NRSA Postdoctoral Training Program in HIV Prevention

描述(由申请人提供)：此竞争续签申请请求重新支持威斯康星医学院艾滋病干预研究中心(CAIR)的NRSA HIV预防研究博士后奖学金计划。CAIR的博士后奖学金项目成立于1996年，到目前为止已经招收并毕业了13名实习生。CAIR的博士后研究员一直很有成效，之前的几位研究员现在为推进艾滋病毒预防研究领域做出了重大贡献。在续期期间，为期两年的培训计划将每隔一年接收3名新研究员。研究金计划的课程包括艾滋病毒预防研究、伦理学以及行为改变理论、研究设计和数据分析的基础领域的研讨会；拨款撰写研讨会；结构化阅读；当地教育机构的丰富课程；研究伦理和人类主体保护方面的必要培训；双月期刊俱乐部会议；以及积极参与多项研究研究。每个研究员都与一名主要研究导师配对，后者就行为艾滋病毒预防研究、学术活动和专业行为的所有方面提供指导。积极鼓励辅导员以及教员和研究员之间的非正式指导关系。艾滋病毒预防研究培训计划强调“亲自”参与CAIR正在进行的研究项目，以及同行发起的研究。在第一个培训年，所有研究员完成一个独立的研究项目，该项目由学员在其主要研究导师的指导下，在CAIR研究支持核心的支持下，设计、实施、分析和撰写供发表。学员在第二年的培训中有机会获得美国国立卫生研究院的小额赠款。研究员被纳入由他们的导师和/或其他CAIR教员指导的持续研究中。我们的多学科研究中心目前正在进行的各种项目为博士后研究员提供了大量机会，使他们能够积极参与多个研究项目，并在手稿和演示文稿方面与项目教师合作。我们认为，由经验丰富的艾滋病毒预防研究人员提供密切指导，并有多种机会获得“亲身实践”的研究经验，对于培训研究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 enrolled and graduated 13 trainees. CAIR's postdoctoral fellows have been highly productive, and several 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 writing workshops; structured readings; 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 preceptor who provides guidance on all aspects of behavioral HIV prevention research, scholarly activities, and professional conduct. Secondary preceptors and informal 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 preceptor, 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 preceptors 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.