CLINICAL RESEARCH IN STDS

性传播疾病给社会造成了沉重的代价。每年，美国的性病病例超过1300万例，全世界超过2.5亿例。 目前缺乏年轻的临床研究人员，特别是在公共卫生进口巨大的领域，如性病。 约翰霍普金斯在性病和公共卫生预防方面有着悠久的临床研究传统，并为指导新的研究人员提供了支持性的环境。作为该提案的一部分，并根据我们过去指导研究者的成功经验，获奖者将制定一个指导计划，其中包括：在巴尔的摩性病诊所和约翰霍普金斯艾滋病服务的临床经验;流行病学和生物统计学培训，以提高年轻研究者的研究设计和数据管理问题的知识基础，以及演讲技巧。 预计调查人员将制定一个独立的研究项目，并在国家会议上提出报告和出版物。

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.