This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), authorized under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is for $692,070 to adapt and pilot test a digital health HIV prevention intervention for Black heterosexual couples in New York State. The primary objectives are to: 1) Adapt an existing digital health intervention to meet the specific needs of this target population; and 2) Conduct a 6-month pilot randomized controlled trial with 60 couples to...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to develop, pilot, and evaluate a multilevel intervention that combines a refined media campaign and peer-based strategy to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among young Latino sexual minority men. The $186,840 award, effective from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2028, will be administered by the University of Chicago. The...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $128,247 to the University of Miami to examine the use of online gaming and offline friendship networks among Latinx men who have sex with men (LMSM) to promote access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) information and HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits. The study aims to characterize the social networks of LMSM online gamers, understand the potential...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,935,300.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) will fund a site-randomized trial of a novel social network recruitment intervention called E-SNRHT in South Africa. The goal is to locate more undiagnosed HIV-positive cases, increase HIV testing among men, and reduce HIV-related stigma. The University of Illinois is the prime awardee and will collaborate with sub-awardees the Human Sciences Research...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $197,035 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), to design and evaluate a community-based intervention to better engage men who use substances in HIV prevention services in rural South Africa. The key objectives are to: 1) explore the experiences, perceptions, and preferences for HIV prevention and health...
This National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Project Grant award under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a $364,832 study to use implementation science methods to deliver and evaluate an enhanced care intervention, HIV Prevention Plus Care (HP+ Care), for young men who have sex with men (YMSM) starting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in two clinics. The HP+ Care intervention will include motivational interviewing and personalized health education to promote...
This $221,635 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will support a community-engaged modeling and implementation science project to develop re-linkage interventions for Black sexual minority men with HIV. The project aims to use agent-based modeling, qualitative data, and implementation science methods to characterize barriers to HIV care engagement and identify strategies to improve re-linkage,...
This $198,531 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to develop and pilot test an integrated intervention that addresses mental health and HIV medication adherence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa. The proposed "WECARE" intervention will be based on principles of problem-solving therapy, minority stress theory, and a status-neutral approach to target both mental...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $415,476 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Washington for the "KABAWIL: Adapting an Intervention to Reduce Intersectional Stigmas among Indigenous Sexual Minority Men and Traditional Healers in Mesoamerica" project. The study aims to adapt and pilot test a culturally-tailored version of the "Finding Respect and Ending Stigma around HIV" (FRESH)...
This Project Grant award of $616,742 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a 1.5-year research study on the impact of geographic mobility on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV care outcomes among Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in New York City. The study aims to characterize patterns of geographic mobility and determine how past-year mobility impacts PrEP...
The federal Project Grant award R34MH134603, totaling $1,029,739.00, was awarded on September 11, 2024 by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). The award supports the "Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an Adapted Group-Based and Online HIV Prevention Intervention for Immigrant Sexual Minority Men in the US" project.
The key objectives of the project are to: 1) adapt the existing ESTEEM (Effective Skills to Empower Effective Men) intervention to an online group format for Arab immigrant sexual minority men in the US, and 2) conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the intervention's acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy on HIV-risk behavior and mental health outcomes. The project involves input from mental health experts and the target population, as well as a pilot study with 60 participants. Sub-awards were made to researchers at Yale University and Columbia University to support the adaptation and evaluation of the intervention.