Clinical Research Training for NCD Studies in India

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是对RFA编号RFA-TW-06-002的重新发布的回应，并用于继续开展活动，这些活动是通过响应初始问题的资金而获得的规划补助金开始的。该计划赠款资助了UAB与印度泰米尔纳德邦钦奈的马德拉斯糖尿病研究基金会（MDRF）之间的合作。实施这一方案的团体创造并开展了一项既广泛又深入的培训活动。方案内容广泛，现已扩大到包括大多数主要的非传染性疾病;提供的培训类型广泛，包括在美国的短期培训、由印度各地受训人员参加的全国研讨会、为精选受训人员举办的强化培训班和讲习班、视频会议以及为MDRF教职员工举办的特别课程。从某种意义上说，重点是糖尿病和对选定的MDRF工作人员的长期培训，这是在印度而不是在美国进行的。这些活动共同促进了许多研究科学家的培训和他们的研究计划的发展。重要的是，我们创建了印度非传染性疾病网络，作为促进全面实现我们目标的正式实体。到目前为止，参与培训的学员已完成博士学位或正在本国完成博士学位，有些人已在MDRF担任重要领导职务。我们建议继续并扩大这些活动，并继续利用UAB和MDRF（钦奈的一个杰出研究组织）的广泛培训专业知识和资源。培训内容将包括研究方法、非传染性疾病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。在大多数情况下，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培训，并允许顺利过渡到研究计划，并立即对其公共卫生系统产生影响。我们计划继续利用印度和美国的教员为来自印度各地的受训人员举办年度国家研讨会，为MDRF的教员和工作人员举办特别讲习班，为选定的受训人员举办强化培训班。我们还期望加强国际培训网的活动，使其能够帮助促进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两个或四个地点，并进一步加强MDRF作为培训中心的作用。我们还建议培训培训人员，以帮助发展能够为印度其他机构举办讲习班的教师队伍。我们的总体目标是改善并在必要时创建开展研究和预防计划所需的临床研究培训，以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.