This $469,291 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports a study to improve HIV care outcomes through a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial. The key products and services to be delivered include: Examining the effectiveness of an algorithm-driven Comprehensive Care Management and Care Coordination (CCM/CC) implementation strategy on improving HIV-related outcomes like emergency department...
This $452,376 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports research to develop a predictive model for identifying HIV patients at risk of disengaging from medical care. The University of Chicago is conducting this 2-year project, which has two key objectives: Determine the performance of a Natural Language Processing (NLP) model for predicting loss to follow-up (LTFU) from HIV care across...
This $1,325,208 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) supports a comprehensive research study to evaluate sequential strategies for returning and re-engaging individuals with HIV treatment lapses in Zambia. The primary objective is to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of combinations of navigation services and community-based medication delivery to improve viral suppression rates. The study will recruit...
This $180,946 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to develop and evaluate an adaptive implementation strategy for delivering problem-solving therapy to people living with HIV in South Africa. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: Determining stakeholder preferences for implementing problem-solving therapy through focus groups and interviews with people...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a 5-year, $2,856,918 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to evaluate the efficacy of an enhanced problem-solving therapy intervention to improve perinatal depression and engagement in HIV care among women living with HIV in Malawi. The study aims to test the intervention's impact on perinatal mental health, HIV care engagement, and infant health outcomes, as well as...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to implement a cluster randomized control trial (CRCT) testing the impact of a long-term, dynamic choice intervention on 12-month viral suppression for HIV treatment interruption clients in Malawi. The $653,677 grant, awarded on April 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2030, will support...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $780,447 to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. to evaluate the effectiveness of a differentiated service delivery (DSD) model called CARES-DSD in improving viral suppression among people living with HIV who have experienced gaps in care in South Africa. The award will fund a hybrid type 1 clinical trial to test the CARES-DSD model, which...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA Program #93.242 "Mental Health Research Grants" will develop and refine a multicomponent behavioral intervention delivered by lay health workers to address both HIV viral suppression and postpartum weight retention among postpartum women living with HIV in South Africa. The $1,188,296 award will fund a 3-year project that aims to: 1) Refine the planned intervention through participatory...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Emory University a Project Grant under CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants to develop and pilot test an integrated intervention addressing mental health and HIV medication adherence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa. The $198,531 award, effective August 19, 2024 through July 31, 2027, will fund formative research, an open pilot, and a randomized pilot trial to evaluate the "WECARE" intervention. This...
This federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) provides $1,927,030.00 to the University of Miami to implement and evaluate strategies for increasing the reach of evidence-based treatments for depression and antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV in South Africa. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year grant include: Evaluating a core set and enhanced set of implementation...