Training Program in HIV Prevention Research Ethics

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请为艾滋病预防研究伦理培训计划寻求资助。该项目满足了艾滋病研究人员的迫切需求，使他们具备识别和解决艾滋病预防研究中的伦理问题的知识和技能，使参与者和社区参与人口和文化敏感研究保护的建设和评估，并生成经验数据，为艾滋病预防科学的伦理程序和政策提供信息。通过密集的暑期学院、指导和财政援助，以及一个交流网络平台，该项目为社会、行为、医疗和公共卫生领域的早期职业科学家提供研究伦理教育和指导，这些科学家在艾滋病毒预防研究方面表现出专业知识，并有能力发起创新的研究项目，重点关注对人口敏感的艾滋病毒预防研究伦理程序的实施、改进和评估。该计划的目的是：(1)提高学员对艾滋病预防研究中关键伦理问题的认识和能力；(2)提高学员道德参与参与者和社区的能力，以构建反映HIV预防研究中所有利益相关者的价值观和信任的参与者保护；(3)提高受训者开展研究的能力，这些研究将产生数据，为艾滋病预防研究实践和政策提供信息；(4)为受训者、教师和该领域的其他人建立和维持一个信息和交流网络，以加强艾滋病毒预防研究伦理方面的伦理知识、伦理对话和未来的专业合作。这项为期5年的资助将包括4组，每组6名学员（N = 24）。每位学员将接受2年的培训。该计划包括：(a)为第一年的学员提供结构化的暑期强化课程；(b)一项为期两年、由个人辅导及资助的研究先导计划，探讨爱滋病预防研究中的伦理问题；(c)为二年级的学员举办高级暑期研讨会，内容包括数据分析、向专业人士及社区传播他们所指导的研究项目，以及撰写资助文书，将所指导的研究项目纳入资助补充或新资助的试点研究；(d)利用预防艾滋病毒伦理资源和学院交流的网络平台；(e)在资助的第五年为所有受训者参加一个关于艾滋病毒预防研究伦理的小型会议。在暑期学院期间，将亲自进行指导，并在学年期间通过电子媒体进行指导。暑期研习班将在纽约福特汉姆大学伦理教育中心举行。培训中心将主要负责培训计划的各个方面。该项目拥有优秀的种族多元化，性别平衡和多学科教师，在国家和国际艾滋病预防研究的行为和伦理评估方面具有丰富的经验。旅行、住宿、膳食和培训材料将由培训计划全额支付。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks funding for the HIV Prevention Research Ethics Training Program. The program addresses the urgent need for HIV investigators with the knowledge and skills to identify and address ethical issues in HIV prevention research, ethically engage participants and communities in the construction and evaluation of population and culturally sensitive research protections, and generate empirical data to inform HIV prevention science ethical procedures and policies. Through an intensive summer institute, mentoring and financial assistance, and a communications networking platform the program offers research ethics education and mentoring to social, behavioral, medical and public health early career scientists with demonstrated expertise in HIV prevention research and the capacity to initiate innovative programs of research that focus on the conduct, improvement and evaluation of population sensitive HIV prevention research ethical procedures. The program's aims are to: (1) increase trainees' knowledge of and capacity to address key ethical issues in HIV prevention research; (2) increase trainees' capacity to ethically engage participants and communities in the construction of participant protections that reflect the values and merit the trust of all stakeholders in HIV prevention research.; (3) increase trainees' capacity to conduct research that will generate data to inform HIV prevention research practices and policies; and (4) create and sustain an information and communication network for trainees, faculty and others in the field for enhancing ethical knowledge, ethical dialogue and future professional collaborations in HIV prevention research ethics. The 5-year grant will include 4 cohorts of 6 trainees each (N = 24). Each trainee will commit to 2 years of training. The program includes: (a) a structured intensive summer institute for trainees in their 1st year; (b) a 2-year individually mentored and financially supported research pilot project on an ethical issue in HIV prevention research; (c) an advanced summer seminar for trainees in their 2nd year focused on data analysis, professional and community dissemination of their mentored research project, and grant writing incorporating the mentored project as a pilot study for a grant supplement or new grant; (d) access to web-based platform for HIV prevention ethics resources and collegial exchange; and (e) participation in a mini-conference on HIV prevention research ethics for all trainees in the 5th year of the grant. Mentoring will be conducted in person during the summer institutes and via electronic media during the year. The summer institute will be held at Fordham University's Center for Ethics Education, NYC. The Center will have primary responsibility for all aspects of the training program. The program has outstanding ethnically diverse, gender balanced and multidisciplinary faculty with experience in the conduct and ethics evaluation of national and international HIV prevention research. Travel, housing, meals and training materials will be fully covered by the training program.