This $756,077 Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The grant supports a 5-year research study to investigate the long-term immunologic, cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurocognitive outcomes in children and adolescents with perinatal HIV infection who have achieved viral suppression on long-term antiretroviral therapy. The research will assess...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will provide $539,000.00 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct research focused on improving the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The research will evaluate the population-level effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a comprehensive...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $146,550 to the University of Illinois to conduct a mixed-methods research study investigating social and behavioral drivers of HIV risk among South African adolescent girls and young women (SA-AGYW). The key objectives are to: 1) Analyze baseline data from a large HIV prevention intervention to...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to develop ultra-long-acting antiretroviral drug formulations for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in pediatric populations. The $2,207,322 award, effective January 17, 2025 through December 31, 2026, supports an innovative approach to transform established oral pediatric therapies, such as...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $1,272,602 to Trustees of Boston University and its sub-awardee Wits Health Consortium to conduct a cluster-randomized efficacy trial integrating the "Undetectable = Untransmittable" (U=U) messaging into HIV counseling in South Africa. The study aims to (1) refine a U=U educational mobile app intervention and (2) evaluate its impact on...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $1,463,500 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct a randomized controlled trial of an agricultural livelihood intervention to improve maternal and newborn health and nutrition in Kenya. The 5-year project, which began on January 17, 2025, aims to determine the effectiveness of...
This Project Grant award of $595,552 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will develop and test a two-way SMS platform to prevent and treat wasting among HIV-infected and HIV-exposed uninfected children. The project will create a Maternally Administered Malnutrition Monitoring System (MAMMS) combined with Infant and Young Child Education (IYCF) delivered via SMS. After...
This Project Grant award, valued at $244,328.00 and provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under CFDA Program 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, will support research to investigate the impact of in-utero HIV and antiretroviral (ARV) exposure on the placenta and birth weight. The study aims to compare placental histologic abnormalities based on ARV levels in neonatal hair and maternal dried blood spots, as well as determine the effects of...
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 under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development will support research on the impact of dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens on appetite regulation and weight management in postpartum women living with HIV and their HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants. The total funding amount is $262,105 for the project period from August 6, 2024 to...