African Centre for Biostatistical Excellence

非洲生物统计卓越中心

• 批准号: 10187676
• 负责人: Rhoderick Machekano
• 金额: $ 30.24万
• 依托单位: STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-19 至 2022-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10187676
• 关键词: AIDS/HIV problem; Africa; Africa South of the Sahara; African; Area; Biometry; Centers of Research Excellence; Complement; Country; Data Analyses; Development; Educational process of instructing; Environment; Epidemiologist; Grant; Growth; HIV; Health; Institution; Journals; Link; Mentors; Mission; Prevention program; Procedures; Program Development; Publishing; Reporting; Research; Research Activity; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Personnel; Research Training; Rest; Science; Scientist; Site; South Africa; Staff Development; Strategic Planning; Training; Training Programs; Universities; Writing; academic program; design; experience; improved; literacy; low and middle-income countries; member; multidisciplinary; next generation; pandemic disease; research study; response; skills; social

PROJECT SUMMARY LMIC: South Africa Institution: Stellenbosch University, Cape Town Scientific Area: Biostatistics for HIV research design and methodology Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence: Building Biostatistics Capacity for HIV/AIDS Research This application is in response to the FOA “Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions” under the D43 grant mechanism (FOA PAR-16-279) and requests 5 years of support to build biostatistics capacity for HIV research design and methodology and establish an Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence (ACBE) at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The creation of a sustainable, multidisciplinary health research enterprise in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is of paramount importance for improving health, promoting development and advancing science in the region. SSA continues to experience a disproportionate burden of both HIV/AIDS and TB relative to the rest of the world that has led to increases prevention programs as well as research activities to try and stop the pandemic. The growth in HIV/AIDS and TB research activities has created a demand for well-trained methodologists who can contribute to the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of research studies and provide mentoring and training of the next generation of researchers. Locally trained methodologists, including epidemiologists, social scientists and (to a lesser extent) health economists are now available in many African countries. However, despite various efforts in SSA, there remains a critical shortage of biostatistics expertise. Biostatisticians are integral members of research teams required for their skills in writing competitive grants, executing statistical procedures, conducting advanced data analysis, publishing in high profile journals and teaching biostatistics at the postgraduate level. To meet the demand for biostatistical experts, we propose to setup an Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence (ACBE) at Stellenbosch University with a mission to implementing high quality training programs in biostatistics to meet the HIV research needs and competitiveness of both Stellenbosch University (SU), and SSA region. The specific objectives of this training grant are to: (1) to build biostatistics capacity through a formal Master level academic program at Stellenbosch University; (2) to build biostatistical literacy among biomedical researchers through short courses in Sub-Saharan Africa; (3) to develop biostatistics teaching capacity through specialized seminars and staff development programs; (4) to setup the Africa Center for Biostatistical Excellence; A Center for Biostatistical Excellence is a direct response to one of Fogarty’s strategic plan of building sustainable research environments through centers of research excellence. These research “hubs” are a way to enrich and sustain the research capacity of an institution by linking it to other sites within a country and across a region. Our proposed ACBE will complement training efforts in other areas of HIV/AIDS and TB research across the SSA region.

项目摘要 LMIC：南非 机构：开普敦Stellenbosch大学 科学领域：HIV研究设计和方法论生物统计学 非洲生物统计卓越中心：建立艾滋病毒/艾滋病的生物统计学能力 研究 该应用是对低收入和中等收入的FOA“ Foa HIV研究培训计划 根据D43赠款机制（FOA PAR-16-279）的国家机构，并要求提供5年的支持 建立艾滋病毒研究设计和方法论生物统计学能力，并为非洲建立非洲中心 南非的斯泰伦博斯大学的生物统计卓越（ACBE）。 在撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA）创建可持续的，多学科的健康研究企业是 对于改善健康，促进发展和推进该地区科学的重要性。 SSA 相对于世界其他地方 这导致增加了预防计划以及研究活动，以阻止大流行。这 艾滋病毒/艾滋病和结核病研究活动的增长已经对训练有素的方法论家提出了需求 为研究的设计，进行，分析和报告做出贡献，并提供心理和培训 下一代研究人员。经过本地训练的方法学家，包括流行病学家，社会科学家 （在较小程度上）现在许多非洲国家都可以使用卫生经济。但是，做各种各样 在SSA中的努力仍然存在生物统计学专业知识的严重短缺。生物统计学家是不可或缺的成员 他们在编写竞争赠款，执行统计程序的技能所需的研究团队中， 进行高级数据分析，在知名期刊上发布，并在 研究生级。 为了满足对生物统计学专家的需求，我们建议建立非洲生物统计学卓越中心 （ACBE）在Stellenbosch大学的任务是实施生物统计学的高质量培训计划 满足Stellenbosch大学（SU）和SSA地区的HIV研究需求和竞争力。 该培训补助金的具体目标是：（1）通过正式的主级建立生物统计学能力 Stellenbosch大学的学术课程； （2）在生物医学研究人员中建立生物统计学 通过撒哈拉以南非洲的简短课程； （3）通过专业化发展生物统计学教学能力 半手和员工发展计划； （4）建立非洲生物统计卓越中心； 卓越生物统计的中心是对福加​​蒂建立可持续发展的战略计划之一的直接回应 通过卓越研究中心进行研究环境。这些研究“枢纽”是一种丰富和 通过将机构与一个国家内部和整个地区的其他站点联系起来来维持机构的研究能力。 我们提出的ACBE将补充艾滋病毒/艾滋病其他领域的培训工作， SSA地区。