UIC AITRP Extension into China

描述（由申请人提供）：艾滋病国际培训和研究计划（AITRP）在伊利诺伊大学芝加哥（UIC）的目的是建立长期的科学能力，帮助解决艾滋病流行病的国际。UIC-AITRP目前涉及UIC公共卫生学院，UIC护理学院，五大湖艾滋病研究中心（CFAR）和三个国家的主要机构参与者之间的合作：智利，马拉维和印度尼西亚。目前的海外合作伙伴有：智利大学、马拉维大学和印度尼西亚大学。本补充资金申请要求3年的支持，以扩大其在中国的培训活动。我们之所以选择中国作为额外的培训地点，是因为中国艾滋病流行的严重性，临床和行为科学研究的需要，以满足迅速增长的对训练有素的专业人员的需求，以应对这一流行病，以及与拟议的合作伙伴现有的合作关系，这将有助于建立和维持研究基础设施。此外，UIC-AITRP教师的专业知识，研究和培训经验包括该国迫切需要的能力建设的三个主要领域：（1）用于吸毒人群的艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防和干预战略;（2）艾滋病毒/艾滋病的微生物学;（3）护理科学，重点是艾滋病预防，干预和护理。北京大学护理学院将作为AITRP在中国的合作伙伴。目前正在申请资金，以支助一名来自中国的UIC-AITRP受训人员攻读护理学硕士学位和两名博士后受训人员（一名公共卫生，另一名艾滋病毒/艾滋病病毒学）。还将提供三个短期强化培训名额，用于培训方案的每个主要培训领域（护理、公共卫生和病毒学），因为它们适用于艾滋病毒/艾滋病。此外，还将支持一名美国少数族裔学者在中国进行短期培训。在中国举办的国家讲习班将针对关注艾滋病毒/艾滋病及其相关疾病的广泛人群，包括卫生专业人员（R.N.M.D.，D.D.S.，医学博士、理学硕士、哲学博士或同等人员）;医疗技术人员和卫生保健工作者;专职卫生人员和决策者。这种培训机制和多学科培训的组合将提供针对疫情关键方面的广泛培训机会，并加强中国在几个关键方面成功应对疫情的能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is designed to build long-term scientific capacities that help to address the AIDS epidemic internationally. The UIC-AITRP currently involves collaboration between the UIC School of Public Health, the UIC College of Nursing, The Great Lakes Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR), and key institutional participants in three countries: Chile, Malawi, and Indonesia. Current collaborating partners overseas are: The University of Chile, The University of Malawi, and The University of Indonesia. This application for supplemental funds requests 3 years of support to extend its training activities to China. We have chosen to focus on China as an additional training site because of the gravity of the AIDS epidemic in this country, the need for clinical and behavioral science research to meet this rapidly increasing need for trained professionals to address the epidemic, and the presence of existing collaborative relationships with the proposed partners that will help to build and sustain a research infrastructure. Also, the expertise, research, and training experience of UIC-AITRP faculty encompass three of the major areas of capacity building for which the country is in dire need: (1) HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention strategies for use with drug-using populations; (2) the microbiology of HIV/AIDS, and (3) nursing science focusing on AIDS prevention, intervention, and care. The College of Nursing at Beijing University will serve as the AITRP's collaborating partner in China. Funding is being requested to support one UIC-AITRP trainee from China for an MS degree in Nursing and two postdoctoral trainees (one in public health and the other in HIV/AIDS virology). Three intensive short-term traineeships also will be made available in each of the AITRP's major areas of training (nursing, public health, and virology) as they apply to HIV/AIDS. In addition, one U.S. minority scholar will be supported for a short-term training experience in China. In country workshops in China will target a wide range of individuals concerned about HIV/AIDS and its related diseases including health professionals (R.N.M.D., D.D.S., D.M.D, MS, Ph.D. or their equivalent); medical technicians and health care workers; allied health professionals, and policy makers. This mix of training mechanisms and multi-disciplinary training will permit a broad range of training opportunities that target key aspects of the epidemic and also strengthen China's ability to successfully address the epidemic on several key fronts.