Pitt-Mozambique Training Program(Pitt-MozHRTP) in COVID-19, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes in People with HIV

摘要 艾滋病毒感染继续给莫桑比克造成严重损失，这凸显了投资的必要性。 在建设研究能力以帮助抗击这一流行病方面。为应付这方面的需要，我们建议设立 匹兹堡大学(匹兹堡)-莫桑比克艾滋病毒研究培训项目(PITT-MozHRTP)。目的 该方案旨在建设莫桑比克国家研究所的两个姊妹机构的研究能力。 健康：首都马普托和贝拉的Polana Caniço健康研究中心 运营研究中心(CIOB)，位于莫桑比克中部港口城市贝拉。CISPOC和 CIOB的艾滋病毒研究组合不断增加，对研究能力的需求也相应增加。 我们项目的研究重点是新冠肺炎与艾滋病毒携带者的心血管疾病和糖尿病 (ccd-pwh)，所有具有巨大临床和公共卫生重要性的领域。PIT-MozHRTP培训站点将在 皮特和南非开普敦的斯泰伦博斯大学(SU)。该项目将由Dr。 皮特大学的李·哈里森博士、负责研究的埃德娜·维埃加斯博士和让博士 纳切加在苏。将提供广泛的学位(博士和硕士)培训机会 流行病学和生物统计学，以及实验室科学。此外，我们还将提供博士后奖学金 最近完成博士培训的杰出候选人。我们还将利用研讨会 在该中心开展了一项研究，以增强该中心和CIOB的研究能力。该计划包括一个 由经验丰富的导师组成的多学科团队，在每个站点都有出色的培训机会。每位实习生 将至少有两名导师，一名在莫桑比克，另一名在培训现场。SU的包含 为莫桑比克与邻国南方之间的“南向南”培训提供了大量机会 非洲。此外，更有经验的CIOB将协助建设CIOB的研究能力。实习生 将能够获得参与机构的所有实质性资源。在五年的资助中 期间，计划培养硕士研究生6名，博士生3名，博士后5名。此外，还有十个 受训者将参加约翰霍普金斯大学流行病学和生物统计学研究生院和我们 将在CSPOC举办九个讲习班。总之，PIT-MozHRTP将对以下方面做出重大贡献 通过提供广泛的杰出项目，在莫桑比克建立CCD-PWH地区的研究能力 培训机会。

ABSTRACT HIV infection continues to take a severe toll on Mozambique, which underscores the need for investments in building research capacity to help combat the epidemic. To address this need, we propose to establish the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)-Mozambique HIV Research Training Program (Pitt-MozHRTP). The purpose of the program is to build research capacity at two sister institutions of the Mozambique National Institute of Health: the Polana Caniço Health Research Center (CISPOC) in Maputo, the capital city, and the Beira Operations Research Center (CIOB), which is in the port city of Beira in central Mozambique. CISPOC and CIOB both have growing HIV research portfolios and a commensurate need for increased research capacity. The research focus of our program is COVID-19, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in people with HIV (CCD-PWH), all areas of enormous clinical and public health importance. Pitt-MozHRTP training sites will be at Pitt and the University of Stellenbosch (SU) in Cape Town, South Africa. The program will be directed by Dr. Lee Harrison at Pitt; Dr. Edna Viegas, who is responsible for overseeing research at CISPOC; and Dr. Jean Nachega at SU. A broad array of degree (both PhD and master's) training opportunities will be available in epidemiology and biostatistics, and laboratory sciences. In addition, we will offer post-doctoral fellowships for exceptional candidates who have recently completed their doctoral training. We will also use workshops conducted at CISPOC to augment research capacity at both CISPOC and CIOB. The program includes a multidisciplinary group of experienced mentors and excellent training opportunities at each site. Each trainee will have at least two mentors, one in Mozambique and another at the training site. The inclusion of SU provides substantial opportunities for “south-to-south” training between Mozambique and neighboring South Africa. In addition, the more experienced CISPOC will assist in building research capacity at CIOB. Trainees will have access to all the substantial resources of the participating institutions. Over the five-year funding period, we plan to train 6 masters students, 3 PhD students, and 5 post-doctoral fellows. In addition, ten trainees will attend the Johns Hopkins Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and we will conduct nine workshops at CISPOC. In summary, the Pitt-MozHRTP will make major contributions to building research capacity in the area CCD-PWH in Mozambique by providing a broad array of exceptional training opportunities.