UNC Global Women's Health Fellowship

描述(由申请人提供)：在发展中国家，妇女面临着令人无法接受的高残疾和死亡风险，迫切需要采取循证干预措施来减轻疾病负担。凭借他们的培训和临床专业知识，妇产科医生(Ob-GYN)在为改善妇女健康的全球努力做出贡献方面处于独特的地位。然而，对于寻求在这个不断增长的领域发展研究事业的年轻Ob-GYN来说，机会令人惊讶地很少。为数不多的现有项目之一是设在赞比亚传染病研究中心(CIDRZ)，自1999年以来，领导这一申请的教职员工一直在指导住院医生后的奖学金。尽管该项目的学员在学术上取得了成功--过去十年里，六名过去和现在的研究员发表了近130篇文章，并筹集了1.95亿美元的赠款资金--但该奖学金只是零星提供的。由于没有专门的资金，该计划一直严重依赖于特定于项目的预算和补充部门资源，这两者都限制了它的范围。在这项申请中，来自赞比亚、马拉维和北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校(UNC)的经验丰富的研究导师致力于在过去成功的基础上，建立全球妇女健康的主要培训计划。与其前身一样，新的北卡罗来纳大学全球妇女健康联谊会将优先安排两年的专门研究时间在国外，受训人员将在那里学习国际环境的专业和文化细微差别，确保对研究活动进行适当监督，并促进对这一领域的成功至关重要的合作。在T32计划的支持下，该计划将通过四个主要改进进一步加强：(1)一致的计划资金将使我们目前的奖学金制度化，并为寻求全球妇女健康学术生涯的妇产科医生提供持续的培训机会。(2)学员将完成临床研究理学硕士学位要求，为以后的实践培训提供必要的理论框架。(3)新的奖学金计划将利用北卡罗来纳大学医学院和吉林斯全球公共卫生学院的广泛全球卫生专业知识，扩大学术指导的范围和深度。(4)除了在赞比亚卢萨卡已建立的妇产科住院后培训外，该研究金还引入了北卡罗来纳大学马拉维项目(马拉维利隆圭)，作为妇女健康研究的第二个培训地点。因此，受训者将有机会进入两个享有盛誉的国际机构，在那里他们可以获得宝贵的实地经验和有指导的研究培训。统一关注学员的进步和项目评估将确保满足该奖学金的严格学术要求。在为期三年的奖学金结束时，毕业生将获得必要的技能和经验，成为全球妇女健康领域的独立调查者和领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Women face unacceptably high risks for disability and death in developing countries and there is urgent need for evidence-based interventions to reduce the burden of disease. By virtue of their training and clinical expertise, obstetrician-gynecologists (Ob-Gyns) are uniquely positioned to contribute to the global effort to improve the health of women. Yet, there are surprisingly few opportunities for young Ob-Gyns who seek to develop research careers in this growing field. One of the few existing programs is based at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), where the faculty leading this application have directed a post-residency fellowship since 1999. Despite the academic success of the program's trainees - six past and present fellows have published nearly 130 articles and raised $195 million in grant funding over the last decade - the fellowship has been offered only sporadically. Without dedicated funding, the program has been heavily reliant on project-specific budgets and supplemental department resources, both of which have limited its scope. In this application, experienced research mentors from Zambia, Malawi, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) aim to build upon these past successes and establish the premier training program for global women's health. Like its predecessor, the new UNC Global Women's Health Fellowship will prioritize two years of dedicated research time abroad, where trainees will learn the professional and cultural nuances of international settings, ensure proper oversight of research activities, and foster the collaborations so critical to success in this field. With T32 program support, the program will be further enhanced by four key improvements: (1) Consistent program funding will allow us to institutionalize the current fellowship and provide a sustained training opportunity for Ob-Gyns pursuing academic careers in global women's health. (2) Trainees will complete degree requirements for a Master's of Science in Clinical Research, providing the necessary theoretical framework for later practical training. (3) The new fellowship program will leverage the vast global health expertise at the UNC School of Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health to expand the scope and depth of academic mentorship. (4) In addition to the established Ob-Gyn post-residency training in Lusaka, Zambia, the fellowship introduces UNC Project-Malawi (Lilongwe, Malawi) as a second training site for women's health research. Trainees will thus have access to two established, internationally renowned institutions where they can gain valuable field experience and mentored research training. A unified focus on trainee progress and program evaluation will ensure that the rigorous academic requirements of this fellowship are met. By the end of the three-year fellowship, graduates will obtain the necessary skills and experience to become independent investigators - and leaders - in the field of global women's health.