Office of International Training
135 College Street
Suite 200
New Haven, CT 06510 (Get Directions)
Mission
CIRA's Office of International Training (OIT) houses all CIRA-affiliated international training programs and some CIRA-affiliated international research projects. OIT's mission is to provide each international trainee with a coherent, individualized program that prepares the trainee to conduct high-quality HIV prevention research in his or her home country.
Director: Robert Dubrow, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director: Linda Niccolai, Ph.D.
Training Coordinator: Annette Ackerman
Senior Administrative Assistant: Nicole Whitcher
Office of International Training Program Participants:
Click for a list of all international trainees that participated in the program within the last two years.
Description
OIT recognizes that each trainee has his or her individual discipline, background, research interests, and scientific career goals. Consequently, our program ensures considerable flexibility, such that the training for each trainee, including course work and research preceptorships, is tailored to his or her interests and needs. Toward this end, each trainee is matched with a faculty mentor according to the trainee's interests. At the same time, certain core training courses, seminars, and other activities are required of all trainees because they are important for all disciplines and areas of interest. These core activities also serve the critical function of bringing our international trainees together as a group so that they learn from each other's considerable experience and expertise. Thus, the training program is cohesive and becomes more than a series of unconnected, individual mentorships.
Trainees typically enroll in Yale courses, participate in ongoing CIRA research projects, and participate in seminars and other scientific activities at CIRA and Yale. In addition, trainees, with guidance from their mentor and other Yale faculty, write research proposals for the conduct of research upon return to their home country.
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