The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $364,832 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the Children's Research Institute for the project "Using Implementation Science to Enhance HIV Prevention for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men". The grant aims to use implementation science methods to deliver and evaluate an enhanced care intervention called "HIV Prevention Plus Care" (HP+ Care) for young men who have sex with men...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,981,481 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), for the "PREP MY WAY" project. This 5-year study aims to evaluate a novel hybrid Type 1 clinical effectiveness-implementation intervention to promote persistent use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among young women in Kenya. The project will...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $710,187 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to adapt and evaluate the Comprehensive Adherence Resource and Empowerment Support (CARES) intervention for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Adapting the CARES...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) titled "SUUBI4PREP: IMPROVING PREP ACCESS AND ADHERENCE AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN UGANDA" to The Washington University in the amount of $665,225.00. This 5-year grant, effective January 1, 2025, will fund a randomized clinical trial to examine the impact of a multilevel combination intervention on increasing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation...
This Project Grant award, totaling $201,006.00, was issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program. The grant recipient, Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc., an academic medical center affiliated with Harvard Medical School, will use the funding 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) for HIV...
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 to conduct a participatory system dynamics study to identify strategies for improving pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) engagement among Black and Latinx sexual minority men in the Bronx, New York. The two-year grant will fund a collaborative process to: 1) co-design and validate a system dynamics model delineating factors...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $698,683 federal Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of Washington to support the "Scaling Up for Impact: HIV Testing Counselor-Led Pathway to Accelerate PrEP Delivery at Scale" project. This 5-year project, beginning on September 10, 2024, aims to simplify and diversify models for delivering novel HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) interventions, such as monthly dapivirine vaginal rings...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $262,627 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of Colorado-Denver to develop and evaluate a peer navigator mHealth intervention to increase uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and modern contraception among high-risk female university students in Zambia. The project will adapt an existing mobile application and pilot test the peer navigator intervention in a single-arm trial, then further...
This $194,934 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports Dr. Solnick's research to develop and evaluate a protocol for Telephone Initiated PrEP Post-ED Discharge (TIPPED) to improve HIV prevention care for individuals diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections in emergency departments. The key objectives are to: (1) develop a stakeholder-engaged TIPPED protocol and implementation strategy; (2)...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,800,031 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on July 19, 2024. The grant, titled "Determining the Impact of Peer-Led Community-Based PrEP Delivery Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Brazil: A Randomized Controlled Trial," aims to study HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and delivery among sexual and gender minority youth in Brazil. The...