Roger Detels, M.D., M.S. - Program Director for two HIV/AIDS training grants

The UCLA/Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program
NIH/Fogarty International Center - TW00013
Currently enrolled: 28

The UCLA/Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program assists developing countries in controlling the AIDS epidemic by providing research training for health professionals and technical staff.  The UCLA program is currently collaborating with Vietnam,  Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Indonesia and China. The program provides in-country courses, a three-month postdoctoral training program at UCLA, and master=s and doctoral level training. Candidates for training at UCLA are chosen by appropriate officials of their home country and the director of the UCLA program. Trainees in the master=s and doctoral programs are required to collect  data for a thesis or dissertation in their home countries. The project is selected jointly by the trainee, the UCLA faculty, and the in-country coordinator of the program. It is anticipated that graduates of the UCLA programs will assume increasing responsibility for training professionals in their home countries to conduct AIDS research and to implement prevention programs. The program also fosters on-going collaborative AIDS research between UCLA and institutions in participating countries.

Interdisciplinary Training Program in HIV/AIDS Epidemiology
NIH/NIAID - T32AI07481
Currently enrolled: 6

This training grant provides a multidisciplinary program on HIV/AIDS leading to the M.S, (postdoctorals only) or Ph.D. degrees, as well as postdoctoral studies in epidemiology for those with a prior doctoral degree in epidemiology. The members of the multidisciplinary faculty include leading HIV/AIDS investigators from epidemiology, biostatistics, immunology, virology, clinical medicine, neurology, psychology, and behavioral sciences. In addition to a core program of courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, the biology of HIV, behavioral and public health strategies for control of HIV, health strategies for prevention of HIV infection, and surveillance, trainees are required to take additional courses in other biologic, sociologic, and/or mathematical disciplines and to participate in an ongoing seminar on HIV/AIDS. Trainees may also take elective courses from among the many additional courses in HIV/AIDS offered at UCA. Trainees will develop theses, dissertations, and postdoctoral research in HIV/AIDS in collaboration with the interdisciplinary faculty of the program. These projects may be conducted in the United States or in Southeast Asia. Trainees are expected to publish at least one paper from their dissertation. Special efforts are made to recruit qualified candidates from underrepresented minority groups.