BAYLOR INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC AIDS INITIATIVE

这是贝勒医学院在TW- 00-003“艾滋病国际培训和研究项目”下的资助申请。通过向福格蒂国际中心申请资助，贝勒医学院宣布，它打算扩大范围，扩大和加强现有项目的活动，方法是：(1)为罗马尼亚、墨西哥和非洲有才华的卫生专业人员在艾滋病毒/艾滋病临床和基础研究方面建立长期的美国培训；(2)发展国际和美国研究者之间的合作研究关系；(3)为有前途的美国儿科住院医师和博士后提供国际艾滋病培训和研究经验。具体而言，罗马尼亚、墨西哥和非洲的卫生专业人员将分别获得长达三年的支助，以便在贝勒医学院接受艾滋病毒/艾滋病临床或实验室研究方面的高级培训。该培训计划将与贝勒现有的艾滋病研究中心和临床科学家培训计划的研究人员合作进行，这两个中心均由美国国立卫生研究院资助。每位受训人员还将有机会在德克萨斯大学公共卫生学院攻读公共卫生高级学位，重点是预防儿童艾滋病毒感染的生物医学和行为方法。该计划还将支持国际儿童艾滋病研究项目的合作发展。已经开始了几个这样的合作项目，包括在罗马尼亚进行的关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病和与艾滋病有关的恶性肿瘤口腔表现的研究。这些项目将为国际实习生提供实地培训机会，并为美国儿科住院医师和博士后提供短期（1-2个月）培训和研究经历的机会。拟议的项目将有助于建立专业知识、经验和基础设施，以持续开展儿童艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究工作。

This is Baylor College of Medicine's application for funding under TW- 00-003, "AIDS International Training and Research Program." By applying for funding from the Fogarty International Center, Baylor College of Medicine announces its intention to broaden the scope and expand and enhance the activities of its existing programs by (1) establishing long-term U.S. training in HIV/AIDS clinical and basic research for talented Romanian, Mexican, and African health professionals; (2) developing collaborative research relationships between international and U.S. investigators; and (3) providing promising U.S. pediatric residents and postdoctoral fellows with international HIV/AIDS training and research experiences. Specifically, Romanian, Mexican, and African health professionals will receive up to three years of support each for advanced training in HIV/AIDS clinical or laboratory-based research at Baylor College of Medicine. This training program will be conducted in collaboration with investigators from Baylor's existing Center for AIDS Research and Clinical Scientist Training Program, both funded by the National Institutes of Health. Each trainee also will have the opportunity to pursue an advanced degree in public health at the University of Texas School of Public Health, focusing on biomedical and behavioral approaches to prevention of pediatric HIV-infection. The proposed program also will support development of collaborative international pediatric HIV/AIDS research projects. Several such collaborative projects already have been initiated, including Romania- based studies of oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS and AIDS-associated malignancies. These projects will provide field training opportunities for international trainees as well as opportunities for short-term (1-2 months) training and research experiences for U.S. pediatric residents and postdoctoral fellows. The proposed program will help to establish the expertise, experience, and infrastructure necessary for a sustained pediatric HIV/AIDS research effort.