Infrastructure Development Training Program for Aga Khan University East Africa

东非阿卡汗大学基础设施发展培训项目

基本信息

批准号：
10103987
负责人：
Michael Hoonbae Chung
金额：
$ 6.19万
依托单位：
AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY (KENYA)
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-04-24 至 2021-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10103987
关键词：
Infrastructure Development Training Program Aga

项目摘要

ABSTRACT Kenya has one of the largest HIV epidemics in the world with more than 1.5 million people living with the disease. Research on HIV in Kenya have contributed significantly to the management, treatment, and prevention of HIV in the country as well to the development of international guidelines worldwide. Aga Khan University East Africa (AKU) is a growing medical and nursing academic institution with campuses in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. It initiated the first clinical infectious diseases (ID) and cardiology fellowships for medical doctors in East Africa and is developing research expertise in HIV and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, in order to create a high quality HIV research environment, AKU needs to strengthen its research administration and management infrastructure. The objectives of this proposal are to: 1) understand the needs and gaps in research administration and management at AKU by conducting an on-the-ground assessment of the site; 2) improve the knowledge and skills of AKU research administrators and grant managers by implementing in-person training workshops in Nairobi, Kenya and facilitating site visits by AKU trainees to the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, USA; and 3) strengthen the ability of AKU research administrator and grant managers to successfully submit NIH, CDC, and other donor-funded grants by providing ongoing mentorship and online coursework. UW experts in research administration and grant and financial management will implement the objectives of the proposed infrastructure development training program, which will be led by Dr. Michael Chung, an Associate Professor of Global Health at UW, and Dr. William Macharia, the Associate Dean of Research at AKU. The program will be facilitated by Dr. Chung’s Treatment, Research, and Expert Education (TREE) program in the UW Department of Global Health (DGH). TREE has extensive experience building capacity in Kenyan institutions, and has offices in Seattle at the UW and in Nairobi at AKU, where Dr. Chung is also Chair of the Department of Medicine. Dr. Chung, the Program Director, and Dr. Macharia, the Co- Director, will establish a training program that will educate 12 administrators and managers at AKU in a series of 7 workshops conducted in Kenya over 3 years, facilitate visits to the UW in Seattle by 10 AKU trainees, and mentor a core group of trainees who are needed to successfully submit and administer grants from AKU. Dozens of trainees in East Africa will also be able to take online financial management courses provided by UW program faculty. By the end of the infrastructure development training program, research administrators and grant managers at AKU will be able to successfully submit and manage National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other donor-funded grants, and will significantly expand the number of HIV grant applications submitted by AKU faculty and amount of grant funding awarded to the institution.

抽象的肯尼亚是世界上艾滋病毒流行最严重的国家之一，有超过 150 万人患有这种疾病。肯尼亚的艾滋病毒研究为艾滋病毒的管理、治疗和预防做出了重大贡献东非阿加汗大学在国内以及全球范围内制定国际准则。 (AKU) 是一所不断发展的医疗和护理学术机构，在肯尼亚、乌干达和坦桑尼亚设有校区。它为东非医生发起了第一个临床传染病（ID）和心脏病学奖学金并正在发展艾滋病毒和非传染性疾病 (NCD) 方面的研究专业知识。创建高质量的HIV研究环境，AKU需要加强其研究管理和该提案的目标是： 1) 了解以下方面的需求和差距。通过对现场进行实地评估来管理 AKU 的研究； 2) 通过实施提高 AKU 研究管理人员和资助管理人员的知识和技能在肯尼亚内罗毕举办现场培训讲习班，并协助 AKU 学员实地考察肯尼亚大学美国西雅图华盛顿大学 (UW)；3) 加强 AKU 研究管理人员和资助的能力管理人员通过提供持续的支持来成功提交 NIH、CDC 和其他捐助者资助的赠款华盛顿大学研究管理、资助和财务管理方面的专家将实施拟议的基础设施发展培训方案的目标，该方案将由威斯康星大学全球健康副教授 Michael Chung 博士和副教授 William Macharia 博士 AKU 研究部主任该项目将由 Chung 博士的治疗、研究和专家负责推动。华盛顿大学全球健康系 (DGH) 的教育 (TREE) 项目拥有丰富的经验。肯尼亚机构的能力建设，并在华盛顿大学西雅图和内罗毕 AKU 设有办事处。钟博士还是医学系主任，项目主任钟博士和联合主任马查里亚博士。总监将制定一个培训计划，对 AKU 的 12 名管理人员和经理进行一系列培训三年来在肯尼亚举办了 7 个讲习班，促成 10 名 AKU 学员参观了位于西雅图的威斯康星大学，以及指导一批核心学员，他们需要成功提交和管理 AKU 的数十项资助。东非的学员还将能够参加华盛顿大学项目提供的在线财务管理课程基础设施发展培训计划结束时，研究管理人员和拨款。 AKU 的管理人员将能够成功提交和管理国立卫生研究院 (NIH)、中心用于疾病控制和预防 (CDC) 以及其他捐助者资助的赠款，并将显着扩大 AKU 教师提交的艾滋病毒补助金申请数量以及授予该机构的补助金金额机构。