Core--Behavioral & Social Sciences Facility

行为与社会科学核心将致力于扩展现有服务和开发新服务，以促进行为、临床和基础科学研究人员之间的智力和业务联系。鉴于计划成员与社区的广泛联系，CORE将继续领导CFAR通过其对社区咨询委员会(CAB)的支持，促进有意义的社区伙伴关系的发展。该委员会成立于2004年，并将继续积极制定和执行旨在推进其使命的项目。核心意志 继续提供和开发有形的服务，旨在：1)在研究人员准备和提交资助申请时向他们提供咨询和指导；2)支持教育活动，包括旨在刺激综合生物和行为研究的陈述和座谈会；3)提高行为科学家收集、分析和解释有意义和创新的生物标本和测试程序的能力；4)为临床和基础科学研究人员提供接触相关社区人口、具有良好特征的生物样本和行为措施的机制；5)在招募和保留社区-和 以临床为基础的研究参与者；以及6)制定促进将研究成果转移到社区的战略。这些服务将建立在基于网络的系统、方案成员之间的协作联系以及社区预防和护理提供者网络的基础上。核心将通过每月的电子邮件公报与计划成员保持定期联系，并将每季度与计划成员举行会议。核心还将召开有针对性的网络会议，以利用新出现的发展跨学科合作的机会。这些服务旨在刺激新的艾滋病毒调查人员的发展、研究倡议和 宾夕法尼亚大学的社会和行为、临床和基础科学研究人员。

The Behavioral & Social Sciences Core will devote its resources to the expansion of existing services and the development of new services to facilitate intellectual and operational linkages between behavioral, clinical, and basic science investigators. Given the extensive linkages of program members to the community, the Core will continue to lead the CFAR in fostering the development of meaningful community partnerships through its support of the Community Advisory Board (CAB). This CAB was established in Year 04 and will continue to be active in developing and implementing projects designed to further its mission. The Core will continue to deliver and develop tangible services that are designed to: 1) provide consultation and guidance to investigators as they prepare and submit applications for funding; 2) support educational activities which include presentations and symposia designed to stimulate integrated biological and behavioral research; 3) expand the ability of behavioral scientists to collect, analyze, and interpret meaningful and innovative biological specimens and testing procedures; 4) provide a mechanism for clinical and basic science investigators to have access to relevant community-based populations, well-characterized biological specimens, and behavioral measures; 5) provide direct assistance in recruitment and retention of community-and clinic-based study participants; and 6) develop strategies that facilitate the transfer of research findings to the community. These services will be built upon Web-based systems, collaborative linkages among program members, and the network of community prevention and care providers. The Core will maintain regular contact with program members through monthly e-mail communiques and will hold quarterly meetings with program members. The Core will also convene targeted networking meetings designed to capitalize on emerging opportunities for developing interdisciplinary collaborations. Together these services are intended to stimulate the development of new HIV investigators, research initiatives, and collaborations among the social and behavioral, clinical, and basic science researchers at Penn.