Malaria Training and Research Capacity Building in Southern Africa

描述(由申请者提供)：南部非洲疟疾培训和研究能力建设的长期目标是在南部非洲创建一个疟疾研究的卓越中心。拟议的项目建立在我们之前在津巴布韦的疟疾研究和培训项目上取得的成功的基础上。我们建议继续加强我们目前的受训人员(两名博士)，同时将疟疾研究和培训扩展到赞比亚和南部非洲邻国。除了与我们以前的学员保持密切的研究联系外，我们还建议建立专门的培训，以满足本地研究界的迫切需求。这将以约翰·霍普金斯大学教员提供的关于最先进的研究方法和技术的短期培训的形式进行。此外，还将在赞比亚开设四个不同的培训班：(1)疟疾生物学和治疗；(2)疟疾防治：监测和评估；(3)基础免疫学和微生物免疫学；(4)昆虫学。这些课程将由约翰·霍普金斯大学的教职员工和来自赞比亚各个中心的科学家合作提供，特别是来自赞比亚大学医学院教学医院、赞比亚大学、马查疟疾研究所和恩多拉热带病研究中心的科学家。这些课程还将包括我们来自津巴布韦的前培训补助金同事。在赞比亚开展的各种疟疾研究和培训活动将提供一个结构，将分子生物学、微生物学、免疫学、生态学、分子流行病学、基因组学和人口遗传学方面的培训课程和专门的有针对性的研究培训所获得的知识应用于当地问题，从而在该区域建立一个由十多名科学家组成的综合研究社区。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term objective of the Malaria Training and Research Capacity Building in Southern Africa is to create a center of excellence for malaria research in Southern Africa. The proposed program builds upon our previous success with the Malaria Research and Training Program in Zimbabwe. We propose to continue to strengthen our current trainees (two PhD) while extending malaria research and training to Zambia and neighboring Southern African countries. In addition to maintaining strong research ties with our former trainees, we propose to create specific training to satisfy immediate needs of the local research community. This would occur in the form of short-term training in state-of-the-art research methods and techniques offered by Johns Hopkins faculty. In addition, four different training courses will be offered in Zambia: (1) Plasmodium Biology and Treatment, (2) Malaria Control: Monitoring and Evaluation, (3) Basic Immunology and Microbial Immunity and (4) Entomology. The courses will be offered in partnership between Johns Hopkins University faculty and scientists from various centers in Zambia, especially the School of Medicine University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia, Malaria Institute at Macha and Tropical Disease Research Center at Ndola. These courses will also involve our former training grant colleagues from Zimbabwe. The various malaria research and training activities conducted in Zambia will provide a structure for the application of knowledge gained from training courses and specialized targeted research training in molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, ecology, molecular epidemiology, genomics and population genetics to local issues resulting in the creation of a comprehensive research community of more than a dozen scientists in the region.