Project Grant R13AI147897

This $100,720 Project Grant awarded by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) aims to strengthen the capacity of the African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data Intensive Sciences (ACE) in Uganda to support HIV research. The grant will fund the training of four local staff in high-performance computing (HPC) competencies at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, enabling them to implement HPC system improvements and integrate HPC...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $10,151,871 Cooperative Agreement under the Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067) to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to lead the Alliance for Country-Led Control of the HIV Epidemic by Leveraging Efficient Resource Allocation to Achieve Equity (ACCELERATE) consortium. This 4-year award, effective September 30, 2024, aims to promote sustainable, data-driven, and equitable HIV/AIDS programs in Kenya, Uganda,...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $100,000 from the Department of State Bureau of African Affairs will support Health Development Consultancy Services (Hedecs) to improve HIV service delivery and outcomes for key populations in eight regions of Cameroon through September 2023. Funded through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs (PEPFAR; CFDA #19.029), Hedecs will identify and understand data-driven solutions to overcome barriers and ensure key populations receive...

This Project Grant award in the amount of $431,712, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), aims to improve HIV testing among children under five in rural Uganda. The primary goal is to engage with traditional healers to facilitate HIV counseling and testing via oral swab antigen tests for this vulnerable pediatric population. The award supports two key activities: 1) determining barriers and...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) totaling $582,959 will fund a pilot study to integrate a "Universal Test and Connect" (UTC) HIV service delivery strategy in emergency care settings in South Africa. The goal is to expand access to both preventative (pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis) and therapeutic (ART initiation) HIV services through the emergency department,...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $186,319 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to adapt and test an intervention to reduce HIV-related stigma among pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa. The key activities include: 1) Describing the stigma experiences and mental health impacts of women living with HIV during...

This R21 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $234,750 to Emory University to develop and pilot test a culturally-responsive mental health support intervention called "WEYERA" for Ethiopian and Eritrean (Habesha) emerging adults in Atlanta, Georgia. The key objectives are to: 1) develop the WEYERA intervention in collaboration with a Habesha youth advisory...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $9,250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Global AIDS federal grant program (CFDA 93.067) to Georgetown University (GU) and 12 Haitian indigenous partners for the "Translating Data and Evidence into Impact Plus (TIDE+)" project. The project aims to improve HIV treatment continuity, increase availability of differentiated service delivery models, prevent treatment interruption, empower peer groups of people living with...

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...

This $187,491 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop and test a digital health tool for assessing and reducing intersectional stigma in order to improve HIV care in ART centers in Nepal. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year grant include: Intervention design, pre-piloting, and execution of the INCLUDE digital health tool, in...