The Mount Sinai Institute for NeuroAIDS Disparities

描述（由申请人提供）：随着种族和少数民族（REM）人口在艾滋病毒/艾滋病中的过度代表性，有必要招募和指导参与神经艾滋病调查的REM科学家。西奈山神经艾滋病差异研究所（MSINAD）将刺激在神经艾滋病差异领域工作的REM和非REM科学家的进入和保留。该研究所提供跨神经病学，神经心理学，精神病学，神经病理学和神经科学领域的多学科课程。选定的学者都给予教学研讨会和研究实习;教学涵盖两个主题germaine neuroAIDS疾病，和学术成功的一般工具，包括赠款开发。学者与科学和发展导师相匹配，并有机会获得一个多学科小组的高级科学家以及艾滋病差距研究的初级教师作为榜样。到夏季结束时，学者们在REM社区进行高质量、多学科的神经艾滋病转化研究所需的主题方面获得了坚实的基础。MSINAD建立在两个方案的基础设施之上。曼哈顿HIV脑库是一个多学科的研究资源，维持一个HIV阳性REM队列，进行纵向神经学，神经心理学和精神病学评估。它经常与研究艾滋病毒表现和神经发病机制的各种神经科学家互动并提供支持，对神经艾滋病差异进行了试点分析，并成功招募和培训了正在进入神经艾滋病研究工作队伍的少数民族研究人员。西奈山多元文化和社区事务中心是少数民族健康的卓越中心，专注于通过发展增加医疗保健工作人员的多样性来减少REM健康结果的差异，并在各种教育培训和实践层面提供支持服务。它的教师发展计划支持少数民族在各种研究和临床职业道路。通过结合这两个项目的独特优势，MSINAD创造了高质量的REM研究人员，他们的长期职业生涯将为neuroAIDS差异领域做出持久的贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With the over-representation of racial and ethnic minority (REM) populations in HIV/AIDS, there is a need to recruit and mentor REM scientists involved in neuroAIDS investigations. The Mount Sinai Institute for NeuroAIDS Disparities (MSINAD) will stimulate entry and retention of REM and non-REM scientists working in the field of neuroAIDS disparities. This institute offers a multi-disciplinary curriculum spanning the fields of neurology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, neuropathology, and neuroscience. Selected scholars are given both didactic seminars and a research practicum; didactics cover both topics germaine to neuroAIDS disorders, and general tools for academic success, including grant development. Scholars are matched with both a scientific and a development mentor, and have access to a multi-disciplinary panel of senior scientists as well as junior faculty in AIDS disparities research as role models. By summer's end, scholars gain a strong grounding in topics necessary to conduct high quality, multi- disciplinary translational neuroAIDS research in REM communities. The MSINAD builds upon the infrastructures of two programs. The Manhattan HIV Brain Bank is a multi-disciplinary research resource that maintains an HIV-positive REM cohort that undergoes longitudinal neurologic, neuropsychologic, and psychiatric assessments. It routinely interacts with and supports a variety of neuroscientists investigating HIV manifestations and neuropathogenesis, has conducted pilot analyses of neuroAIDS disparities, and has successfully recruited and trained minority investigators who are entering the neuroAIDS research work force. The Mount Sinai Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs is a Center of Excellence for Minority Health, focused on reducing REM health outcome disparities by developing increased health care work force diversity, and providing support services at a variety of educational training and practice levels. Its Faculty Development Programs support minorities in a variety of research and clinical career pathways. By combining the unique strengths of these two programs, the MSINAD creates high quality, REM researchers whose long term careers will make a lasting contribution to the area of neuroAIDS disparities.