This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) provides $1,935,300 to the University of Illinois to conduct a site-randomized trial of a novel social network recruitment intervention to increase HIV testing among men, locate undiagnosed HIV cases, and reduce HIV-related stigma in South Africa. The intervention, known as E-SNRHT, aims to expand traditional risk-based HIV testing recruitment by asking newly diagnosed HIV-positive...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to examine the influence of migration-driven social support network dynamics on HIV testing and treatment among African American women migrants. The $183,331 award to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco will support the development, implementation, and evaluation of a social network-based HIV service intervention in the...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $186,840 to the University of Chicago to develop, pilot, and evaluate a multilevel intervention that combines a refined media campaign and peer-based strategy, informed by social network analysis. The project aims to promote the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among young Latino sexual minority men, a population...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a 5-year, $197,035 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital) to design and evaluate a community-based intervention aimed at improving HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use and health engagement among men who frequent shebeens (local bars) in rural South Africa. The project will: Explore the lived experiences, perceptions, and...
This federal Project Grant award for $1,364,940 was provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). The award is focused on "Combating HIV Stigma in Healthcare Settings: A Standardized Patient Approach" and will be conducted by the Regents of the University of Minnesota. The key objectives of this 5-year research project are to: 1) Conduct baseline standardized patient visits to healthcare settings to measure...
This National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Project Grant award under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) in the amount of $1,272,602 will fund a cluster-randomized efficacy trial to integrate the "Undetectable = Untransmittable" (U=U) message into HIV counseling in South Africa. The primary objective is to assess the impact of a U=U mobile app intervention on viral suppression rates among people living with HIV. The study, titled "Integrating U=U into...
This $128,247 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program will support a mixed-methods social network study focused on Latinx men who have sex with men (LMSM) in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The study aims to: 1) characterize the social networks and online gaming habits of LMSM, 2) understand how these networks can be leveraged to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and disseminate...
This federal Project Grant award of $692,070.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to adapt and pilot-test a digital health HIV prevention intervention for Black heterosexual couples in New York State. The project has three key objectives: Adapt the existing digital health intervention for the target population of Black heterosexual couples using human-centered design approaches. Conduct a 6-month pilot...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $221,635 to the University of Chicago to develop and pilot implementation strategies for improving engagement and retention in HIV care among Black sexual minority men (SMM). The project aims to utilize agent-based modeling, qualitative interviews, and stakeholder feedback to characterize barriers to HIV care engagement and identify effective...
This Project Grant award, worth $367,332.00 and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research), will support the "Precision HIV Prevention: Piloting a Youth Learning Health Community" project at Florida State University. The project aims to develop and test implementation strategies for optimizing the delivery of evidence-based HIV prevention interventions tailored for youth in North Florida, a region with high...