The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) totaling $707,796 to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to build on the success of the "Malkia Klabu" (MK) loyalty program and evaluate strategies for scaling the program's HIV prevention services for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1)...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $653,677 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to implement a cluster randomized control trial (CRCT) to test the impact of a long-term, dynamic choice intervention on 12-month viral suppression among HIV patients experiencing repeated and prolonged treatment interruptions in Malawi. This 5-year research project, titled "ONGOING DYNAMIC CHOICE TO ADDRESS HIV...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will support research to assess whether sexual network clustering impacts the effectiveness of HIV test-and-treat interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. The $186,095 award to Pennsylvania State University will leverage existing data from studies in Uganda, Malawi, and Nigeria to: 1) characterize the sexual network position of people engaged in HIV...
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $321,815 R21 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). The grant, titled "Integrating Trauma-Informed Research in Assessment of Young Women Engaged in HIV Cure Research (Post-Intervention Control) Trial with Analytical Treatment Interruption in Durban, South Africa", will fund a socio-behavioral research study to assess the experiences of young...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,935,300.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) will fund a site-randomized trial of a novel social network recruitment intervention called E-SNRHT in South Africa. The goal is to locate more undiagnosed HIV-positive cases, increase HIV testing among men, and reduce HIV-related stigma. The University of Illinois is the prime awardee and will collaborate with sub-awardees the Human Sciences Research...
This $221,635 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will support a community-engaged modeling and implementation science project to develop re-linkage interventions for Black sexual minority men with HIV. The project aims to use agent-based modeling, qualitative data, and implementation science methods to characterize barriers to HIV care engagement and identify strategies to improve re-linkage,...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was awarded a $183,179 Project Grant by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct the "REMIT" study - "Reducing Mobility-Associated Interruption in ART Among Men in Malawi". The project aims to refine and pilot an intervention to improve antiretroviral treatment (ART) outcomes among mobile men living with HIV in Malawi. Key components of the...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,454,724 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of Pittsburgh to conduct research on understanding the mechanisms involved in HIV-1 central nervous system (CNS) latency. The project aims to identify key factors, pathways, and regulators that determine the establishment, maintenance, and reactivation of latent HIV-1 virus in brain myeloid cell lineages, which are distinct from latently infected...
This $836,895 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a 5-year research study to develop and evaluate communication strategies to promote HIV vaccine and prevention uptake among young Black women in the Southern U.S. The project, led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, will use community-based participatory methods to co-create theory-based messaging, graphics, and videos to...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $2,210,865 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to study the unique neural and inflammatory mechanisms of depression in people living with HIV (PLWH). The 5-year research project, running from September 1, 2024 to April 30, 2029, will enroll 220 participants (80 PLWH with depression, 60 PLWH without depression, 80...