Clinical Research Training for NCD Studies in India

说明(申请人提供)：本申请是对RFA编号RFA-TW-06-002的重新发出的回应，是为了继续开展以规划赠款开始的活动，该规划赠款是对最初的问题的回应。这笔规划赠款资助了印度泰米尔纳德邦金奈马德拉斯糖尿病研究基金会(MDRF)与UAB之间的合作。承担这一计划的小组创建并运作了一项既广泛又深入的培训活动。方案内容广泛，已扩展到包括大多数主要非传染性疾病，提供的培训类型包括在美国的短期培训、由来自印度各地的学员参加的全国研讨会、针对经过精心挑选的学员的强化培训课程和研讨会、视频会议以及针对MDRF教职员工的特别课程。深入感受到对糖尿病的关注，以及对选定的MDRF工作人员的长期培训，这是在印度而不是在美国完成的。这些活动共同促进了对众多研究科学家的培训和研究方案的发展。重要的是，我们创建了印度非传染性疾病网络(INN)，作为一个正式实体，以促进全面实现我们的目标。到目前为止，参与培训的学员已经完成了博士学位，或者正在努力在自己的国家完成博士学位，其中一些人已经担任了MDRF的关键领导职位。我们建议继续和扩大这些活动，并继续利用金奈的杰出研究机构UAB和MDRF的广泛培训专门知识和资源。培训内容将包括非传染性疾病的研究方法、背景，以及加强研究基础设施的方法，如数据管理、样本处理系统和研究操作。在很大程度上，我们计划在印度进行培训，在那里可以在培训适用的研究背景下进行，并允许平稳过渡到研究项目，对其公共卫生系统产生直接影响。我们计划继续为来自印度各地的受训人员举办年度全国研讨会，使用印度和美国的教职员工，为MDRF教职员工举办特别研讨会，为选定的受训人员举办强化培训课程。我们还希望加强客栈的活动，以便它能够帮助更广泛地建立培训机会和活动。我们将扩大我们的创新方法，利用视频会议进行研究研讨会和研究规划，使其包括印度的其他2-4个地点，并以其他方式进一步加强MDRF作为培训中心的地位。我们还建议对培训员进行培训，以帮助培养能够为印度其他机构举办研讨会的教师。我们的总体目标是改进并在必要时创建所需的临床研究培训，以开展研究和预防计划，帮助抵御印度即将到来的糖尿病和其他非传染性疾病的流行。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is in response to the reissue of RFA Number RFA-TW-06-002 and is for continuation of activities commenced with a planning grant resulting from funding in response to the initial issue. The planning grant has funded collaborations between UAB and the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The groups undertaking this program have created and operated a training activity that is both broad and deep. Broad in terms of program content, which has been expanded to include most major non-communicable diseases, and in terms of the types of training offered, which includes short-term training in the US, a national seminar involving trainees from throughout India, intensive training sessions for highly selected trainees and workshops, video conferences and special courses for MDRF faculty and staff. Deep in the sense of a focus on diabetes and on long-term training for selected MDRF staff, which is done in India rather than in the US. Together these activities have facilitated the training of numerous research scientist and development of their research programs. Importantly, we created the Indian Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Network (INN) as a formal entity to facilitate the overall attainment of our goals. Trainees involved to date have completed PhDs or are working toward completing them in their own country and some have assumed key leadership positions in MDRF. We propose to continue and expand these activities, and continue to draw on the extensive training expertise and resources of both UAB and MDRF, an outstanding research organization in Chennai. Training content will include research methods, background on NCDs, and methods to enhance research infrastructure, such as data management, sample handling systems and study operations. For the most part, we plan to conduct the training in India where it can be done in the context of the research to which the training applies and allows for a smooth transition into research programs, with immediate impacts on their public health system. We plan to continue the annual national seminars for trainees from throughout India using Indian and US faculty, special workshops for MDRF faculty and staff, intensive training sessions for selected trainees. We expect also to enhance the activities of the INN so that it can help facilitate the broader establishment of training opportunities and activities. We will expand our innovative approach to using video conferences for research seminars and research planning so that it includes two-four other sites in India and to otherwise further enhance MDRF as a center for training. We also propose to train the trainers to help develop faculty that can conduct workshops for other institutes in India. Our overall goal is to improve, and create where necessary, the clinical research training required to conduct research and prevention programs to help ward off the impending epidemic of diabetes and other NCDs in India.