A HIV planning grant for a physician-scientist training program

描述（由申请人提供）：该规划补助金的主要目标是开发一个以消除内罗毕大学母婴传播（eMTCT）研究为中心的医生-科学家培训计划的申请。医生-科学家是将研究创新转化为医疗保健提供标准的关键环节，然而，内罗毕大学和撒哈拉以南非洲的大多数学术机构缺乏在当前研究生专业培训中提供医生-科学家培训的综合计划。因此，很少有专门在非洲接受培训的医学专家准备进行研究，为艾滋病毒护理、治疗和预防提供信息，或对保健政策和/或方案设计、绩效、扩大规模和可持续性产生重大影响。这一计划医师-科学家培训项目的建议建立在内罗毕大学高素质和经验丰富的医师研究人员的坚实基础之上，其中包括福格蒂资助的华盛顿大学（UW）艾滋病国际研究和培训项目（AIRTP）的许多前学员。在完成培训后，这些人已经成长为独立的调查人员，并在国家，区域和全球公共卫生政策方面取得了重大成就。这些来自大学的科学家 由Ruth Nduati教授领导的内罗毕的研究所与由Carey Farquhar博士领导的华盛顿大学的同事合作，建议通过开发一个培训专业医生科学家（博士，MMed/MPH，MMed/MSc）的计划来巩固对eMTCT的研究，这些医生科学家可以进行高水平的研究，吸引研究赠款并指导其他人进行eMTCT研究。为了实现这一目标，规划赠款将：1）通过与利益攸关方举行协商讲习班和制定战略计划，制定医生-科学家培训的实施框架; 2）通过审查现有的博士、硕士、公共卫生硕士和硕士课程，并将其扩展为医生-科学家综合课程，建立医生-科学家培训课程; 3）通过确定合适的主管、导师和研究地点，为实习医生-科学家培训建立监督和导师结构。拟议的活动符合肯尼亚政府的目标，即到2015年通过普及全面的预防母婴传播服务消除母婴传播，并将创建一个可以在其他领域推广的医生-科学家培训模式，不仅在肯尼亚大学， 内罗毕，但在撒哈拉以南非洲的其他地区。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The main objective of this planning grant is to develop an application for a physician-scientist training program centered on the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) research at the University of Nairobi. The physician-scientist is the critical link to translation of research innovations to standards of health care provision, however, the University of Nairobi, and most academic institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, lack integrated programs that provide physician-scientist training within current graduate professional training. As a result, few medical specialists trained exclusively in Africa are prepared to conduct research that will inform HIV care, treatment and prevention or have a major impact on healthcare policy and/or program design, performance, scale up and sustainability. This proposal to plan a physician-scientist training program builds on a strong foundation of highly qualified and experienced physician researchers at the University of Nairobi, including many former trainees in the Fogarty-funded University of Washington (UW) AIDS International Research and Training Program (AIRTP). After completing their training, these individuals have matured into independent investigators and made a significant mark on national, regional and global public health policy. These physician-scientists, from the University of Nairobi, led by Professor Ruth Nduati, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Washington led by Dr. Carey Farquhar, propose to consolidate research on eMTCT by developing a program to train specialist physician-scientists (PhD, MMed/MPH, MMed/MSc) who can conduct high-level research, attract research grants and mentor others in research on eMTCT. In order to achieve this goal, the planning grant will: 1) Develop an implementation framework for physician-scientist training through consultative workshops with stakeholders and development of a strategic plan; 2) Build the curriculum for physician-scientists training by reviewing existing PhD, MMed, MPH and MSc curriculums and extending them to an integrated curriculum for physician-scientists; 3) Establish supervision and mentorship structures for trainee physician-scientist trainnes by identifying suitable supervisors, mentors and research sites. The proposed activities fit into the goal of the Kenya government to eliminate MTCT by 2015 through universal access to comprehensive PMTCT services and will create a model for training physician-scientists that can be replicated in other fields, not only at the University of Nairobi but in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa.