The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR)

这是一个新的应用程序的修订，以重新建立一个艾滋病研究中心（CFAR）在约翰 霍普金斯大学（JHU）。新的CFAR由来自全国各地的180多名调查人员组成 JHU的部门，并基于国内和国际艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究项目的大型组合， 研究基金基础为8500万美元，为136名首席研究员提供165笔赠款。本次提交 在对我们2010年申请的评论的基础上进行了广泛的修改。我们现在提出六个核心 和三个科学工作组，为促进合作提供一个富有成效的平台， JHU HIV研究社区的协同作用。JHU CFAR的目标是：1）加强整合 通过促进跨学科创新和合作，提高JHU艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究的生产力 跨学科和大学部门; 2）招募新的调查人员进入艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究，以解决 对影响艾滋病流行的迅速出现的领域的知识的需求日益增加，例如，合并感染， 共病、药物滥用和衰老; 3）为下一代艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者提供指导 研究人员，并通过指导和发展， 赠款;和4）动员JHU的能力，以打击艾滋病毒流行在巴尔的摩通过参与， 培训、外联和社区干预研究。这些目标将在三个方面得到解决 广泛的主题：发展和指导新的调查人员，解决巴尔的摩艾滋病毒流行， 加强国际合作。我们已经获得了45万美元的机构承诺， 医疗、公共卫生和护理学校的教务长和院长每年提供60万美元， 利用从各部门征聘艾滋病毒调查员的机会。这个新的CFAR代表了一个主要的 调查人员和机构领导致力于促进卓越、生产力和 艾滋病毒研究和控制工作在JHU，在巴尔的摩和全球。

This is a revision of a new application to re-establish a Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The new CFAR is comprised of more than 180 investigators from across all divisions of JHU and is based on a large portfolio of domestic and international HIV/AIDS research projects, with a Research Funding Base of $85 million for 165 grants to 136 Principal Investigators. This submission has been extensively revised on the basis of the critique of our 2010 application. We now propose six cores and three scientific working groups that will provide s a productive platform for promoting collaboration and synergy across the JHU HIV research community. The aims ofthe JHU CFAR are to 1) Enhance integration and productivity of JHU HIV/AIDS research by promoting trans-disciplinary innovation and collaboration across disciplines and university divisions; 2) Recruit new investigators into HIV/AIDS research to address the growing need for knowledge in rapidly emerging areas that affect the AIDS epidemic, e.g., co-infections, co-morbidities, substance abuse, and aging; 3) Provide mentoring forth next generation of HIV/AIDS researchers and to recruit underrepresented minority investigators through mentoring and developmental grants; and 4) Mobilize the capacity of JHU to combat the HIV epidemic in Baltimore through engagement, training, outreach and community-based intervention studies. These aims will be addressed across three broad themes: Development and Mentoring of New Investigators, Addressing the Baltimore HIV Epidemic, and Strengthening International Collaborations. We have garnered institutional commitments of $450,000 per year from the Provost and Deans of the medical, public health and nursing schools and $600,000 for leveraging recruitment of HIV investigators from Departments. This new CFAR represents a major commitment of investigators and institutional leadership to promote excellence, productivity and growth of HIV research and control efforts at JHU, in Baltimore and globally.