Current Research Projects - Blog Style

Current Research Projects - Blog Style

Texting to Improve Adherence in HIV+ with Bipolar Disorder

Agency: CHRP
Agency Award Number: ID09-SD-047

To improve the health of persons with HIV infection and bipolar disorder by testing a text messaging intervention that automatically sends text message reminders to participants.

Implementation of an Efficacious Intervention for HIgh Risk Women in Mexico

Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: 1R01MH08754-01A1

To study the implementation of an efficacious intervention to reduce STIs among female sex workers.

Raltegravir Concentrations in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Agency: Merck Pharm
Agency Award Number: 33132

This project will estimate the penetration of Raltegravir into the brain by
measuring its concentrations in CSF and estimate the antiviral effectiveness
in the brain of Raltegravir by measuring HIV RNA levels in CSF.

 

HIV-1 Adaptation in the CNS

Agency: NIH/NIMH

Agency Award Number: 5R01NS051132-05

The Transmission and Fitness of Drug Resistant HIV

Agency: NIH/NIAID

Agency Award Number: 5R01AI047033-06

To determine the prevalence of transmitted drug resistant variants including those that may be resistant to new antiretroviral targets such as inhibitors of viral fusion (enfuvirtide) and integration.

A Multi-Site Investigation into the Effect of HIV Clade on Neurocognitive Impairment

Agency: NIH/NIMH

Agency Award Number: 5R01MH083552-02

To characterize and compare the burden of HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) occurring among individuals living in Brazil, China, India, Romania and the United States, and to evaluate the neurovirulent and neurotropic genotypic determinants between subtypes.

Mannose Binding Lectin in Neuroinflammation and NeuroAIDS

Agency: NIH/NIMH

Agency Award Number: 5R01MH085608-02

To determine the novel role of mannose binding lectin in susceptibility of HIV-1 infection in brain and related neuroinflammation, viral protein accumulation and neurocognitive impairment.

  1. Mechanisms of Neuroprotection in HIV Encephalitis
  2. NeuroAIDS in Cameroon: Molecular Determinants
  3. Creating a Pediatric Imaging-Genomics Data Resource
  4. Methamphetamine Abuse, Acute HIV Infection, GALT Destruction, and HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)
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