Project Grant H79TI080742

This Project Grant award of $197,035 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a 5-year study to design and evaluate a community-based intervention to engage men who use alcohol and substances in HIV prevention services in rural South Africa. The primary objectives are to: 1) explore perceptions and preferences for HIV prevention services among men who frequent local bars (shebeens), 2) develop an intervention...

This $1,272,341 cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will support efforts to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among men who have sex with men of color. Awarded under the HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects program (CFDA 93.941), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will work to develop and test improved HIV prevention strategies from September 2021 through October 2022. A subaward of $250,000...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $1,573,958.00 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for a study titled "Breaking Barriers: Innovating HIV Elimination with Social Network Strategies and Routine Substance Use Screening." The award aims to implement a two-pronged approach at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network in Chicago that primarily serves...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $485,131 to the New York Blood Center, Inc. to study the influence of social networks on HIV testing and PrEP care among young Latin American gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). The 2-year project aims to address the knowledge gap regarding how social networks, both positive and negative, can shape susceptibility...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) provides $311,632 to Yale University to develop and implement a comprehensive fellowship training program focused on HIV prevention and stigma reduction among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Malaysia. The key products and services to be delivered include: Identifying facilitators and barriers to implementing behavioral design interventions targeting HIV prevention among MSM...

This federal Project Grant award of $181,974 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will provide 5 years of training and mentored research support for Dr. Atkins to develop a research program focused on optimizing HIV prevention and harm reduction services for men who have sex with men (MSM) engaged in transactional sex in Baltimore, Maryland. The key products and services to be delivered through this award include: (1)...

This $5.37 million project grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund the development of a context-aware digital adherence intervention called SMARTSTEPS to improve pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among men who have sex with men with substance use disorder. The grant will support two phases. Phase I will inform the specification of an algorithm that utilizes digital phenotyping data from a smartphone app to anticipate non-adherence based...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) totaling $200,000 provides funding from March 2025 to January 2030 to evaluate the use of a machine learning algorithm-based implementation strategy for a comprehensive care management and care coordination (CCM/CC) intervention to improve HIV care continuum outcomes. The primary goal is to utilize a predictive algorithm developed by the community-based partner Comprehensive...

The City and County of San Francisco's Public Health Department was awarded a $643,882 Cooperative Agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based (CFDA 93.940) federal grant program. The award, effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2030, supports the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP), a key HIV surveillance activity that describes the behavioral and clinical characteristics of people with HIV (PWH) in...

This Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to refine and pilot test a multi-level HIV prevention and wellness intervention for Chinese immigrant female sex workers (FSWs) in New York City. The $140,000 grant will fund a feasibility study to address intersectional stigma and increase HIV testing rates in this vulnerable population. The study will involve a community-driven process to refine...