Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship in NeuroAIDS

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请为HIV神经行为研究中心（HNRC）设立为期两年的神经艾滋病跨学科研究奖学金（IRFN）。我们的计划是由最近的医学研究所报告推动的，该报告建议临床医生接受正式的研究培训，以增加临床医生研究人员的数量，以解决目前在神经艾滋病中发现的健康问题。为了进一步帮助解决神经艾滋病遇到的复杂问题，我们将遵循目前在HNRC采用的跨学科研究培训模式。我们的IRFN将通过提供HNRC的临床神经科学家和UCSD、Scripps研究所和Burnham医学研究所的临床前神经艾滋病研究人员的才能，强调跨学科和转化性神经艾滋病研究。我们将积极招募研究兴趣与我们的优势相匹配的学员。这项提议的意义在于，在五年后，该领域将获得10名经过最现代技术培训的高素质神经艾滋病研究人员。民族阵线为每个人走向独立提供了明确的进展，以便巩固他们未来的成功。这些人将接受训练，以接近神经艾滋病研究问题与潜在的临床应用作为他们工作的基本终点。他们的研究经历将在实验室进行，这些实验室的项目通常与校园内其他世界知名的实验室有联系。这项申请的创新之处在于：(i)其杰出的教师，他们在指导研究人员成为独立研究者方面有着悠久的历史；（ii）根据每个研究员的需求量身定制的研究经验，包括可以在实验室接触外部专家或被邀请到校园；（iii）由IRFN的行政人员对该计划进行积极的评估和监督。评估将包括设定明确的目标和结果，内部和外部小组将对IRFN的表现进行审查，以不断改进该计划。在资助期结束时，我们将发表一篇关于我们正在提议的项目的积极和消极经验的文章。我们未来在解决神经艾滋病中遇到的复杂临床疾病方面的成功取决于具有相关研究学科培训的临床医生研究人员的可用性。在HNRC，我们正在提议一个为期两年的神经艾滋病跨学科研究奖学金，由来自不同学科的导师进行专门的跨学科研究培训，重点培养研究技能的课程，以及监测研究员走向独立的进展，这样在五年内，我们的计划将为神经艾滋病领域贡献10名临床研究人员，他们将进一步了解和治疗受影响的个体。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC) to establish a two year Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship in NeuroAIDS (IRFN). Our plan is driven by the recent Institute of Medicine report that recommends that clinicians receive formal research training so as to increase the number of clinician researchers needed to solve current health problems as found in neuroAIDS. Further to assist in the solving of complex problems encountered in neuroAIDS, we will be following an interdisciplinary model of research training as is currently employed in the HNRC. Our IRFN will emphasize interdisciplinary and translational neuroAIDS research by making available the talents of clinically oriented neuroscientists at the HNRC and preclinical neuroAIDS researchers at UCSD, the Scripps Research Institute, and the Burnham Institute for Medical Research. We will actively recruit trainees whose research interests match our strengths. The significance of this proposal is that at the end of five years the field will receive 10 highly qualified neuroAIDS researchers trained in the most modern techniques. The IRFN provides a clear progression for each fellow toward independence in order to consolidate their future success. These individuals will be trained to approach neuroAIDS research questions with potential clinical applications as an essential end point of their work. Their research experiences will be in laboratories whose programs are often linked to other world- renowned laboratories around the campus. The innovative aspects of this application are: (i) its outstanding Faculty who have a long history of mentoring researchers to become independent investigators, (ii) a research experience that is tailored to each fellow's needs including access to external experts in their laboratories or invited onto campus, and (iii) an active evaluation and oversight of the program, by the administrative staff of the IRFN. The evaluation will include setting clear goals and outcomes, and the performance of the IRFN will be reviewed internally and by an external panel so as to constantly improve the program. At the end of the funding period we will publish an article on the positive and negative experiences of the program we are proposing. Our future success in tackling the complex clinical disorders encountered in neuroAIDS depends on the availability of clinician researchers with training across relevant research disciplines. At the HNRC we are proposing a two year interdisciplinary research fellowship in neuroAIDS with mentors from different disciplines for dedicated interdisciplinary research training, a focused curriculum for developing research skills, as well as monitoring of the fellow's progress toward independence, such that within five years, our scheme will have contributed 10 clinician researchers to the field of neuroAIDS who will further the understanding and treatment of affected individuals.