Training in malaria surveillance, epidemiology and implementation science research to strengthen malaria policy and control in Uganda

这是一个全面的应用程序，用于支持疟疾监测、流行病学和执行科学研究方面的培训，以加强乌干达的疟疾政策和控制。虽然乌干达大幅度扩大了现有的疟疾控制干预措施，但疟疾的负担仍然很重，在这种高传播环境中控制疟疾的最佳战略仍然不清楚。需要采取新的干预措施或新的交付方法，以持续减少疾病负担。乌干达在疟疾研究方面的专门知识仍然有限，因此需要更多的培训。1998年，马凯雷雷大学和加州大学旧金山分校弗朗西斯科建立了一个疟疾合作研究项目。2010年，我们的研究项目被授予东非国际疟疾研究卓越中心（ICEMR）奖，其目标是进行全面的监测研究，旨在提高对疾病的理解和衡量人口水平控制干预措施的影响。该计划增加了我们已经出色的研究培训机会。迄今为止，我们的培训方案主要侧重于硕士一级的培训，很少有博士一级或能够影响政策的学员。因此，我们以前的培训已经创造了一个适合在博士水平的培训，并导致新一代的科学家将研究转化为政策的候选人的大池。为了使乌干达在疟疾控制方面的专业知识不断增长和多样化，我们建议在马凯雷雷大学医学院建立一个全面的研究培训计划，重点是加强乌干达的疟疾控制和政策。我们的目标是：1）大幅增加独立疟疾流行病学，监测和实施科学研究所需的科学领导和专业知识，2）通过提供博士后指导的研究培训，加强Makerere U初级教师的能力和职业发展，以领导，管理和培训学生进行疟疾研究，3）通过加强Makerere U疟疾研究中心，加强Makerere U疟疾研究的可持续性，4）促进乌干达国家疟疾控制计划和疟疾研究计划之间的合作，以促进循证决策。ICEMR和其他研究赠款的合作者提供了一批教师，以确保对学员的高质量监督和指导。学位学员将在Makerere U或伦敦卫生和热带医学学院注册，非学位的长期和短期培训将在乌干达和加州大学旧金山分校进行。随着乌干达疟疾流行病学的不断变化以及该国可持续疟疾研究政策活动的潜力，我们完全有能力加强乌干达的疟疾研究和控制能力。我们预计培养4名博士生，5名硕士生，9名长期非学位培训生和100多名短期非学位培训生。

This is a comprehensive application to support training in malaria surveillance, epidemiology and implementation science research to strengthen malaria policy and control in Uganda. Although Uganda has dramatically scaled up available malaria control interventions, the burden of malaria is still very high and the optimal strategies to control malaria in this high transmission setting are still unclear. New interventions or new delivery approaches are needed to have sustained impacts on reducing disease burden. Expertise in malaria research remains limited in Uganda, necessitating the need for additional training. In 1998, a collaborative malaria research project was established between Makerere U and the University of California, San Francisco. In 2010, our research program was awarded the East African International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) award whose goal is to perform comprehensive surveillance studies aimed at improving understanding of the disease and measuring the impact of population-level control interventions. This program has increased our already outstanding set of opportunities for research training. To date, our training programs have largely focused on training at master’s level, with few trainees at the doctoral level or in a position to influence policy. Thus, our previous trainings have created a large pool of candidates that are suitable for training at the doctoral level and to lead a new generation of scientists translating research into policy. For Ugandan expertise in malaria control to grow and diversify, we propose to establish a comprehensive research training program at Makerere University School of Medicine focused on strengthening malaria control and policy in Uganda. Our objectives will be to: 1) substantially increase the scientific leadership and expertise needed for independent malaria epidemiology, surveillance and implementation science research, 2) strengthen the capabilities and career development of junior faculty of Makerere U to lead, manage and train students in malaria research by providing post-doctoral mentored research training, 3) strengthen the sustainability of malaria research at Makerere U by strengthening the Makerere U malaria research center, and 4) promote collaborations between the National Malaria Control Program and malaria research programs in Uganda to foster evidence-based decision making. The collaborators on the ICEMR and other research grants provide a pool of faculty that will ensure high-quality supervision and mentoring of trainees. Degree trainees will be registered at Makerere U or London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and non-degree long and short-term training will occur in Uganda and at UCSF. With changing malaria epidemiology in Uganda and potential for sustainable malaria research to policy activities in the country, we are perfectly poised to strengthen the capacity for malaria research and control in Uganda. We anticipate training 4 PhD candidates, 5 candidates in master’s degree programs, 9 candidates in long-term non-degree training and over 100 candidates in short-term non-degree programs.