Training Program in TB and HIV Prevention and Treatment

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的持续目标是培训来自印度、喀麦隆和中国的临床医生、护士、科学家、实验室技术人员和社会工作者，以预防、诊断和治疗艾滋病毒和结核病感染。这一多学科方案包括公立和私立大学、医院和非政府组织的参与，这些组织提供旨在改善其所服务人口的健康和福祉的服务。纽约大学AITRP计划合作的机构包括印度的3家（医学研究与教育研究生院[昌迪加尔]、全印度医学科学研究所[新德里]和爱德华国王纪念医院[孟买]），喀麦隆的2家（阿尔法皇家诊所[巴门达]和卫生实验室[雅温得]），以及中国的3家（上海疾病预防控制中心、上海公共卫生中心和复旦大学上海医学院[上海]）。在拟议的筹资周期内，候选人的培训将根据每个具体国家和有关机构的需要进行调整。因此，虽然这三个国家都面临着不断升级的艾滋病毒和结核病流行，但我们在印度和中国的伙伴机构拥有大量的科学人才和基础设施，可以开展旨在改善艾滋病毒和结核病预防、诊断和治疗的应用、基础科学和/或临床研究。相比之下，喀麦隆的大多数机构缺乏进行此类工作的训练有素的人力和基础设施。因此，我们在印度和中国的合作机构拟议的培训旨在促进参与机构之间以及与纽约大学之间的合作研究和临床研究；我们的目标是提供启动和继续相关研究所需的培训，为项目的规划和执行提供智力支持，并为进一步的研究获得资金。在喀麦隆，我们的培训将侧重于支持当地的艾滋病控制项目；我们将把重点放在技术技能的传授和现有基础设施的发展上，以设计和实施预防、诊断和治疗艾滋病毒和结核病的相关方案。虽然该计划的细节因地点和国家而异，但总体目标是相同的：1)建立关键的生物医学，实验室和临床科学专业知识；2)促进新的研究工作，这将补充纽约大学正在进行的研究，旨在预防、诊断和治疗艾滋病毒和艾滋病毒相关疾病，特别是结核病；3)在纽约大学的科学家与我们在印度、喀麦隆和中国的合作机构之间建立长期合作关系；4)将培训纳入这三个国家正在进行的预防、诊断和治疗研究工作。该项目的目标将通过在纽约大学的长期和短期培训以及在我们的合作机构的培训讲习班和研讨会来实现。

Description (provided by applicant): The continuing goal for this program is the training of clinicians, nurses, scientists, laboratory technicians and social workers from India, Cameroon, and China in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV and TB infections. This multidisciplinary program includes the participation of public and private universities, hospitals, and non-governmental organizations that provide services designed to improve the health and well-being of the populations they serve. The institutions with which the NYU AITRP proposes to collaborate include 3 in India (the Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research and Education [Chandigarh], the All India Institute of Medical Sciences [New Delhi] and King Edward Memorial Hospital [Mumbai]), 2 in Cameroon (Alpha Royal Clinic [Bamenda] and the Laboratoire de Sante Hygiene [Yaounde]), and 3 in China (the Shanghai CDC, the Shanghai Public Health Center and the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University [Shanghai]). During the proposed funding cycle, training of candidates will be tailored to the needs of each specific country and those of the institutions involved. Thus, while all 3 countries face escalating HIV and TB epidemics, our partner institutions in India and China possess much of the scientific talent and infrastructure to conduct applied, basic scientific, and/or clinical research designed to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV and TB. In contrast, most institutions in Cameroon lack the trained manpower and infrastructure to conduct such work. Consequently, the proposed training at our partner institutions in India and China aims to foster collaborative research and clinical studies between the participating institutions and with NYU; our goal is to supply the training needed to initiate and continue relevant research by providing intellectual support for planning and execution of projects and for obtaining funding for further studies. For Cameroon, our training will focus on supporting local AIDS control programs; we will focus on teaching technical skills and on the development within the available infrastructure to design and implement relevant programs in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV and TB. While the details of the program differ between the sites and countries, the overall goals are the same for each: 1) to establish critical biomedical, laboratory and clinical science expertise; 2) to facilitate new research efforts, which will complement the ongoing research at NYU, aimed at prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV and HIV-related diseases, especially TB; 3) to establish long-term collaborative relationships between scientists at NYU and our partner institutions in India, Cameroon, and China; and 4) to integrate the training into ongoing prevention, diagnosis and treatment research efforts in the 3 countries. The goals of this program will be achieved through long- and short-term training at NYU and through training workshops and seminars at our partner institutions.