CLINICAL RESEARCH IN STDS

性传播疾病给社会造成了沉重的损失。每年，美国的性病病例数量超过1300万例，全球超过2.5亿例。目前缺乏年轻的临床研究人员，特别是在具有巨大公共卫生重要性的领域--例如性传播疾病。约翰·霍普金斯大学有着在性传播疾病和公共卫生预防方面进行临床研究的悠久传统，并为指导新的研究人员提供了一个支持性的环境。作为这项建议的一部分，并在我们过去指导研究人员的成功经验的基础上，获奖者将制定一项指导计划，其中将包括：在巴尔的摩性病诊所和约翰·霍普金斯艾滋病服务中心的临床经验；流行病学和生物统计学培训，以增强年轻研究人员关于研究设计和数据管理问题的知识库以及陈述技能。预计调查人员将制定一个独立的研究项目，以便在国家会议和出版物上作介绍。

Sexually transmitted diseases exact a heavy toll on society. Annually, the number of STD cases exceed over 13 million in the United States and over 250 million cases worldwide. There is a current shortage of young clinical investigators, especially in areas with enormous public health import-such as STDs. Johns Hopkins has had a long tradition of performing clinical research in STDs and public health prevention, and provides a supportive setting for mentoring new investigators. As part of this proposal, and building on our past successful experiences in mentoring investigators, the awardee will develop a mentoring program which will include: Clinical experiences in the Baltimore STD clinics and Johns Hopkins AIDS Service; Epidemiology and biostatistical training to enhance the young investigators knowledge base of study design and data management issues, and presentation skills. The investigators will be expected to develop an independent research project resulting in presentation at national meetings and publication.