Cooperative Agreement 72061321CA00010

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (CFDA 93.310 - Trans-NIH Research Support) provides $844,564 to Emory University to develop a multi-component implementation strategy to link adolescent girls and young women in South Africa who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options, including long-acting PrEP modalities. The project aims to conduct formative research through qualitative interviews and a survey to investigate...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) provides $381,487 to the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) to assess the early implementation of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) at high risk of HIV acquisition in Zambia. The key objectives are to: 1) Evaluate implementation determinants of CAB-LA...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to adapt and evaluate the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Adherence Resource and Empowerment Support (CARES) intervention to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) continuation and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The total funding amount is $710,187, with an award date of September 11, 2024 and an...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $146,550 to support a mixed-methods research study investigating the drivers of HIV risk among South African adolescent girls and young women (SA-AGYW). The study aims to examine the relationships between mental health distress, intimate partner violence (IPV), and communication/warmth between...

This federal Project Grant award of $709,872 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) aims to develop and pilot test a couple-based intervention to address perinatal depression and improve adherence to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Malawi. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a couple-based intervention using problem-solving therapy and content on couple...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), is providing $573,475 to The Botswana Harvard Health Partnership (BHP) to conduct a randomized trial evaluating the effect of integrating sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing with expanded pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options on PrEP use among pregnant women in Botswana. The study aims to...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $186,319 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to adapt and test an intervention to reduce HIV-related stigma among pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa. The key activities include: 1) Describing the stigma experiences and mental health impacts of women living with HIV during...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,365,212 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) aims to optimize and test a peer-led dynamic choice HIV prevention intervention to increase coverage of biomedical prevention products among women at elevated HIV risk in southwestern Uganda. The project will refine the existing Search Dynamic Choice HIV Prevention (DCP) intervention to further engage women working in venues where transactional sex is...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA Program 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants provides $223,550 to conduct research on a point-of-care sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing strategy to improve HIV prevention service delivery in adolescents. The research aims to assess the clinical and implementation outcomes of using rapid gonorrhea and chlamydia point-of-care testing to increase HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis...

Empower 225 will use a $499,985 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to deliver the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program. The three-year award will support prevention and early intervention services for girls at risk of sex trafficking in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Key services include providing evidence-based trafficking prevention curricula to 300 middle and high school girls; establishing a mentoring program for at-risk...