Mentoring Diverse Scientists in Global HIV Research on Mental Health & Adherence

描述（由申请人提供）：凭借申请的面向患者的研究（K24）职业中期研究者奖，我计划(a)指导一群多学科和社会人口统计学多样化的研究生和早期职业研究者，研究全球艾滋病毒研究的行为方面；(b)扩大我自己的能力，开展国际在线艾滋病毒干预研究。我一直卓有成效，并成功地为我的病人导向研究项目获得了资金。此外，我长期以来一直支持学员，帮助他们获得自己的资金，其中有几位目前持有K23和其他奖项。然而，教学、临床和管理职责限制了我能够投入指导的时间。该奖项将使我能够进一步将我的时间和资源用于指导（5% - 25%的时间用于指导，25%的时间用于职业发展和研究）。此外，它将使我更接近我的长期目标，即成为全球艾滋病毒和心理健康研究领域的国际公认的领导者，并在华盛顿大学和国家一级开发更系统、更正式的指导计划。华盛顿大学（美国资金最多的公共机构）和心理学系的临床领域（目前排名第一）为这个奖项提供了极好的环境。在华盛顿大学，有一大批不同的、非常合格的学员，我已经为他们制定了具体的选择、指导和参与我自己积极进行的研究项目的计划。计划包括继续和正式的个人和团体为来自校园的不同的研究生群体，以及初级教师水平的医生，护士和行为科学家提供支持。这种支持将通过转化健康科学研究所（ITHS）和医学院与学院一级正在进行的项目相结合。一群不同的合作者——在各自领域受人尊敬的资深导师和成熟的研究人员——已经承诺支持这个奖项。我的职业发展活动将包括在线技术干预研究、语言发展和指导/领导培训的强化培训。计划中的活动利用了西澳大学现有的资源，包括我参与的一个正在进行的r25资助的美洲原住民科学家培训项目，艾滋病研究中心的社会行为和预防核心，以及ITHS。这项新提出的研究涉及一项针对中国北京新诊断为艾滋病毒的男性和女性的在线咨询干预的四阶段研究。这包括定性的形成性工作，横断面调查，开发具有社交网络功能的多模块在线干预，以及干预的随机对照试验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With the requested Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24), I plan to (a) mentor a multi-disciplinary and socio-demographically diverse group of graduate students and early career investigators in behavioral aspects of global HIV research and (b) expand my own capabilities to conduct research on international online HIV interventions. I have been consistently productive and successful in obtaining funding for my program of patient-oriented research. Moreover, I have a long history of supporting mentees and helping them secure their own funding, with several currently holding K23 and other awards. However, teaching, clinical, and administrative obligations have limited the time I can commit to mentoring. The award will allow me to further devote my time and resources to mentoring (from 5% to 25% effort for mentoring and 25% for career development and research). Moreover, it would move me closer to my longer term goals of becoming an internationally recognized leader in global HIV and mental health research and developing more systematic and formalized mentoring programs both at the University of Washington and at the national level. The University of Washington (the top-funded public institution in the country) and the Clinical Area in the Department of Psychology (currently ranked #1) provide excellent environments for this award. At the UW, there is a large pool of diverse and well qualified mentees, for whom I have outlined specific plans for selecting, mentoring, and involving in my own active ongoing program of research. Plans include continuing and formalizing individual- and group-based support for a cohort of diverse graduate students from across campus as well as physicians, nurses, and behavioral scientists at the junior faculty level. This support will be integrated with ongoing programs at the College level and through the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) and the School of Medicine. A diverse group of collaborators--senior mentors who are esteemed and established researchers in their respective fields--have committed their support to this award. My career development activities will involve intensive training in online technologies for intervention research, language development, and mentorship/leadership training. Planned activities capitalize on existing resources at the UW, including my involvement in an ongoing R25-funded training program for Native American scientists, the Center for AIDS Research's Sociobehavioral and Prevention Core, and ITHS. The newly proposed research involves a 4-phase study of an online counseling intervention targeting men and women newly diagnosed with HIV in Beijing, China. This comprises qualitative formative work, a cross-sectional survey, development of a multi-modular online intervention with social networking capabilities, and a pilot randomized controlled trial of the intervention. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This award will assist in increasing the availability of a diverse group of researchers successfully studying behavioral aspects of HIV, which is crucial to combating this global pandemic. Additionally, it will assist in the career development of a mid-career investigator who aims to develop an online program to assist individuals struggling with a new HIV diagnosis in settings where access to mental health counseling is limited.