BIOSTATISTICS TRAINING FOR AIDS RESEARCH

描述（由申请人提供）：本计划将在未来五年继续培训对合作艾滋病研究有浓厚兴趣的生物统计学学生。拟培养4名博士预科生和2名博士后。该项目由37名加州大学洛杉矶分校教授组成，其中7名是重点教授，9名是致力于艾滋病研究的生物统计学教授（6名关键贡献者和3名重要贡献者），以及27名支持教师。这个多学科小组由生物统计学、生物数学、遗传学、流行病学、医学、免疫学、病毒学、心理学和精神病学领域的国际知名HIV/AIDS研究人员组成。博士预科生的培训将以生物统计学博士项目为中心，其中艾滋病毒/艾滋病的具体课程构成该项目所需的“第三应用领域”。此外，学员将被要求学习“艾滋病研究中的统计方法”，参加生物统计学“艾滋病研讨会”，并在必修的一年博士咨询课程中选择一个与艾滋病相关的主题。爱滋病课程应符合本系博士生辅修专业之要求。博士预科学员将在论文中发展适用于艾滋病研究的生物统计方法。艾滋病博士后研修生将从统计学或生物统计学博士学位和生物学、社会科学等非统计领域博士学位中选拔。所有学生都应参与艾滋病的合作研究，并发表与艾滋病研究有关的统计文章。具有统计学背景的学生将学习更多的艾滋病生物学知识，而没有统计学背景的学生将学习更多的统计方法，特别是纵向数据分析和多元分析等领域，这些领域需要开发对艾滋病研究人员有用的统计方法。多学科支持教师将提供长期合作研究的机会，并将为学生提供教育功能，让他们更多地了解艾滋病毒的生物学方面。鼓励参加美国统计协会年会和艾滋病会议，并要求每年参加在加州大学洛杉矶分校举行的两到三次艾滋病会议。已经为少数族裔制定了详细的招聘策略，并建立了一个指导机制，以确保获得额外的帮助，以确保毕业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is to continue, for an additional five years, the training of Biostatistics students who have a strong interest in collaborative AIDS research. The proposed training is for four predoctoral and two postdoctoral trainees. The program faculty consists of thirty-seven UCLA professors, seven of whom are key faculty, nine are Biostatistics faculty (six key and 3 significant contributors) with a commitment to AIDS research, and twenty-seven supporting faculty. This multidisciplinary group is composed of internationally known HIV/AIDS researchers in biostatistics, biomathematics, genetics, epidemiology, medicine, immunology, virology, psychology, and psychiatry. The training for predoctoral students will center on the Biostatistics Ph.D. program with specific courses in HIV/AIDS making up the required "third field of application" component of the program. In addition, trainees will be required to take "Statistical Methods in AIDS Research" and attend the Biostatistics "Seminar in AIDS," as well as choose an AIDS related topic for the required year-long doctoral consulting course. The AIDS courses will satisfy the requirements for a minor specialization required for Ph.D. students in the department. Predoctoral trainees will develop biostatistical methodology applicable and relevant to AIDS research for their dissertations. Postdoctoral AIDS trainees will be drawn from two pools: graduates with doctorates in statistics or biostatistics, and graduates with doctorates in biology, social science, or other non-statistical areas. All students will be expected to engage in collaborative research in AIDS, and to publish statistical articles relating to AIDS research. Students with a statistics background will learn more of the biology of AIDS, while the students without a statistics background will learn more statistics methodology, particularly areas such as longitudinal data analysis and multivariate analysis which are needed to develop statistical methods useful to AIDS researchers. The multidisciplinary supporting faculty will provide opportunities for long-term collaborative research and will also serve an education function for the students learning more of the biological aspects of HIV. Participation in the American Statistical Association annual meetings and AIDS meetings are encouraged and participation in two or three AIDS conferences at UCLA will be required each year. Detailed recruitment strategies for minorities have been made, and there is a mentoring mechanism to make sure that additional help is available to ensure graduation.