Women and HIV: Translation of Research into Practice: Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the KEMRI/UW HIV Research Training Program

总结 在肯尼亚，第一代大学毕业生和极端贫困背景的学生 和农村县，教育机会有限，特别是妇女， 被定义为代表性不足的人群（URP）。这些学生经常遇到 获得高等学位课程的重大社会经济障碍，因此， 成为独立的研究人员，导致这些人群的持续代表性不足 在STEM领域。在我们的D43培训计划中促进多样性，公平性和包容性（DEI）将 通过增加初级研究人员参加URP的机会，加强肯尼亚的艾滋病毒应对工作 成为独立的研究者，贡献他们独特的生活经验， 艾滋病预防和护理领域的专业知识。在我们的D43奖的补充中，妇女和 HIV：将研究转化为实践（TW 009783），我们建议1）提供博士培训 支持来自URPs和不同背景的学者，以提高他们的能力， 独立研究人员和在KEMRI进行有关艾滋病毒研究的能力建设， （2）将女童和青年妇女发展倡议框架纳入妇女发展倡议， 和艾滋病毒研究培训计划，并改变招聘，选拔和 指导受训者，增加接受URPs培训的机会，减少培训的障碍。我们有 确定了三名学者通过这一补充获得一年的博士研究支持。 补充资金将为这些博士生提供资源， 影响感染艾滋病毒妇女生活的研究，并加强她们的科学写作， 领导能力和技术研究技能作为成为独立研究人员的工作。 此外，为了支持DEI原则长期融入我们的培训计划， 候选人选拔小组将严格审查我们的录取标准，为未来的D43奖， 一个DEI透镜，并将接受培训，如何最好地支持来自不同背景的学员。 该计划的活动将在伊丽莎白·布库西博士（KEMRI）的联合指导下进行。 和凯里法夸尔博士（华盛顿大学），谁都对家长补助的MPI，并有显着的 有实施福格蒂培训计划的经验。除了项目领导，博士 学员将得到一个由研究和学科领域专家组成的导师团队的支持， KEMRI和UW。这种综合方法将提供一个极好的机会， 来自区域办事处的个人开展研究，为制定影响妇女的政策和指导方针提供信息 艾滋病毒感染者，同时还通过以下方式加强D43奖的指导框架 将DEI原则纳入其基础。

Summary In Kenya, first generation college graduates and students from backgrounds of extreme poverty and rural counties that have limited educational opportunities, especially for women, are collectively defined as underrepresented populations (URP). These students often experience substantial socioeconomic barriers to accessing tertiary degree programs and as a result, few become independent researchers leading to continued underrepresentation of these populations in STEM fields. Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in our D43 training program will strengthen the HIV response in Kenya by increasing opportunities for junior researchers with URP identities to become independent investigators and contribute their unique lived experiences and expertise to the HIV prevention and care field. In this supplement to our D43 award, Women and HIV: Translation of Research into Practice (TW009783), we propose to 1) provide PhD training support to scholars from URPs and with diverse backgrounds to increase their capacity as independent researchers and build capacity at KEMRI for conducting relevant HIV research on Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW); and 2) integrate DEI frameworks into the Women and HIV Research Training program and alter the processes for recruiting, selecting, and mentoring trainees to increase access and reduce barriers for trainees from URPs. We have identified three scholars to receive support for one year of PhD studies through this supplement. Funding from the supplement will provide these PhD students with the resources to conduct research impacting the lives of women living with HIV, and to enhance their scientific writing, leadership, and technical research skills as the work to become independent researchers. Additionally, to support the long-term integration of DEI principles into our training program, candidate selection team will critically review our admission criteria for future D43 awards using a DEI lens and will undergo training on how to best support trainees from diverse backgrounds. The program’s activities will be under the combined guidance of Dr. Elizabeth Bukusi (KEMRI) and Dr. Carey Farquhar (UW), who are both MPIs on the parent grant and have significant experience implementing Fogarty training programs. In addition to program leadership, the PhD trainees will be supported by a mentorship team of research and subject-area experts from KEMRI and the UW. This integrated approach will provide an outstanding opportunity to spur research by individuals from URPs to inform the design of policies and guidelines affecting women living with HIV, while also strengthening the mentorship framework of the D43 award by incorporating DEI principles into its very foundation.