Mbarara University Research Training Initiative (MURTI)

姆巴拉拉大学研究培训计划 (MURTI)

• 批准号: 9133488
• 负责人: Celestino Obua
• 金额: $ 64.1万
• 依托单位: MBARARA UNIVERSITY/SCIENCE/ TECHNOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-28 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9133488
• 关键词: AIDS prevention; AIDS/HIV problem; Address; Africa South of the Sahara; African; American; Area; Behavioral Research; Biomedical Research; Cardiovascular Diseases; Collaborations; Communication Research; Diagnostic; Education; Epidemiologic Studies; Faculty; Funding; General Hospitals; Goals; Growth; Health; Institution; Investigation; Location; Massachusetts; Medical Research; Mental disorders; Population; Positioning Attribute; Poverty; Productivity; Public Health; Public Health Schools; Public Sector; Publications; Research; Research Ethics; Research Personnel; Research Training; Rural; Rural Health; Rural Population; Science; Technical Expertise; Technology; Training; Uganda; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; base; career; evidence base; faculty research; health care availability; health care disparity; health disparity; improved; innovation; next generation; novel; senior faculty; social; treatment strategy

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose the Mbarara University Training Initiative (MURTI) at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) to build the capacity of Ugandan junior faculty to conduct medical research focusing on health care disparities in rural Uganda. Over 90% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa lives in rural settings where health disparities are greatest due to limited access to health care combined with limited education and extreme poverty. With its rural location in southwest Uganda, MUST is uniquely positioned to advance the science needed to improve health in rural SSA - in contrast to most SSA research institutions, which are located in urban centers. MUST is a public university founded in 1989 that, with more than $3 million in annual research funding, has shown exponential growth in both its research productivity and its pool of developing junior faculty. In the last 5 years, MUST scientific productivity has grown from 30 to 80 publications yearly, generating 300 to 1200 annual citations. Based on this growth, MUST is now ranked among the top 5% of the 1,306 universities on the African continent. However, most of this scientific productivity has come from senior faculty, and there is a pressing need - as well as strong potential - to train the next generation of Ugandan junior faculty researchers. MURTI training will address three scientific areas of great public health significance in sub- Saharan Africa: HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular diseases, and mental health disorders. This training initiative will also build expertise in researh administration and research ethics. The proposed MURTI is innovative in its focus on building research capacity in rural settings. It will have particular impact because it will leverage $1.5M/year in ongoing NIH, Gates, and philanthropically funded research in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) to provide in-depth training to 20 Ugandan junior faculty who will conduct public sector investigation focused rural health issues. To reach our goal, we propose the following training aims: (1) To develop junior faculty research expertise in HIV prevention and treatment, particularly in rural southwestern Uganda; (2) To build the capacity of Ugandan junior faculty to develop novel, evidence-based diagnostic and treatment strategies for cardiovascular diseases in rural populations; (3) To prepare junior faculty for research careers addressing mental health disorders in rural Uganda; and (4) To equip junior faculty with the administrative, research ethics, and research communications capacities necessary to succeed as the next generation of independent investigators in Uganda. Through these aims, the MURTI will build the capacity of MUST junior faculty to conduct cutting edge social-behavioral, biomedical, and epidemiologic research. These four aims will be supported by technical expertise from leading North American institutions (MGH and the HSPH) that have developed decade-long collaborations with MUST and locally available expertise.

 描述（由申请人提供）：我们提出了姆巴拉拉大学培训计划（MURTI）在姆巴拉拉科技大学（MUST），以建立乌干达初级教师进行医学研究的能力，重点是乌干达农村地区的医疗保健差距。撒哈拉以南非洲90%以上的人口生活在农村地区，由于获得医疗保健的机会有限，加上教育有限和极端贫困，健康差距最大。由于其在乌干达西南部的农村位置，必须是独特的定位，以推进所需的科学，以改善农村SSA的健康-相比，大多数SSA研究机构，这是位于城市中心。 MUST是一所公立大学，成立于1989年，每年的研究经费超过300万美元，其研究生产力和发展中的初级教师队伍都呈指数增长。在过去的五年里， 科学生产力从每年30种出版物增加到80种，每年产生300至1 200次引用。基于这一增长，MUST现在在非洲大陆的1，306所大学中排名前5%。然而，这种科学生产力大部分来自高级教师，迫切需要-以及强大的潜力-培训下一代乌干达初级教师研究人员。 MURTI培训将涉及撒哈拉以南非洲具有重大公共卫生意义的三个科学领域：艾滋病毒/艾滋病、心血管疾病和精神健康障碍。这一培训举措还将培养研究管理和研究道德方面的专门知识。拟议的MURTI在重点建设农村环境中的研究能力方面具有创新性。它将产生特别的影响，因为它将利用美国国立卫生研究院，盖茨和慈善机构资助的研究，与马萨诸塞州总医院（MGH）和哈佛公共卫生学院（HSPH）合作，每年150万美元，为20名乌干达初级教师提供深入培训，他们将进行公共部门调查，重点关注农村卫生问题。 为了实现我们的目标，我们提出了以下培训目标：（1）发展初级教师在艾滋病毒预防和治疗方面的研究专业知识，特别是在乌干达西南部农村地区;（2）建设乌干达初级教师开发新型循证诊断和治疗的能力农村人口心血管疾病的治疗策略;（3）培养初级教员从事研究乌干达农村地区精神健康疾病的职业;（4）加强初级教师的管理、科研伦理、和研究沟通能力，以成功地作为下一代独立调查员在乌干达。通过这些目标，MURTI将建立MUST初级教师进行尖端社会行为，生物医学和流行病学研究的能力。这四个目标将得到来自北美领先机构（MGH和HSPH）的技术专业知识的支持，这些机构与MUST和当地现有的专业知识进行了长达十年的合作。