Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
MRC Clinical Trials Unit, UCL, London, UK.
Stat Med. 2022 Feb 28;41(5):838-844. doi: 10.1002/sim.9304. Epub 2022 Feb 10.
Since its inception in 1969, the MSc in medical statistics program has placed a high priority on training students from Africa. In this article, we review how the program has shaped, and in turn been shaped by, two substantial capacity building initiatives: (a) a fellowship program, funded by the UK Medical Research Council, and run through the International Statistical Epidemiology Group at the LSHTM, and (b) the Sub-Saharan capacity building in Biostatistics (SSACAB) initiative, administered through the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science in Africa (DELTAS) program of the African Academy of Sciences. We reflect on the impact of both initiatives, and the implications for future work in this area.
自 1969 年成立以来，医学统计硕士项目一直高度重视培训来自非洲的学生。在本文中，我们回顾了该项目如何通过两个重要的能力建设计划来塑造自己，并反过来被其塑造：(a) 一个由英国医学研究理事会资助、通过 LSHTM 国际统计流行病学小组运行的研究员计划；(b) 通过非洲科学院的发展卓越领导力、培训和科学在非洲（DELTAS）计划管理的撒哈拉以南生物统计学能力建设（SSACAB）倡议。我们反思了这两个倡议的影响，以及对该领域未来工作的启示。
