NRSA Postdoctoral Training Program in HIV Prevention

描述（由申请人提供）：此竞争性继续申请要求重新支持威斯康星州医学院艾滋病干预研究中心（CAIR）的NRSA艾滋病预防研究博士后奖学金计划。CAIR的博士后研究金方案成立于1996年，迄今已有18名受训人员毕业（另有3名研究员目前正在完成第二年的培训）。CAIR的博士后研究员一直很有成效，以前的研究员现在正在为推进艾滋病毒预防研究领域做出重大贡献。在更新期间，两年的培训计划将每隔一年接受3名新研究员。奖学金计划课程包括艾滋病毒预防研究，伦理学和行为改变理论，研究设计和数据分析的基础领域的研讨会;赠款开发和职业发展研讨会;手稿写作研讨会;在当地教育机构的丰富课程;研究伦理和人类受试者保护所需的培训;双月期刊俱乐部会议;并积极参与多项研究。每个研究员都有一个主要的研究导师，他在行为艾滋病毒预防研究，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导师关系。艾滋病毒预防研究培训计划强调“动手”参与CAIR正在进行的研究项目，以及研究员发起的研究。在第一年的培训中， 研究员完成一个独立的研究项目，这是设计，实施，分析，并写了由受训者出版，在他或她的主要研究导师的指导下，并与CAIR的研究支持核心的支持。学员有机会在培训的第二年获得NIH的小额资助。研究员被整合到他们的导师和/或其他CAIR教师指导正在进行的研究。目前在我们的多学科研究中心开展的各种项目为博士后研究员提供了大量的机会，使他们能够积极参与多个研究项目，并与项目教师合作撰写手稿和演讲。我们认为，经验丰富的艾滋病毒预防研究人员的密切指导与“动手”研究经验的多种机会相结合，对于培训研究人员成为富有成效的独立调查人员至关重要。

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.