title: Shifting the HIV Training and Research Paradigm to Address Disparities in HIV Outcomes.
abstract: Tailored programs to diversify the pool of HIV/AIDS investigators and provide sufficient training and support for minority investigators to compete successfully are uncommon in the US and abroad. This paper encourages a shift in the HIV/AIDS training and research paradigm to effectively train and mentor Latino researchers in the US, Latin America and the Caribbean. We suggest three strategies to accomplish this: (1) coaching senior administrative and academic staff of HIV/AIDS training programs on the needs, values, and experiences unique to Latino investigators; (2) encouraging mentors to be receptive to a different set of research questions and approaches that Latino researchers offer due to their life experiences and perspectives; and (3) creating a virtual infrastructure to share resources and tackle challenges faced by minority researchers. Shifts in the research paradigm to include, retain, and promote Latino HIV/AIDS researchers will benefit the scientific process and the patients and communities who await the promise of HIV/AIDS research.
authors: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, 9th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. jlevison@partners.org.|Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. jlevison@partners.org.|Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. jlevison@partners.org.
authors: Julie H
authors: JH
authors: Levison
authors: Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.|Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors: Margarita
authors: M
authors: Alegría
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D017691:Caribbean Region; D005006:Ethnicity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D008913:Minority Groups; D012108:Research Personnel; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: HIV/AIDS; Latino/Hispanic; Mentorship; Minority; Research; Training