Program in Adolescent HIV/AIDS Research Training (PAHRT)

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的国际艾滋病研究和培训计划是南佛罗里达大学（USF）和伯明翰亚拉巴马大学（UAB）与印度古吉拉特邦瓦多达拉医学院（VMC）的合作努力。这项倡议的目的是通过合作研究和培训，加强和维持印度科学家进行艾滋病毒研究和预防工作的能力。为此，我们设计了一个研究培训计划，解决适合印度的因素。这一多学科培训方案将包括艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病学、临床、社会行为和预防问题方面的培训。研究目标是更好地了解，调查和控制印度的艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行。拟议的计划将有效地建立在以前开发和非常成功的USF/UAB-印度合作关系的基础上。该提案得到了USF，UAB，VMC和当地印度政府管理人员的全力支持。培训将在美国（USF和UAB）提供，威尔斯和印度一样。在美国的培训将包括长期、中期和短期培训。这项培训的目的是向合格的印度研究人员提供硕士水平的专门知识。在印度进行的培训将向坚定致力于艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究和（或）预防工作或目前正在从事与艾滋病毒/艾滋病有关的问题的科学家、学者和保健专业人员提供研究和培训专门知识。这种培训特别针对大量印度受训人员和那些工作任务不便于在印度境外接受培训的人。该计划将促进新的艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究，补充和促进现有的国家和国际研究工作，并建立美国和印度研究人员之间的长期合作关系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed International AIDS Research and Training Program is the collaborative effort of the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) with Vadodara Medical College (VMC), Gujarat, India. The purpose of this initiative is to strengthen and sustain, through collaborative research and training, the capability of Indian scientists to undertake HIV research and prevention efforts. To this effect, we have designed a research-training program addressing factors appropriate to India. This multidisciplinary training program will include training in epidemiological, clinical, socio-behavioral, and prevention issues in HIV/AIDS. The research goals are to better understand, investigate, and control the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India. The proposed program will build efficiently on previously developed and highly successful USF/UAB-India collaborative relationships. This proposal has the full support of the administrators from USF, UAB, VMC, and the local Indian government. Training will be offered in the USA (USF and UAB) as wells as in India. Training in the US will include long-, intermediate-, and short-term training. This training is intended to provide qualified Indian researchers with master's level expertise. Training in India will provide research and training expertise to scientists, academicians, and health care professionals with a strong commitment to HIV/AIDS research and/or prevention or who are currently working on HIV/AIDS health-related issues. This training is particularly targeted to reach a large number of Indian trainees and those who have work assignments that do not facilitate training outside India. This program will promote new HIV/AIDS research that complements and facilitates existing national and international research endeavors and establishes long-term collaborative relationships between US and Indian investigators.