Training Program in Substance Use, HIV and Related Infections

描述(由申请人提供)：申请资助以更新一项培训计划，该计划旨在培训下一代行为科学家，他们具有预防艾滋病毒和药物使用人群中相关共病(如结核病、病毒性肝炎和性传播疾病)方面的专业知识。我们的项目基于加州大学圣地亚哥分校(UCSD)医学院和圣地亚哥州立大学(SDSU)公共卫生研究生院和社会工作学院之间的长期合作伙伴关系提供的公共卫生和临床心理学联合博士项目(JDP)。在这次更新中，将于2013年开始的关于药物滥用的社会科学研究的新的JDP将进一步扩大我们的申请者池，我们将重点从艾滋病毒合并感染扩展到考虑共同疾病，这反映了更广泛的内容。我们的目标是：1)为流行病学、健康行为学和心理学方面的博士后和博士后研究员提供跨学科研究培训经验的机会，他们希望专注于药物滥用和艾滋病毒及其相关共病之间的预防研究；2)为学生提供在国际环境下预防艾滋病毒和相关共病的实践经验；3)招募和培训来自不同学术背景和具有最先进技能的少数族裔研究人员，以应对药物使用和艾滋病毒预防研究方面的挑战；以及4)培训个人与人类受试者进行负责任的研究，特别是在国际和跨文化环境中。经过4年的支持，我们的项目已经支持了16名学员。在完成培训的6名博士后研究员和3名博士后实习生中，所有人都在外地活跃；4名已完成培训的研究员现在是助理教授。三名研究员成功竞争了K01；一名博士前实习生获得了R36学位论文资助，另一名获得了多样性补助金。我们已经支持了5个URM，其中3个已经完成了培训。学员在培训期间总共发表了59篇手稿。我们请求支持由17个核心学院指导的3名博士后和3名博士后实习生。根据受训者的培训水平，他们必须完成药物滥用和传染病方面的课程、负责任地进行研究的指导、每季度举办的文化敏感性培训讲习班、每月举行的“正在进行的工作”研讨会和一次赠款撰写研讨会。我们在邻近的墨西哥和其他8个国家的积极研究项目为学员创造了独特的、亲身实践的国际培训体验和基础设施，使他们能够发展成为独立的调查人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funding is requested to renew a training program that aims to train the next generation of behavioral scientists with expertise in the prevention of HIV and related co-morbidities (i.e. TB, viral hepatitis and STls) among substance using populations. Our program builds upon the joint doctoral programs (JDP) in public health and clinical psychology offered through a longstanding partnership between the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the San Diego State University (SDSU) Graduate School of Public Health and School of Social Work. In this renewal, a new JDP beginning in 2013 on Social Sciences Research in Substance Abuse will further enhance our applicant pool, and our extended focus beyond HIV co-infections to consider co-morbidities reflects additional breadth. Our objectives are: 1) To provide opportunities for interdisciplinary research training experiences for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in epidemiology, health behavior and psychology who wish to focus on prevention research at the intersection between substance abuse and HIV and related co-morbidities; 2) To offer students hands-on experience in the prevention of HIV and related co-morbidities in international settings; 3) To recruit and train researchers from diverse academic backgrounds and under-represented minority (URM) populations with state-of-the-art skills to address challenges in substance use and HIV prevention research; and 4) To train individuals in the responsible conduct of research with human subjects, especially in international and cross-cultural settings. After 4 years of support, our program has supported 16 trainees. Of the 6 postdoctoral fellows and 3 predoctoral trainees who completed training, all remain active in the field; 4 completed Fellows are now Assistant Professors. Three Fellows successfully competed for K01s; one predoctoral trainee received an R36 dissertation grant and a second was granted a Diversity Supplement. We have supported 5 URM, of whom 3 already completed training. Collectively, trainees published 59 manuscripts during their training. We request support for 3 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees, mentored by 17 Core Faculty. Depending on their level of training, mentees are required to complete courses in substance abuse and infectious diseases, instruction in responsible conduct of research, quarterly cultural sensitivity training workshops, monthly 'Work In Progress' seminars and a grant-writing seminar. Our active research programs in nearby Mexico and 8 other countries create the opportunity for unique, hands-on international training experiences and an infrastructure for trainees to develop into independent investigators.