UCLA/Cambodia HIV/AIDS Training Program in Data Management & Analysis

描述（申请人提供）：20世纪90年代，柬埔寨艾滋病毒/艾滋病的患病率急剧上升，在高危人群中达到40%以上虽然到2006年患病率下降到约0.9%，但在高危人群中患病率仍然偏高疫情爆发后，柬埔寨政府启动了全国数据收集和疾病监测工作，从艾滋病毒/艾滋病治疗和监测项目中获得了丰富的纵向数据。然而，经过培训来管理和解释这些类型数据的专业人员的短缺仍然存在。加州大学洛杉矶分校流行病学系和柬埔寨卫生科学大学提出了一个方案，培训一批柬埔寨公共卫生专业人员管理、分析和评估二手数据。学员将有两个曲目可供选择。加州大学洛杉矶分校硕士/硕士课程要求学习流行病学方法和原理、生物统计学、数据管理、行为科学和艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病学。这条赛道还需要完成一个硕士项目，必须与柬埔寨的艾滋病毒/艾滋病政策发展有关。加州大学洛杉矶分校博士课程要求学员完成流行病学的核心课程，以及逻辑、因果与概率、艾滋病毒/艾滋病生物学、研究生统计学等课程，并通过资格考试。然后学员在柬埔寨进行一篇与艾滋病毒/艾滋病政策相关的论文。整个项目将根据学员进度和入学率进行评估；论文质量、政策相关性和发表比例；该方案对保健处在国家艾滋病毒/艾滋病监测和数据分析方面的招聘率和学员安置的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Cambodia increased sharply in the 1990s, reaching upwards of 40% among high-risk populations.2 While the prevalence rate declined to approximately 0.9% by 2006, it remains inflated among high-risk groups.3 In the wake of the epidemic, the Cambodian government initiated national data collection and disease monitoring efforts that have produced rich, longitudinal data from HIV/AIDS treatment and surveillance programs. However, a shortage of professionals trained to manage and interpret these types of data, persists. The UCLA Department of Epidemiology and the Cambodian University of Health Sciences (UHS) propose a program to train a cohort of Cambodian public health professionals in the management, analysis and evaluation of secondary data. Trainees will have two tracks from which to choose. The UCLA MS/MPH track requires coursework in epidemiologic methods and principles, biostatistics, data management, behavioral sciences and HIV/AIDS epidemiology. This track also requires completion of a master's project that must be relevant for HIV/AIDS policy development in Cambodia. The UCLA PhD track requires trainees complete core courses in epidemiology as well as courses in logic, causation and probability, the biology of HIV/AIDS, graduate statistics and pass a qualifying exam. Trainees then carry out a dissertation in Cambodia that is relevant to HIV/AIDS policy. The overall program will be assessed based on trainee progress and matriculation rates; thesis/dissertation quality, policy relevance and the proportion published; the program's impact on UHS recruitment rates and trainee placement in national HIV/AIDS monitoring and data analysis roles.