This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a cluster randomized controlled trial to test the impact of a long-term, dynamic choice intervention on 12-month viral suppression among HIV clients experiencing treatment interruption in Malawi. The $653,677 award will be used to implement this research initiative over a project period from April 1, 2025 to January 31, 2030. The goal is to...
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 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,330,652 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Washington to conduct a hybrid type-1 effectiveness-implementation trial of the "Motivation Matters!" (MM!) mHealth intervention. The goal is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of MM!, a theory-based mobile health intervention, for achieving undetectable viral load in HIV-positive African women engaged in sex work who...
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)...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,210,865, provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to identify unique neural and inflammatory mechanisms of depression in people living with HIV (PLWH). The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will conduct a cross-sectional study to enroll PLWH who are depressed and non-depressed, as well as HIV-negative subjects who are depressed and non-depressed. The research...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program to The Washington University in the amount of $1,325,208 on August 9, 2024. The grant will fund a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to assess different sequential combinations of strategies to return individuals with HIV treatment lapses to care and reengage them long-term in Zambia. The key products/services to be delivered include: Comparing...
This $715,041 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 understand real-world choices, preferences, and outcomes related to the roll-out of oral and long-acting injectable PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) among women in Malawi. The study, titled "Better Info on Women's PrEP Choices and Outcomes in Malawi", has three specific aims: 1) Evaluate longitudinal patterns of oral...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded a $639,615 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to adapt and pilot test an evidence-based intervention for transgender women (TW) in Vietnam. The intervention, called Transaction (TA), was developed by a co-investigator at the Friends Research Institute and includes core elements of outreach, individual risk-reduction counseling, skill-building...
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...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was awarded a $415,876 Project Grant under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) by the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. The purpose of this grant is to optimize and utilize a novel five-dimensional (5D) magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) technique called "ROSE-JRESI" and three-dimensional myelin water imaging (MWI) to study...