Training Program in Substance Use, HIV and Related Infections

描述（由申请人提供）：申请资金用于更新培训计划，旨在培训下一代行为科学家，他们在药物使用人群中具有预防艾滋病毒和相关合并症（即结核病，病毒性肝炎和性传播感染）的专业知识。我们的项目建立在公共卫生和临床心理学联合博士项目（JDP）的基础上，该项目是由加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）医学院和圣地亚哥州立大学（SDSU）公共卫生研究生院和社会工作学院之间的长期合作伙伴关系提供的。在此次更新中，新的JDP将于2013年开始进行药物滥用的社会科学研究，这将进一步增加我们的申请人数量，我们将重点从HIV合并感染扩展到考虑合并疾病，这反映了更多的广度。我们的目标是：1)为希望专注于药物滥用与艾滋病毒及相关合并症交叉领域的预防研究的流行病学、健康行为和心理学领域的博士生和博士后提供跨学科研究培训机会；2)为学生提供在国际环境中预防艾滋病毒及相关合并症的实践经验；3)招募和培训来自不同学术背景和代表性不足的少数民族（URM）人群的具有最先进技能的研究人员，以应对药物使用和艾滋病毒预防研究方面的挑战；4)培养个人对人类受试者进行负责任的研究，特别是在国际和跨文化环境中。经过4年的支持，我们的项目已经支持了16名学员。在完成培训的6名博士后和3名博士生中，所有人仍然活跃在该领域；4名完成的研究员现为助理教授。三位研究员成功参加了K01s比赛；一名博士前实习生获得了R36论文资助，另一名获得了多样性补充。我们支持了5个URM，其中3个已经完成培训。学员在培训期间共发表稿件59篇。我们要求支持3名博士生和3名博士后，由17名核心教师指导。根据学员的培训程度，学员必须完成药物滥用和传染病课程、负责任的研究行为指导、季度文化敏感性培训讲习班、每月“工作进展”研讨会和一次赠款写作研讨会。我们在邻近的墨西哥和其他8个国家积极开展研究项目，为学员提供独特的实践国际培训经验和基础设施，使他们能够发展成为独立的调查员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funding is requested to renew a training program that aims to train the next generation of behavioral scientists with expertise in the prevention of HIV and related co-morbidities (i.e. TB, viral hepatitis and STls) among substance using populations. Our program builds upon the joint doctoral programs (JDP) in public health and clinical psychology offered through a longstanding partnership between the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the San Diego State University (SDSU) Graduate School of Public Health and School of Social Work. In this renewal, a new JDP beginning in 2013 on Social Sciences Research in Substance Abuse will further enhance our applicant pool, and our extended focus beyond HIV co-infections to consider co-morbidities reflects additional breadth. Our objectives are: 1) To provide opportunities for interdisciplinary research training experiences for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in epidemiology, health behavior and psychology who wish to focus on prevention research at the intersection between substance abuse and HIV and related co-morbidities; 2) To offer students hands-on experience in the prevention of HIV and related co-morbidities in international settings; 3) To recruit and train researchers from diverse academic backgrounds and under-represented minority (URM) populations with state-of-the-art skills to address challenges in substance use and HIV prevention research; and 4) To train individuals in the responsible conduct of research with human subjects, especially in international and cross-cultural settings. After 4 years of support, our program has supported 16 trainees. Of the 6 postdoctoral fellows and 3 predoctoral trainees who completed training, all remain active in the field; 4 completed Fellows are now Assistant Professors. Three Fellows successfully competed for K01s; one predoctoral trainee received an R36 dissertation grant and a second was granted a Diversity Supplement. We have supported 5 URM, of whom 3 already completed training. Collectively, trainees published 59 manuscripts during their training. We request support for 3 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees, mentored by 17 Core Faculty. Depending on their level of training, mentees are required to complete courses in substance abuse and infectious diseases, instruction in responsible conduct of research, quarterly cultural sensitivity training workshops, monthly 'Work In Progress' seminars and a grant-writing seminar. Our active research programs in nearby Mexico and 8 other countries create the opportunity for unique, hands-on international training experiences and an infrastructure for trainees to develop into independent investigators.