This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to develop, pilot, and evaluate a multilevel intervention that combines a refined media campaign and peer-based strategy to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among young Latino sexual minority men. The $186,840 award, effective from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2028, will be administered by the University of Chicago. The...
This Project Grant award, totaling $2,127,639, was provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855). The grant supports a research project to develop a multi-level integrated strategy that combines two evidence-based interventions - "Many Men, Many Voices" (3MV) and "Client-Centered Care Coordination" (C4) - to optimize PrEP adherence and accelerate implementation at scale...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $369,166 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to The Johns Hopkins University. The grant supports research to understand and address the policy and implementation context of an unconditional cash transfer program for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness in Baltimore, with the goal of improving their access to HIV services. Specifically, the project will: 1)...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $616,742 to the New York Blood Center, Inc. to conduct a 1.5-year study examining the impact of geographic mobility on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV care outcomes among Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in New York City. The research aims to characterize patterns of geographic mobility and determine how...
This Project Grant award of $364,832 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will support a mentored career development project entitled "Using Implementation Science to Enhance HIV Prevention for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men." The project aims to deliver and evaluate an enhanced care intervention called "HIV Prevention Plus Care (HP+ Care)" at two clinics, which will include motivational...
This is a five-year K23 career development grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) in the amount of $201,006. The goal of the project is to develop and pilot test a "Healthy Welcome" intervention to support migrant men in South Africa in starting and adhering to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV. The grant recipient, Brigham & Women's Hospital (a subsidiary of the larger Partners...
This Project Grant award of $606,924, provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports a 2-year research study entitled "CHAMPION - Combining HIV and Stimulant Prevention and Treatment Interventions Optimized for HIV-Negative MSM." The study aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a mobile health intervention package that combines a PrEP adherence app with virtual...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $2,155,836 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to the University of Miami. The funding will support a 5-year, randomized hybrid implementation/effectiveness trial titled "TEST-TO-PREP: A Randomized Hybrid Implementation/Efficacy Trial of a Social Network Strategy to Increase Equitable Reach of HIV Testing and PrEP Information." The study aims to evaluate the...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $252,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. The grant, titled "Participatory System Dynamics to Enhance PrEP Access for Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Men in Bronx, NY," aims to identify and pilot test strategies to improve access to and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among Black and Latinx sexual minority men in the Bronx, a population...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports the development and assessment of a behavioral economic intervention to improve HIV-related behaviors among sexual minority men (SMM). The $264,091 award, effective September 15, 2024, aims to refine and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an Episodic Future Thinking (EFT) intervention delivered via smartphone to address delayed...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), provides $338,544 to The Johns Hopkins University to develop and pilot test a novel trauma-informed mHealth + peer support intervention called "BOUNCE". The goal is to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), a population disproportionately burdened by HIV. The project aims to 1) examine pathways between prejudice-motivated interpersonal violence, PTSD symptomology, substance use, and PrEP uptake among MSM, and 2) use these findings, along with qualitative community-engaged research, to develop and pilot test the BOUNCE intervention targeting PrEP-related self-efficacy, social support, and resilience factors. The award period is from September 2024 to April 2028.