AIDS RESEARCH CORE

庞塞医学院(PSM)RCMI艾滋病研究基础设施计划(ARIP)建议进一步升级其核心实验室单位，以最大限度地满足现有和未来ARIP教职员工的需求。它还建议促进职业发展方案的发展，专门为满足ARIP学院确定的需求而设计。指导和合作计划将得到加强，以支持他们的职业生涯。拟议的ARIP第五阶段活动的具体目标是； 具体目标1：进一步提高和扩大艾滋病研究核心实验室在病毒遗传学、免疫学和滥用药物方面的研究能力。将向其他机构/国家的艾滋病/艾滋病毒调查人员开放ARIP核心，以促进共享相同技术的高水平合作研究的发展。ARIP提供的某些先进技术和仪器将使调查人员能够研究加勒比地区艾滋病/艾滋病毒感染的特点。先进的仪器/设备将通过互联网连接实时提供给其他机构的调查人员，以促进合作。将在www.psm.edu网站上提供关于如何登记使用这些仪器以及如何分析所获得的数据的培训。 具体目标#2：实施为ARIP教职员工个人量身定做的职业发展计划，包括研究和职业指导、研究咨询和伙伴关系发展。将作出协调一致的努力，制定一个可行的机构教师留用计划，包括通过研究企业活动制定教师激励措施。缺乏有效的教师发展和留任计划导致关键教师的流失。进行了关键的自我分析，以准确地确定当前教职员工的实际需求，以便为每个教职员工制定个人计划。此外，具体目标3：促进在PSM以及通过波多黎各三个RCMI机构组成的联盟制定更多与艾滋病/艾滋病毒有关的研究方案。PSM目前有8名教职员工，积极资助与艾滋病有关的独立研究项目；是PR RCMI机构中规模最大的。ARI一直在积极寻求通过与U-FL、USF、FCU和FSU组成的财团合作开发CFAR和CTSA提案的可能性。

Ponce School of Medicine (PSM) RCMI AIDS Research Infrastructure Program (ARIP) proposes to further upgrade its core laboratory units to maximally meet the need of the current and prospective ARIP faculty members. It also proposes to facilitate the development of career development programs specifically designed to meet the identified needs of the ARIP faculties. Mentoring and partnership program will be strengthened to support their career. The Specific Aims of the proposed ARIP Phase V activities are; Specific Aim #1: To further improve and expand the research capability of the AIDS research core laboratories in viral genetics, immunology and drugs of abuse. ARIP cores will be made accessible for AIDS/HIV investigators from other institutions/countries in order to facilitate the development of high caliber collaborative research sharing the same technologies. Certain advanced technologies and instrumentations available at ARIP will enable investigators to study the characteristics of AIDS/HIV infection in the Caribbean region. Sophisticated instruments/equipments will be made available in real time to investigators from other institutions via lntemet-2 connection, to foster collaboration. Training will be made available at the www.psm.edu site on how to register for the use of the instruments and how to analyze the acquired data. Specific Aim #2: To implement a career development program tailor-made for individual ARIP faculty members, including research & career mentoring, research consultation and partnership development. A concerted effort will be made to develop a viable institutional faculty retention plan including the development of faculty incentives through research enterprise activities. Lack of effective faculty development and retention programs causes loss of key faculty members. Critical self analyses were performed to accurately identify the actual needs of the current faculties so that an individual plan may be developed for each faculty. And also, Specific Aim #3: To facilitate the development of additional AIDS/HIV related research programs at PSM as well as through the Puerto Rico consortium of the three RCMI institutions. PSM currently has eight faculty members with actively funded AIDS-related independent research projects; the largest among the PR RCMI institutions. ARI has been active pursuing the possibility of developing the CFAR and CTSA proposals through the partnership with the consortium of U-FL, USF, FCU, and FSU.