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 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to develop an implementation strategy for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in pediatric primary care settings based on academic detailing, a 1-on-1 educational outreach technique. The award of $193,754 to The Children's Hospital Corporation (doing business as Boston Children's Hospital), a non-profit organization, will fund a study to: 1) explore...
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 $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,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will fund a pragmatic pilot feasibility trial to assess the clinical and implementation outcomes of using point-of-care sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing to improve HIV prevention service delivery in adolescents. The $223,550 award, effective June 9, 2025 through June 8, 2027, will be provided to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
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 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $195,896 to The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. to conduct a convergent mixed methods study. The study aims to identify rural young men who have sex with men's (YMSM) preferences and implementation needs related to long-acting injectable (LAI) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, informed by the Consolidated Framework for...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to adapt and evaluate the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Adherence Resource and Empowerment Support (CARES) intervention to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) continuation and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The total funding amount is $710,187, with an award date of September 11, 2024 and an...
This Project Grant award of $469,291, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program, supports a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial to evaluate an algorithm-driven implementation strategy for a comprehensive care management and care coordination (CCM/CC) intervention for people with HIV (PWH). The project aims to: 1) Examine the effectiveness of the algorithm-driven CCM/CC implementation strategy on improving HIV...
The University of South Florida (USF) received a $389,527 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct a study examining strategies and contextual factors that optimize the delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in Kenya. The key products and services to be delivered through this two-year project include: Identifying implementation strategies and contextual factors that...