This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $672,913 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct the "ENHANCING NOVEL RESEARCH FOR INFLAMMATION AND COGNITIVE HEALTH AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH PERINATALLY ACQUIRED HIV AND ADVERSITY (ENRICH+)" study. The key objectives of this 5-year project...
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 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research) provides $1,837,497 to New York University to conduct the KUPEWA project. The project aims to (A) identify optimal implementation strategies for increasing clinician recommendation of HPV vaccination for girls and young women aged 9-24 living with HIV in Malawi, (B) refine these strategies based on implementability, and (C) identify strategies that are effective,...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,300,224 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct a study titled "HOMELINK2: Reducing Posthospitalization Mortality Among People Living with HIV Through Structured Home Care and Nutritional Supplementation." The project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based intervention involving structured post-hospitalization home visits with...
This federal Project Grant award of $756,077, provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports a 5-year research study on the long-term immunologic, cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurocognitive consequences of inflammation in children with perinatal HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The primary objectives are to assess the durability of inflammation and immune...
This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $1,008,158 and effective from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, was issued by the National Center for HIV/AIDS under the "Translation and Implementation Science Research for Heart, Lung, Blood Diseases, and Sleep Disorders" (CFDA 93.840) federal grant program. The award supports the "UPLIFT STUDY: Understanding Parental Lactation and Infant Feeding Decisions Tailored to People with HIV", which aims to translate scientific...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,272,602.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will support the "Integrating U=U into HIV Counseling: A Cluster-Randomized Efficacy Trial (INTUIT 2.0)" research project. The study aims to (1) refine an educational "Undetectable & You" mobile app intervention designed to disseminate information on the prevention benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and...
The Fogarty International Center (FIC), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded a $268,665 Project Grant (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) to the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Uganda. The grant, titled "LEVERAGING NORTH-SOUTH PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE CELL AND GENE THERAPY FOR HIV RESEARCH TRAINING CAPACITY IN UGANDA (C AND GT-UGANDA)," aims to build research and training capacity for cell and gene...
This Project Grant award of $1,352,914 from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.361), supports research to identify multilevel facilitators that help Black sexual minority men living with HIV (BSMM LWH) overcome racism and stigma to achieve durable viral suppression. The goal is to conduct qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations with "positive deviants" - BSMM LWH who have successfully managed their...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) totaling $582,959 will fund a pilot study to integrate a "Universal Test and Connect" (UTC) HIV service delivery strategy in emergency care settings in South Africa. The goal is to expand access to both preventative (pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis) and therapeutic (ART initiation) HIV services through the emergency department,...