NRSA Postdoctoral Training Program in HIV Prevention

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请为威斯康星医学院艾滋病干预研究中心（CAIR）的nssa艾滋病预防研究博士后项目提供新的支持。CAIR的博士后奖学金计划成立于1996年，迄今已有18名学员毕业（另有3名正在完成第二年的培训）。CAIR的博士后研究人员已经取得了很高的成果，以前的研究员现在正在为推进艾滋病预防研究领域做出重大贡献。在续期期间，为期两年的培训计划将每隔一年接受3名新研究员。奖学金项目的课程包括艾滋病毒预防研究、伦理和行为改变理论、研究设计和数据分析等基础领域的研讨会；奖助金发展及职业发展工作坊；手稿写作工作组；在当地教育机构开展丰富课程；在研究伦理和人类受试者保护方面所需的培训；双月刊俱乐部会议；积极参与多项研究。每个研究员都有一个主要的研究导师，他在行为艾滋病预防研究、学术活动和专业行为的各个方面提供指导。此外，积极鼓励教师和研究员之间的二级指导关系。艾滋病预防研究培训项目强调“亲身参与”CAIR正在进行的研究项目，以及同事发起的研究。在第一个培训年度全部

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competing continuation application requests renewed support for the NRSA HIV Prevention Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR), Medical College of Wisconsin. CAIR's postdoctoral fellowship program was established in 1996 and thus far has graduated 18 trainees (3 additional fellows currently are completing their second year of training). CAIR's postdoctoral fellows have been highly productive, and previous fellows are now making significant contributions to advance the field of HIV prevention research. During the renewal period, the 2-year training program will accept 3 new fellows every other year. The fellowship program curriculum includes seminars in HIV prevention research, ethics, and foundational areas of behavior change theory, research design, and data analysis; grant development and career development workshops; a manuscript writing workgroup; enrichment coursework at local educational institutions; required trainings in research ethics and human subjects protection; bimonthly journal club meetings; and active participation in multiple research studies. Each fellow is paired with a primary research mentor who provides guidance on all aspects of behavioral HIV prevention research, scholarly activities, and professional conduct. Additional, secondary mentorship relationships between faculty and fellows are actively encouraged. The HIV prevention research training program emphasizes "hands on" involvement in ongoing research projects at CAIR, as well as fellow-initiated research. During the first training year all fellows complete an independent research project, which is designed, implemented, analyzed, and written up for publication by the trainee, under the guidance of his or her primary research mentor, and with the support of CAIR's research support cores. Trainees have an opportunity to develop a small NIH grant during the second year of training. Fellows are integrated into ongoing studies directed by their mentors and/or other CAIR faculty. The wide variety of projects currently being undertaken at our multidisciplinary research center provides a wealth of opportunities for postdoctoral fellows to become actively involved in multiple research projects and to collaborate with program faculty on manuscripts and presentations. We believe that this combination of close mentorship by experienced HIV prevention researchers and multiple opportunities for "hands on" research experiences is essential to train fellows to become productive independent investigators.