Mentoring Diverse Scientists in Global HIV Research on Mental Health & Adherence

描述(由申请人提供)：凭借申请的以患者为中心的研究生涯中期研究员奖(K24)，我计划(A)在全球艾滋病毒研究的行为方面指导一群多学科和社会人口学多样化的研究生和早期职业调查人员，以及(B)扩大我自己的能力，以开展国际在线艾滋病毒干预研究。在为我的以患者为中心的研究项目获得资金方面，我一直是富有成效的，并取得了成功。此外，我支持学员并帮助他们获得自己的资金的历史由来已久，目前有几个学员获得了K23和其他奖项。然而，教学、临床和行政方面的责任限制了我可以投入到指导工作中的时间。该奖项将使我能够进一步将我的时间和资源投入到指导上(从5%到25%的指导努力，以及25%的职业发展和研究)。此外，这将使我更接近我的长期目标，即成为全球艾滋病毒和精神健康研究领域的国际公认的领导者，并在华盛顿大学和国家层面开发更系统和更正式的指导项目。华盛顿大学(全美最受资助的公共机构)和心理学系的临床区(目前排名第一)为这一奖项提供了极好的环境。在威斯康星州大学，有一大批不同的、合格的学员，我已经为他们概述了选择、指导和参与我自己积极进行的研究计划的具体计划。计划包括继续和正规化以个人和团体为基础的支持，支持来自校园各地的不同研究生以及初级教职员工水平的医生、护士和行为科学家。这一支持将与大学一级正在进行的方案以及通过转化健康科学研究所(ITHS)和医学院整合。一群不同的合作者--在各自领域受到尊敬和公认的研究人员的资深导师--已承诺支持这一奖项。我的职业发展活动将包括在线技术的强化培训，以进行干预研究、语言发展和导师/领导力培训。计划的活动利用了威斯康星州大学的现有资源，包括我参与了一项由R25资助的针对美洲原住民科学家的持续培训计划，艾滋病研究中心的社会行为和预防核心，以及ITHS。中国，这项新提出的研究包括一个针对北京新近被诊断为艾滋病病毒感染者的男性和女性的在线咨询干预的4个阶段的研究。这包括定性的形成工作，横断面调查，开发具有社交网络能力的多模块在线干预，以及干预的试点随机对照试验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With the requested Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24), I plan to (a) mentor a multi-disciplinary and socio-demographically diverse group of graduate students and early career investigators in behavioral aspects of global HIV research and (b) expand my own capabilities to conduct research on international online HIV interventions. I have been consistently productive and successful in obtaining funding for my program of patient-oriented research. Moreover, I have a long history of supporting mentees and helping them secure their own funding, with several currently holding K23 and other awards. However, teaching, clinical, and administrative obligations have limited the time I can commit to mentoring. The award will allow me to further devote my time and resources to mentoring (from 5% to 25% effort for mentoring and 25% for career development and research). Moreover, it would move me closer to my longer term goals of becoming an internationally recognized leader in global HIV and mental health research and developing more systematic and formalized mentoring programs both at the University of Washington and at the national level. The University of Washington (the top-funded public institution in the country) and the Clinical Area in the Department of Psychology (currently ranked #1) provide excellent environments for this award. At the UW, there is a large pool of diverse and well qualified mentees, for whom I have outlined specific plans for selecting, mentoring, and involving in my own active ongoing program of research. Plans include continuing and formalizing individual- and group-based support for a cohort of diverse graduate students from across campus as well as physicians, nurses, and behavioral scientists at the junior faculty level. This support will be integrated with ongoing programs at the College level and through the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) and the School of Medicine. A diverse group of collaborators--senior mentors who are esteemed and established researchers in their respective fields--have committed their support to this award. My career development activities will involve intensive training in online technologies for intervention research, language development, and mentorship/leadership training. Planned activities capitalize on existing resources at the UW, including my involvement in an ongoing R25-funded training program for Native American scientists, the Center for AIDS Research's Sociobehavioral and Prevention Core, and ITHS. The newly proposed research involves a 4-phase study of an online counseling intervention targeting men and women newly diagnosed with HIV in Beijing, China. This comprises qualitative formative work, a cross-sectional survey, development of a multi-modular online intervention with social networking capabilities, and a pilot randomized controlled trial of the intervention.