Past Research Projects
Past Research Projects
Examples of Past Research Projects:
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.
Personalized Text Messages to Improve ART Adherence in HIV+ Methamphetamine Users
Agency: NIH/NIDA
Agency Award Number: R34 DA031058
To further develop and refine a personalized, automated, real-time, mobile phone, text messaging intervention (iTAB) designed to improve adherence to ART medications among HIV+/METH+ persons.
Calibrated BOLD fMRI of HIV Associated Neurocognitive Impairment (HAND)
Agency: NIMH
Agency Award Number: K23MH081786
The goal of this five-year training award is to become a patient-orientated researcher in neuroAIDS.
Implementation of an Efficacious Intervention for HIgh Risk Women in Mexico
Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: R01MH087054
To study the implementation of an efficacious intervention to reduce STIs among female sex workers.
HIV Evolution in Dementia
Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: 5 P30 MH062512-09
To examine development and course of neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric consequence of HIV disease.
Medication Adherence Among Bipolar Disorder Patients
Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: R03
To determine if there are differences between the medication adherence abilities of persons with co-occurring bipolar disorder and HIV infection as compared to those with HIV infection alone, and to assess the predictors of nonadherence in these groups.
Effect of APOE Genotype on Prospective Memory in HIV
Agency: CHRP
Agency Award Number: D07-SD-4
To investigate whether the polymorphism of the apoE genotype affects cognitive performance in HIV-1 seropositive individuals and examines the relationship between apoE genotype and prospective memory performance in HIV-1 seropositive individuals.