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Training
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AIDS
International Training and Research Program (AITRP)
Updated
July 2002
Contact
Information
for Current AITRP
Program Directors and Their Major Collaborating Countries
Major
Collaborating Countries and Programs
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES
Under AITRP, scientists are trained to address the global HIV/AIDS and related TB epidemic through research. AITRP helps to: (1) establish critical biomedical and behavioral science expertise in developing countries affected by HIV/AIDS and TB; (2) facilitate new prevention research efforts which supplement or complement NIH and other U.S. AIDS and TB research; (3) establish long-term cooperative relationships between U.S. and foreign research groups; and (4) support cooperation between U.S. academic research centers and foreign scientists.
Types of Training
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Training in biomedical and behavioral HIV/AIDS-related prevention and related TB research disciplines as well as data management and analysis in support of that research which may lead to a M.S. or Ph.D. degree for individuals with previous research experience. Duration of training is estimated from about two to four years. Academic courses will be taken in the United States. Research could be conducted in the United States, but is encouraged to take place in the trainees’ home country.
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Training (generally two years in duration) in biomedical and behavioral HIV/AIDS-related prevention and related TB research disciplines, which may lead to a M.S. degree for individuals without prior research experience. Academic courses will be taken in the United States; research would ordinarily be conducted in the trainees' home country.
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Postdoctoral research experiences (generally two years in duration) for foreign health scientists (in the United States) and for U.S. health scientists overseas.
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Training (approximately three to six months in duration) conducted in the United States in laboratory procedures and research techniques in support of specific HIV/AIDS prevention and related TB research (for example, development of pilot biomedical and behavioral studies); for individuals with M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
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In-country, practical and applied short-term training (up to three weeks) in support of HIV/AIDS prevention and related TB research for professionals, technicians and allied health professionals, including training to support local participation in institutional review boards (research ethics committees), data and safety monitoring boards and community advisory boards.
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Advanced research training (approximately one to two years in duration) for current and/or former trainees, including re-entry grants for in-country prevention research projects such as interventions to prevent the further spread of HIV/AIDS and to prevent and treat TB.
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Support to enable U.S. faculty to be involved in advanced research training activities conducted in-country.
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Support to enable new and minority U.S. health science students (including medical students and residents) to receive overseas health research experiences (generally of three to twelve months duration).
Trainees
Trainees shall be individuals involved in or expected to be involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and related TB research activities upon completion of training in their home country. The following categories of individuals are eligible for training:
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Foreign health professionals (M.D., D.D.S./D.M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent);
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Foreign professionals with a bachelors or masters degree in a basic or health science;
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Medical technicians and health care workers;
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Allied health professionals such as behavioral scientists, nurses, nurse midwives and social workers;
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Current or former AITRP trainees involved in advanced research training in their home countries; and
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U.S. health science students, medical residents and postdoctoral researchers (participating in collaborative research and research training with foreign colleagues).
Decisions about whom to accept for training are made by the program directors.
All program
directors have developed collaborative activities with specific
countries. Please contact the relevant U.S. program director
for country-specific information, necessary qualifications,
eligibility, and application procedures.
Scientists
from the participating countries are eligible to apply for
these training programs. Scientists from countries other than
those listed may wish to contact the AITRP program staff
(see list below) for further information and
suggestions as to which programs may be able to accommodate
their interests.
For additional
information about the AITRP, please contact:
Kenneth Bridbord, MD, MPH
Director
Division
of International Training and Research
Fogarty
International Center
National
Institutes of Health
Building
31, Room B2C39
31
Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda,
MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-2516
Fax: 301-402-0779
E-mail: bridbord@nih.gov
or
Jeanne McDermott, CNM, MPH, PhD
Program Officer
Division
of International Training and Research
Fogarty
International Center
National
Institutes of Health
Building
31, Room B2C39
31
Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda,
MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-1492
Fax: 301-402-0779
E-mail: mcdermoj@mail.nih.gov
or
Mildred E. Hatton
Senior International Health Program Specialist
Division
of International Training and Research
Fogarty
International Center
National
Institutes of Health
Building
31, Room B2C39
31
Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda,
MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-402-6681
Fax: 301-402-0779
E-mail: hatton@nih.gov
Other programs which may be of interest to HIV/AIDS researchers is
the Fogarty International Center's International
Clinical, Operational, and Health Services Research and
Training Award for AIDS and Tuberculosis (ICOHRTA-AIDS/TB)
and HIV/AIDS
and Related Illnesses Collaboration Award.
Archive The
most recent announcement for this
program appeared in the NIH Guide December 14, 1999:
AITRP
RFA TW-00-003.
There was also an Addendum
to the AITRP RFA. Click
here for the most recent review of the AITRP.
News
Release - October 23, 2000:
Fogarty International Center Announces New AIDS
International Research and Training Program Grants
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