Research Ethics Training and Curriculum Development Program with China

描述(由申请人提供)：我们提出了一个综合性的多学科研究伦理培训和课程开发计划，该计划建立在我们与中南大学湘雅医学院的广泛合作的成功基础上，湘雅医学院是中国的一家领先的学术机构。我们组建了一支来自美国和中国的经验丰富的研究人员团队，他们在课程开发、国际研究项目的实施和评估以及培训项目方面具有丰富的经验，指导国际学者，并精心设计了一套能够响应东道国机构短期和长期需求的项目。拟议的培训计划将开发和传播研究伦理研究生水平的课程；向11名中国研究人员和卫生专业人员提供多学科研究方法、生物伦理和研究伦理审查方面的长期(18个月)和中期(10个月)培训；提供关于研究方法、拨款和手稿撰写以及选定的研究伦理主题的强化短期课程和研讨会；加强对人类受试者的保护，并加强湘雅医学院和耶鲁大学机构审查委员会审查研究方案的能力。我们相信，通过该项目培训的中国学者将在未来几年影响中国的研究、伦理、政策和实践。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a comprehensive multi-disciplinary Research Ethics Training and Curriculum Development Program that builds on the success of our extensive collaborations with Central South Univesity, Xiangya Schol of Medicine, a leading academic instituition in China. We have assembled a team of seasoned investigators from U.S. and China with extensive experience in curriculum development, conduct and evaluation of international research projects as well as in training programs, mentoring international scholars and have carefully designed a program that is responsive to the short-term and long-term needs of the host country institution. The proposed training program will develop and disseminate graduate level curricula in research ethics; provide long-term (18 months) and medim-term (10 months) training to 11 Chinese researchers and health professionals in multi-disciplinary research methodologies, bioethics and ethical review of research; offer intensive short-courses and workshops on research methods, grant and manuscript writing and selected research ethics topics; enhance human subjects protection and strengthen the capacity of Institutional Review Boards at Xiangya School of Medicine and Yale University to review research protocols. We believe the Chinese scholars trained through this program will influence research ethics policy and practice throughout China in the years to come.