Project Grant U083A090104

This $422,282 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) aims to develop a multi-component implementation strategy to link adolescent girls and young women in South Africa who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options, including long-acting PrEP modalities. The project, titled "Meeting South African Adolescent Girls and Young Women Who Experience Intimate...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $1,981,481 to The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital) to conduct a clinical trial evaluating a novel "PREP My Way" intervention for promoting PrEP persistence among young women in Kenya. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Augmenting the PREP My Way...

This $1,701,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) will fund an implementation science study to spread and sustain a culturally grounded substance use prevention curriculum, "Ho`ouna Pono," for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth in rural Hawaii. The study will use a community-based participatory research approach, including innovative methods like community-led...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director (CFDA 93.310 Trans-NIH Research Support) provides $694,434 to Colorado State University (CSU) to refine and test the effects of a caregiver-mediated intervention called EXPO (Executive Function Play Opportunities) designed to strengthen executive function skills in young children with Down syndrome. The project involves refining the EXPO intervention during the R61 phase based on caregiver...

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 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) K01 award provides $194,098 to Dr. Erath at the University of Vermont to gain expertise in implementation science and advance the use of contingency management (CM), an evidence-based treatment for stimulant use disorder (StimUD), in community harm reduction settings. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4.5-year Project Grant are: 1) Qualitative research examining contextual factors for implementing CM for StimUD in syringe...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $702,000.00 was provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855). The award aims to identify barriers and facilitators to implementation of long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (LAI-PrEP) for HIV prevention, determine optimal implementation strategies in partnership with stakeholders, and pilot an implementation strategy within two...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), aims to determine the effectiveness and associated mechanisms of a package of strategies to reduce the use of inappropriate feeding practices in early care and education (ECE) settings. The $614,450 award will fund a cluster-randomized hybrid Type III trial across 88 ECE sites serving children...

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 $749,685 National Science Foundation project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of an Automated, Integrated, Multimodal Software (AIMS) system to improve inclusive access to information for persons with disabilities. Saint Louis University leads a consortium that includes software companies Vital, Unar Labs, and Viewplus Technologies to build a unified framework for authoring, converting, and delivering accessible content...