HIV Co-morbidities Research Training in Ghana (HIV-ComRT)

加纳艾滋病毒合并症研究培训 (HIV-ComRT)

• 批准号: 10543440
• 负责人: ELIJAH PAINTSIL
• 金额: $ 29.84万
• 依托单位: YALE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-15 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10543440
• 关键词: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Biomedical Research; Clinical; Communities; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Exposure to; Faculty; Foundations; Funding; Funding Opportunities; Ghana; Grant; HIV; Health; Health Services; Institution; Instruction; Interdisciplinary Study; Knowledge; Laboratories; Leadership; Mentors; Mentorship; Needs Assessment; Postdoctoral Fellow; Publishing; Research; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Personnel; Research Training; Resources; Scholars Program; Science; Scientist; Site; Techniques; Training; Training Programs; Universities; Writing; career; career development; co-infection; cohort; comorbidity; design; experience; graduate student; interest; low and middle-income countries; multidisciplinary; programs; recruit; research and development; research study; skills; tool

Project Summary The proposed HIV Comorbidities Research Training (HIV-ComRT) in Ghana builds and expands on our ongoing successful short-term (8 weeks) summer intensive mentored-research training—the Ghana Research Scholar Program—at Yale for trainees from Ghana since 2007. The aim of the Ghana Research Scholar Program is to build and strengthen biomedical research capacity in Ghana; this aim dovetails with the overarching aim of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (PAR-19-283; Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for LMIC Institutions). The components and content of the training program were informed by a consultative need assessment with faculty and leadership at the University of Ghana (UG) and other stakeholders in Ghana (Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, and National AIDS Control Program). We will recruit trainees with MD, Master's, or PhD degrees and equip them with theoretical and applied knowledge in research methods, skills in designing and conducting research studies, and life-long career coaching to be successful investigators in HIV-associated comorbidities and coinfections in Ghana. The formal program of each trainee will vary, depending on his/her prior training and current career plans. The predominant site for training, either at UG or Yale, will depend on the needs of the trainee, however, all trainees will be exposed to resources at both institutions. We will provide trainees with: (1) a strong foundation in both research design and analytic techniques appropriate for clinical, translational, and laboratory-based research; (2) the ability to conceptualize and analyze research problems critically and with increasing independence; (3) experience in scientific writing, presenting and publishing research findings; (4) instruction in management of laboratory and clinical projects; and (5) mentorship in research and career development. These will be achieved through three Specific Aims: (1) to provide trainees and other junior faculty at UG with theoretical and applied knowledge in research methods; (2) to equip trainees with research skills through a two-year intensive and mentored postdoctoral research training in HIV; and (3) to establish and maintain a mentorship plan for trainees at UG to become independently funded investigators. During the 5-year grant period, we expect to enroll 14 trainees in advanced degrees (four PhDs and ten Master's (MSc or MPH)) and provide a two-year intensive postdoctoral research training for five postdocs/junior faculty. In addition, about 200 graduate students, postdoc fellows, junior faculty, and research scientists at UG will benefit from the research and career development workshops. The cohort of trainees will have diverse research interests to ensure that we build capacity in team science in executing cross- and inter-disciplinary research in HIV-associated comorbidities and coinfections. The skills that they gain through our program of focused didactic training, interactions with a diverse group of scholars in a multidisciplinary academic community, and a mentored research experience with outstanding scientists (at UG and Yale) will provide them with the tools for successful research careers in HIV-associated comorbidities.

项目概要 加纳拟议的艾滋病毒合并症研究培训 (HIV-ComRT) 建立并扩展了我们的 持续成功的短期（8周）夏季强化指导研究培训——加纳研究 学者计划——自 2007 年起在耶鲁大学为加纳学员提供。加纳研究学者的目标 该计划旨在建设和加强加纳的生物医学研究能力； 资助机会公告的总体目标（PAR-19-283；福格蒂艾滋病毒研究培训 中低收入国家机构计划) 培训计划的组成部分和内容由一份文件告知。 与加纳大学 (UG) 和其他机构的教师和领导层进行咨询需求评估 加纳的利益攸关方（卫生部、加纳卫生服务机构和国家艾滋病控制计划）。 将招募具有医学博士、硕士或博士学位的学员，并为他们提供理论和应用知识 研究方法、设计和进行研究的技能以及终身职业指导 加纳艾滋病毒相关合并症和合并感染的成功调查人员。 每个受训者都会有所不同，具体取决于他/她之前的培训和当前的职业计划。 UG 或耶鲁大学的培训将取决于受训者的需求，但是，所有受训者都将接触到 我们将为学员提供：（1）在两个机构的研究设计方面的坚实基础。 适用于临床、转化和实验室研究的分析技术；(2) 批判性地概念化和分析研究问题并增强独立性；（3） 科学写作、展示和发表研究成果；（4）实验室管理指导； 临床项目；（5）研究和职业发展指导这些将通过三个项目来实现。 具体目标： (1) 为 UG 的学员和其他初级教师提供以下领域的理论和应用知识： 研究方法；（2）通过两年的强化和指导，培养学员的研究技能 艾滋病毒博士后研究培训；(3) 为 UG 的学员制定并维持指导计划，以 成为独立资助的研究人员 在 5 年资助期内，我们预计将招收 14 名受训人员。 高级学位（四个博士学位和十个硕士学位（理学硕士或公共卫生硕士））并提供两年强化博士后学位 此外，还为 5 名博士后/初级教师提供研究培训，以及约 200 名研究生、博士后研究员。 UG 的初级教师和研究科学家将受益于研究和职业发展研讨会。 受训者群体将具有不同的研究兴趣，以确保我们在以下领域培养团队科学能力： 对艾滋病毒相关合并症和合并感染进行跨学科研究。 他们通过我们的重点教学培训计划以及与不同学者群体的互动而获得的知识 一个多学科的学术社区，以及由杰出科学家指导的研究经验（在 UG 和耶鲁大学）将为他们提供成功研究艾滋病毒相关合并症的工具。