Expanding the pool of Independent Investigators in Implementation Science in Nigeria throug h HIV research training (EXPAND)

通过艾滋病毒研究培训扩大尼日利亚实施科学领域的独立研究者队伍 (EXPAND)

• 批准号: 10472879
• 负责人: Alash'le G. Abimiku
• 金额: $ 25.76万
• 依托单位: INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2027-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10472879
• 关键词: Address; Africa; Baltimore; Centers of Research Excellence; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Epidemic; Funding; HIV; Health Priorities; Human; Hybrids; Institutes; Institution; International; Leadership; Maryland; Mentors; Mission; Nigeria; Nigerian; Outcome; Persons; Policies; Positioning Attribute; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Research; Research Personnel; Research Priority; Research Training; Scientist; Training; Translating; Universities; career; cohort; design; implementation science; knowledge translation; multidisciplinary; programs; skills; supportive environment; virology; virtual

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: For more than 15 years, the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHV-Nigeria or IHVN) has partnered with the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland Baltimore (IHV-UMB) to train Nigerian researchers both locally and in the US. This has resulted in 51 Masters and PhD-holders engaged in HIV research and leadership careers at IHVN’s International Research Center of Excellence (IRCE) and at collaborating universities and institutions throughout Nigeria. IRCE was established in 2015 to drive IHV- Nigeria’s research mission: to increase the volume, quality, and capacity for research in Nigeria and West Africa. To harness their prior training and exponentially increase their impact, it is imperative to mature these early (trained) investigators into independent (skilled) investigators. In addition, it is important for Nigerian public health programs that implementers and policymakers have complementary program evaluation and knowledge translation skills, to address HIV and other health priorities and gaps. The focus of this submission is to expand local expertise in responding to Nigeria’s HIV epidemic by addressing research leadership gaps among investigators, and program evaluation and knowledge translation gaps among implementers and policymakers. The proposed Expanding the Pool of Independent Investigators in Implementation Science in Nigeria through HIV research training (EXPAND Nigeria) has four specific aims. Specific Aim 1: To launch a 12- month, implementation science design-integrated HIV research training curriculum at IRCE, delivered on a hybrid virtual and in-person platform. Specific Aim 2: To mentor and develop a cohort of five early career MD and/or PhD-holding scientists trained with the Aim 1 curriculum, to compete for independent research funding that addresses HIV research priorities relevant to Nigeria. Specific Aim 3: To transition skilled early career investigators from Aim 2 into active and productive research positions at IRCE and collaborating academic and public health institutions in Nigeria. Specific Aim 4: Using the hard skills subset of modules from the Aim 1 curriculum, to provide short-term, six-month training for a multidisciplinary cohort of 40 program implementers and policymakers, to design and conduct priority HIV program evaluations and translate findings into policy and practice. Outcomes of the proposal include a scalable training curriculum addressing local research capacity and skills gaps; skilled researchers in a supportive environment that launches and keeps them in a research trajectory; and institutional research leadership successfully transitioned from IHV-UMB to IHV-Nigeria, with IHV-UMB remaining as a long-term training and research partner.

项目摘要/摘要： 超过 15 年以来，尼日利亚人类病毒研究所（IHV-尼日利亚或 IHVN）与 马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校人类病毒学研究所 (IHV-UMB) 培训尼日利亚人 当地和美国的研究人员已经有 51 名硕士和博士从事艾滋病毒研究。 IHVN 国际卓越研究中心 (IRCE) 和 尼日利亚各地的合作大学和机构于 2015 年成立，旨在推动 IHV- 尼日利亚的研究使命：提高尼日利亚和西方国家的研究数量、质量和能力 非洲 为了利用他们之前的培训并成倍地提高他们的影响力，必须使这些培训变得成熟。 此外，这对于尼日利亚人来说也很重要。 实施者和决策者对公共卫生计划进行补充性计划评估和 知识转化技能，以解决艾滋病毒和其他卫生优先事项和差距。本次提交的重点。 是通过解决研究领导力差距来扩大当地应对尼日利亚艾滋病毒流行的专业知识 调查人员之间的差距，以及实施者之间的计划评估和知识转化差距 政策制定者。 拟议扩大尼日利亚实施科学的独立研究者队伍 通过艾滋病毒研究培训（EXPAND尼日利亚）有四个具体目标1：启动12-。 月，在 IRCE 实施科学设计整合艾滋病毒研究培训课程， 具体目标 2：指导和培养 5 名早期职业人士。 接受过 Aim 1 课程培训的医学博士和/或博士学位科学家，参加独立研究竞赛 资助解决与尼日利亚相关的艾滋病毒研究重点具体目标 3：尽早过渡技术人员。 来自 Aim 2 的职业调查员进入 IRCE 积极且富有成效的研究职位并进行合作 尼日利亚的学术和公共卫生机构具体目标 4：使用模块的硬技能子集。 来自 Aim 1 课程，为 40 名多学科群体提供为期六个月的短期培训 计划实施者和政策制定者，设计和开展优先艾滋病毒计划评估， 将调查结果转化为政策和实践。 该提案的成果包括针对当地研究能力和技能的可扩展培训课程 差距；在支持性环境中的熟练研究人员，使他们能够启动并保持在研究轨道上； 和机构研究领导层成功从 IHV-UMB 过渡到 IHV-尼日利亚，其中 IHV-UMB 继续作为长期培训和研究合作伙伴。