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Translational Research in NeuroAIDS: A Neuroimmune Pharmacology-Related Course

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Neuroimmune pharmacology (NIP) can be considered a multidisciplinary science where areas of neuroscience, immunology, and pharmacology intersect in neurological disorders. The R25 training program titled “Translational Research in NeuroAIDS and Mental Health (TR-NAMH): An innovative mentoring program to promote diversity in NeuroAIDS Research (R25 MH080661)” at the Johns Hopkins University is a web-based interactive course with the goal to improve the capacity of high quality research by developing mentoring programs for (1) doctoral and postdoctoral candidates and junior faculty from racial and ethnic minorities and (2) non-minority individuals at the same levels, whose research focuses on NeuroAIDS disparity issues such as HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). This web-based interactive course overcomes the limitations of traditional education such as access to expert faculty and financial burden of scientists from racial and ethnic minority groups in the field of NeuroAIDS research and NIP and identifies rich nurturing environments for investigators to support their careers. The TR-NAMH program identifies a cadre of talented students and investigators eager to commit to innovative educational and training sessions in NeuroAIDS and NIP. The interplay between NIP changes precipitated by HIV infection in the brain makes the study of HAND an outstanding way to integrate important concepts from these two fields. The course includes activities besides those related to didactic learning such as research training and long-term mentoring; hence, the newly learned topics in NIP are continually reinforced and implemented in real-time experiences. We describe how NIP is integrated in the TR-NAMH program in the context of HAND.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections, Johns Hopkins University, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Pathology 509, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

    Amanda Brown & Avindra Nath

  2. Hawaii Center for AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 3675 Kilauea Avenue, 5th Floor Young Building, Honolulu, HI, 96816, USA

    Bruce Shiramizu

  3. Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, PR, 00936-5067, USA

    Valerie Wojna

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Valerie Wojna has received personal compensation for activities with GlaxoSmithKline as a speaker and research support from Biogen Idec. Avindra Nath has received personal compensation for activities with Nerveda and Biogen Idec as a consultant.

Amanda Brown and Valerie Wojna are guarantors of the work.

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R25 MH080661, U54 NS43011, G12RR03051, U54 NS56883, P20RR011091, U19MH081835, and U54NS043049.

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Brown, A., Shiramizu, B., Nath, A. et al. Translational Research in NeuroAIDS: A Neuroimmune Pharmacology-Related Course. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 6, 80–88 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11481-010-9222-y

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