Title |
Output from the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network international postdoctoral fellowship for capacity building in HIV clinical trials
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Published in |
HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.), August 2018
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DOI | 10.2147/hiv.s150107 |
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Authors |
Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Amy L Slogrove, Jacqueline Sas, John Lengwe Kunda, Frederick Morfaw, Jackson K Mukonzo, Wei Cao, Gisele Ngomba-Kadima, Moleen Zunza, Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, Philip N Nana, Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson, Nelson Sewankambo, Mark F Cotton, Taisheng Li, Taryn Young, Joel Singer, Jean-Pierre Routy, Colin JD Ross, Kyaw Thin, Lehana Thabane, Aslam H Anis |
Abstract |
As a response to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and part of Canadian Institutes for Health Research's mandate to support international health research capacity building, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Canadian HIV Trial Network (CTN) developed an international postdoctoral fellowship award under the CTN's Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards Program to support and train young HIV researchers in resource-limited settings. Since 2010, the fellowship has been awarded to eight fellows in Cameroon, China, Lesotho, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia. These fellows have conducted research on a wide variety of topics and have built a strong network of collaboration and scientific productivity, with 40 peer-reviewed publications produced by six fellows during their fellowships. They delivered two workshops at international conferences and have continued to secure funding for their research, using the fellowship as a stepping stone. The CTN has been successful in building local HIV research capacity and forming a strong network of like-minded junior low- and middle-income country researchers with high levels of research productivity. They have developed into mentors, supervisors and faculty members, who, in turn, build local capacity. The sustainability of this international fellowship award relies on the recognition of its strengths and the involvement of other stakeholders for additional resources. |
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South Africa | 4 | 57% |
Canada | 3 | 43% |
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Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
Scientists | 1 | 14% |
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Unknown | 34 | 100% |
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Student > Bachelor | 6 | 18% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 15% |
Student > Master | 4 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
Lecturer | 2 | 6% |
Other | 5 | 15% |
Unknown | 10 | 29% |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 18% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 12% |
Psychology | 3 | 9% |
Unspecified | 2 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 6% |
Other | 4 | 12% |
Unknown | 13 | 38% |