Training for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV/AIDS Health Disparities

摘要 本申请寻求继续资助项目“为从事研究的科学家提供培训”。 加州大学旧金山分校(UCSF)发表了题为“减少艾滋病毒/艾滋病健康差距”的研究报告。本节目 解决迫切需要最大限度地减少边缘化社区中与艾滋病毒有关的健康差距 感染了艾滋病毒。我们的培训计划为职业生涯早期的社会和行为提供教育和指导 具有文化专长的艾滋病毒研究人员(下称客座教授或副总裁)，a 致力于改善受艾滋病毒影响的社区的健康，并正在发起创新方案 研究推进艾滋病研究办公室目标的年度战略计划和方案 NIMH艾滋病研究所(DAR)的优先事项。这个五年计划的目标是：1)支持 副总裁将创新的想法、概念和理论提炼成清晰、可行的艾滋病毒健康 与边缘化社区的差异研究符合NIMH/DAR的优先事项；2)资助个性化 应用研究经验(ARE)加强副总裁传播成果的研究能力，这将 加快他们的职业发展轨迹，并在NIH拨款申请中使用；3)提供教育、指导和 在国家卫生研究院的构思、撰写、提交、修订和重新提交方面向副总裁提供技术援助 通过使用个人发展计划(IDP)、辅导会议、研讨会、 网络研讨会和同行网络；以及4)提供持续的个性化技术援助和指导 专注于研究和职业发展，通过撰写务虚会和对具有以下条件的副总裁的同行审查 完成了程序。我们将通过研究、教育和指导计划来实现这些目标 在加州大学旧金山分校的艾滋病预防研究中心(CAPS)。拟议中的计划的核心是一个夏天 培训机构，尚未获得R01级资助的客座教授参加 为期三年的密集课程。每名客座教授在CAPS驻校六周 连续三个夏天。在第一个夏天，该项目帮助客座教授将他们的想法发展成 可行的研究和设计计划，并实施由 程序。在第二个夏天，副总裁们开始提出一项NIH拨款提案。在第二个夏天之后，他们 最终确定他们的拨款方案，并提交给NIH。在第三个夏天，他们修改并重新提交他们的提案 去美国国立卫生研究院。通过网上研讨会和与教师导师的会议，活动得到进一步加强。 在这个学年里。校友将获得额外的支持，通过以下途径继续参与艾滋病毒研究 校友同行评议，写作静修，以及作为校友导师参与暑期研习班。这个 拟议的项目处于有利地位，可以利用CAPS的独特环境提供量身定做的研究 在社会/行为艾滋病毒研究方面的教育和指导，帮助项目参与者取得成功 独立的调查人员，同时增加艾滋病毒科学家的多样性。

ABSTRACT This application seeks continuation of funding for the program “Training for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV/AIDS Health Disparities” at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). This program addresses the urgent need to reduce HIV-related health disparities in the marginalized communities most affected by HIV. Our training program provides education and mentoring to early-career social and behavioral HIV researchers (hereafter Visiting Professors or VPs) who have demonstrated cultural expertise, a commitment to improving the health of communities affected by HIV, and are initiating innovative programs of research to advance the objectives of the Office of AIDS Research Annual Strategic Plan and program priorities of the NIMH Division of AIDS Research (DAR). The aims of this five-year project are to: 1) Support VPs in refining innovative ideas, concepts, and theories into clearly articulated and feasible HIV health disparities research with marginalized communities in line with NIMH/DAR priorities; 2) Fund an individualized applied research experience (ARE) to strengthen VPs' research capacity to disseminate results, which will accelerate their career trajectories and be used in NIH grant proposals; 3) Provide education, mentoring and technical assistance to VPs in the conceptualization, writing, submission, revision, and resubmission of NIH research proposals through use of an individual development plan (IDP), mentoring meetings, seminars, webinars, and peer networking; and 4) Provide ongoing individualized technical assistance and mentoring focused on research and career development through writing retreats and peer reviews to VPs who have completed the program. We will accomplish these aims through a research education and mentoring program at UCSF's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS). The centerpiece of the proposed program is a summer training institute in which visiting professors, who have not yet obtained R01-level funding, participate in an intensive program over a three-year period. Each visiting professor is in residence at CAPS for six weeks for three consecutive summers. In the first summer, the program helps visiting professors develop their ideas into feasible programs of research and design and implement an applied research experience funded by the program. During the second summer VPs begin an NIH grant proposal. Following the second summer, they finalize their grant proposal and submit it to NIH. In the third summer, they revise and resubmit their proposals to NIH. The activities are additionally enhanced through webinars and meetings with faculty mentors scheduled during the academic year. Alumni receive additional support to remain in the HIV research pipeline through alumni peer reviews, writing retreats, and participation as alumni mentors in the summer institutes. The proposed program is well positioned to leverage CAPS' unique environment to provide tailored research education and mentoring in social/behavioral HIV research, assist program participants to become successful independent investigators, and simultaneously increase the diversity of HIV scientists.