Culturally-focused HIV Advancements through the Next Generation for Equity (CHANGE) Training Program

项目摘要/摘要 科学正在让美国的少数族裔失望，原因是1)没有为专业人士提供足够的管道 少数民族科学家的发展和2)没有对影响少数民族的差距进行充分的研究 人口。这项拟议的机构培训补助金(T32)通过提供强有力的研究来弥补这一差距。 关于艾滋病毒和影响少数族裔的精神健康差距的培训，并建立一条渠道 支持代表不足的黑人和拉丁裔见习科学家。用科学工具为学员做好准备 成为社会结构和个人心理健康变量之间复杂相互作用的专家 艾滋病毒结果的差异对结束艾滋病毒流行至关重要。艾滋病毒继续不成比例地影响着 美国的黑人和拉丁裔社区；迈阿密仍然是艾滋病毒的中心，新增艾滋病毒最多 每年诊断一次。迈阿密的种族/民族、文化和性别/性别的多样性，与艾滋病毒相关的健康和 心理健康差距，以及迈阿密大学(UM)的培训基础设施和教师专业知识， 使迈阿密成为艾滋病毒心理健康研究培训项目的理想地点。 拟议的T32与密歇根大学艾滋病毒和精神健康研究中心的目标密切相关 (魅力，NIMH资助的发展艾滋病研究中心；D-ARC)。它将培训两名代表不足的人 心理学和公共卫生科学的博士后学生和最多4名博士后研究员 在两个相互关联的领域进行为期5年的管教：1)对种族/民族、性和文化知情的干预 性别少数群体和2)创新的生物行为干预措施，包括扩大规模、联系和 暴露前预防(PrEP)和治疗即预防的传播/实施方案 (TasP)在最需要它的人群中。培训将强调1)创新状态--科学统计 和设计方法，2)通过参与性研究的社区参与，以及3)专业 发展、指导和网络建设符合重点关注的种族/民族学员的需求 少数族裔群体--所有这些都是为了确保项目毕业生的长期成功。这些焦点区域密切相关 与NIH/DAIDS目标、魅力专业知识、密歇根大学公共卫生和心理学教师以及密歇根大学的 种族正义路线图。创新包括关注身临其境的社区参与和社区- 基于参与性研究项目，与关键行为科学主题的课程作业和培训相结合 例如艾滋病毒/心理健康研究的社会结构、生物行为和流行病学基础。 每周研讨会将提供严谨和可重复性、创新方法、 社区参与艾滋病毒和精神健康领域的研究和沉浸，建立专业人员 网络，利用密歇根大学的教师指导专业知识，并提供与魅力的联系 社区谘询委员会。T32研究员将以专业知识和能力毕业，以实现他们的 在黑人和拉丁裔社区开展研究以减少艾滋病毒差距的专业目标和技能。

Project Summary/Abstract Science is failing minorities in the US by 1) not facilitating adequate pipelines for the professional development of minority scientists and 2) not focusing adequate research on the disparities affecting minority populations. This proposed institutional training grant (T32) targets this gap by providing robust research training on HIV and mental health disparities that impact racial/ethnic minorities and establishing a pipeline to support underrepresented Black and Latinx trainee scientists. Preparing trainees with the scientific tools to become experts in the complex interplay of socio-structural and individual mental health variables perpetuating disparities in HIV outcomes is crucial to ending the HIV epidemic. HIV continues to disproportionally impact Black and Latinx communities in the US; and Miami remains the epicenter of HIV with most new HIV diagnoses annually. Miami’s racial/ethnic, cultural, and sexual/gender diversity, its HIV-related health and mental health disparities, and the training infrastructure and faculty expertise at the University of Miami (UM), make Miami an ideal location for this HIV mental health research training program. The proposed T32 is closely tied to the aims of the UM Center for HIV and Research in Mental Health (CHARM, an NIMH-funded Developmental AIDS Research Center; D-ARC). It will train two underrepresented pre-doctoral students in psychology and public health sciences and up to 4 post-doctoral fellows across disciplines over 5 years in two linked areas: 1) culturally informed interventions for racial/ethnic, sexual, and gender minority populations and 2) innovative bio-behavioral interventions including scale up, linkage, and dissemination/implementation programs for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and treatment as prevention (TasP) in populations who need it most. Training will emphasize 1) innovative state-of the science statistical and design methods, 2) community engagement through participatory research, and 3) professional development, mentorship, and network building congruent with the needs of racial/ethnic trainees focused on minority populations - all to ensure long-term success of program graduates. These focal areas are closely aligned with NIH/DAIDS goals, CHARM expertise, UM public health and psychology faculty, and UM’s roadmap for racial justice. Innovations include a focus on immersive community engagement and community- based participatory research projects, integrated with coursework and training in key behavioral science topics such as socio-structural, bio-behavioral and epidemiological foundations of HIV/mental health research. Weekly seminars will provide professional development in rigor and reproducibility, innovative methods, community-engaged research and immersion in the HIV and mental health fields, building professional networks, capitalizing on UM’s faculty mentoring expertise, and providing linkages with the CHARM Community Advisory Board. T32 fellows will graduate with the expertise and capacity to achieve their professional goals and skills to conduct research to reduce HIV disparities in Black and Latinx communities.