Mentoring/Career Development Core

塑造一名独立科学家所需的培训深度和持续时间需要两个主要的基础支柱。第一个是学术环境，第二个是资金(用于工资和研究)，以支持受训人员，使他/她能够从环境中体验/受益。在乌干达，就像撒哈拉以南非洲的大多数国家一样，在环境和资金方面特别容易受到培训的时期是在成熟期的授课研究生培训之后。在非洲，硕士或博士学位培训有几种资金来源，但在研究生培训后获得全面支持的机会很少，因为学者们试图过渡到独立。在美国，这种研究生培训通常是由NIH的“K奖”项目完成的，包括个人和机构层面。然而，K奖不对非美国居民开放，我们也不知道撒哈拉以南非洲国家发起了类似的机制。为了满足研究生期间职业发展的需要，乌干达-加州大学旧金山分校预防和早期发现艾滋病毒相关癌症联盟的指导/职业发展核心将： 目的1.加强乌干达传染病研究所临床和转化性研究指导/职业发展的整体环境。这一目标仿照美国的机构K奖项目，将通过在IDI设立每周一次的职业发展研讨会、专门的教学指导、教学机会和导师培训来实现。 目标2.指导三名在艾滋病毒相关恶性肿瘤领域工作的乌干达新出现的首席调查员，并为他们提供有保护的时间，因为他们正在发展自己的学术和领导能力，并逐渐走向独立。通过再次借鉴美国K奖资助的经验教训，三名新兴的乌干达首席调查人员将获得很大一部分时间，用于开展艾滋病毒相关恶性肿瘤领域的研究和其他学术活动，旨在发展他们的专业知识、可信度、领导力和独立性。 目的3.为非洲新兴科学家开展的与预防和及早发现艾滋病毒相关恶性肿瘤有关的专题的试点研究项目提供资金。在加州大学旧金山分校的机构承诺的帮助下，我们将在资助周期中每年授予两笔高达25,000美元的赠款(直接成本)，用于与联盟研究主题相关的试点研究项目。

The depth and duration of training needed to mold an independent scientist needs two major foundational pillars. The first is an academic environment and the second is funding (for salary and research) to support the trainee such that he/she can experience/benefit from the environment. In Uganda, as is the case in most of sub-Saharan Africa, a particularly vulnerable period of training both in terms of environment and funding is that following formative didactic graduate training. There are several funding streams for Master's or Ph.D. degree training in Africa but few opportunities for comprehensive support after graduate training as scholars attempt to transition to independence. In the U.S., this post-graduate training is often accomplished by NIH "K Award" programs, both at an individual and institutional level. K Awards are not, however, open to non- U.S. residents, and we are not aware of similar mechanisms sponsored by sub-Saharan African countries. To address the need for career development in the post-graduate period, the Mentoring/Career Development Core of the Uganda-UCSF Consortium on Prevention and Early Detection of HIV-associated Cancer will: Aim 1. Bolster the overall environment for mentoring/career development in clinical and translational research at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) in Uganda. Patterned after a institutional K Award programs in the U.S., this aim will be achieved by the creation at the IDI of a weekly Career Development Seminar, specialized didactic instruction, teaching opportunities, and training of mentors. Aim 2. Mentor and provide protected time for three emerging Ugandan principal investigators working in the field of HIV-associated malignancies as they develop their academic and leadership portfolio and mature towards independence. By again drawing upon the lessons learned from K Award funding in the U.S., three emerging Ugandan principal investigators will have a substantial fraction of their time supported for the conduct of research in area of HIV-associated malignancies and other scholarly activities intended to develop their expertise, credibility, leadership, and independence. Aim 3. Award funding for pilot research projects to be conducted by emerging African scientists on topics related to the prevention and early detection of HIV-associated malignancies. With the assistance of an institutional commitment from UCSF, we will award each year in the funding cycle two grants of up $25,000 (direct cost) for pilot research projects related to the Consortium's research themes.