The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded a $698,683 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of Washington to conduct the "Scaling Up for Impact: HIV Testing Counselor-Led Pathway to Accelerate PrEP Delivery at Scale" research project. This project aims to simplify and diversify models for delivering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, with the goal of making these interventions more accessible and scalable to...
This Project Grant award of $665,225 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program, will fund the "SUUBI4PREP: Improving PrEP Access and Adherence among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda" project. The project aims to implement a multilevel combination intervention focused on increasing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation and adherence among adolescent girls and young women living in HIV hotspots in...
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...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,365,212 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) aims to optimize and test a peer-led dynamic choice HIV prevention intervention to increase coverage of biomedical prevention products among women at elevated HIV risk in southwestern Uganda. The project will refine the existing Search Dynamic Choice HIV Prevention (DCP) intervention to further engage women working in venues where transactional sex is...
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...
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 federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), aims to implement an innovative HIV self-testing and long-acting injectable HIV treatment and prevention intervention for commercial minibus drivers in Nigeria. The $809,692 award to The George Washington University, with sub-awards to Wake Forest University Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Emory...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $2,155,836 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to the University of Miami. The funding will support a 5-year, randomized hybrid implementation/effectiveness trial titled "TEST-TO-PREP: A Randomized Hybrid Implementation/Efficacy Trial of a Social Network Strategy to Increase Equitable Reach of HIV Testing and PrEP Information." The study aims to evaluate the...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $1,251,196 to the University of Washington to scale up an evidence-based Adolescent Transition Package (ATP) to support transitional care for youth living with HIV in Kenya. The project aims to compare two implementation strategies for scaling up the ATP: the standard Kenya Ministry of Health approach versus an enhanced strategy that incorporates...
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...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $1,415,374 to the University of Washington to evaluate the integration of HIV prevention, including HIV self-testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), into household-based tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation in Uganda. The overarching goals are to assess the implementation, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of this integrated approach to expand access to HIV services for populations at high risk, including household members of individuals with TB. The project involves a household-randomized trial to compare home-based versus clinic-based PrEP initiation, as well as qualitative assessments of the implementation process and a cost-effectiveness analysis. Two sub-awards have been provided to Harvard Medical School and the Infectious Diseases Institute in Uganda to support specific research components of the project.