-公共卫生研究人员提供了一个独特的环境，以应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病。我们的具体目标包括：1)通过课程开发和加强教学和辅导系统发展学术能力；2)在跨学科艾滋病毒社会科学研究环境中培养卓越文化；3)在这些投资的基础上，在三个战略领域或差距主题上创造创新的社会科学研究机会：艾滋病毒/艾滋病风险和应对中的性别、抗逆转录病毒疗法的坚持和扩大以及妇女、青年和家庭的艾滋病毒预防。通过综合基础设施发展和研究目标，我们将培训下一代艾滋病毒社会科学研究人员，以解决高度优先的研究领域，并为长期减少艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病的范围和严重性作出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a strategic partnership between University of Cape Town's School of Public Health and Family Medicine (UCT-SPHFM) and Brown University's School of Public Health. Our 'Partnership for the Next Generation of HIV Social Science in South Africa' has the overarching goal of developing a new cadre of rigorously trained HIV social scientists who can provide sustainable interdisciplinary solutions to HIV/AIDS. Using a model of bi-directional exchange, the partnership leverages investments by building on natural synergies between our institutions, which have a history of excellence, complementary strengths, and an existing foundation of successful collaborative research. Our partnership will draw on Brown's experience in social and behavioral science HIV/AIDS research, including Brown's recent development of a Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences to offer enhanced technical capacity for development of a similar new Division at UCT-SPHFM. We also build on Brown's commitment to global partnerships, and UCT-SPHFM's excellence in HIV research for an institutional global scholarly exchange. We also build on Brown's teaching excellence and UCT's record of outstanding scholarship to help UCT develop sustained growth in social science capacity. UCT-SPHFM offers a unique environment to invest in the next generation of social science-public health researchers to address HIV/AIDS. Our specific aims include: 1) development of academic capacity through curriculum development and strengthened teaching and mentoring systems, 2) fostering a culture of excellence in the interdisciplinary HIV social science research environment, and 3) building on these investments to create innovative social science research opportunities in three strategic areas, or GAP themes: Gender in HIV/AIDS Risk and Response, Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Expansion, and HIV Prevention for Women, Youth and Families. Through integrated infrastructure development and research aims, we will train the next generation of HIV social science researchers to address high-priority research areas and contribute to long-term reductions in the scope and severity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.