Agency: NIH/NIMH
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Past Research Projects
Past Research Projects
Examples of Past Research Projects:
Prospective Memory and HIV Transmission Risk in Methampetamine Dependence
Agency: UCSD
Agency Award Number: R128H-WOODS
To clarify the nature and extent of prospective memory impairment in methamphetamine users, and to determine the relationships between prevention intentions, prospective memory impairment and HIV trasmission risk among methamphetamine users.
NGX-4010 for Treatment of HIV-AN
Functional & Cognitive Impact of HIV in Spanish Speakers
Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: R01
To establish the utility of the functional battery for measuring HIV-related functional impairments in Spanish speakers.
PET Imaging of Beta-Amyloid in the HIV Brain
Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: R21
Test the feasibility of using the PIB PET ligand to detect b-amyloid in the brains of HIV patients and compare the imaging results to neuropsychiatric examination, and compare the abundance and distribution of beta-amyloid in autopsy brain tissues to other markers of neurodegeneration associated with HIV in the brain.
HIV Neuropathogenesis in a Cohort of Long-Term Surviving Young Adults in Romania
Agency: NIH/NIMH/FIC
Agency Award Number: R21
To demonstrate feasibility and help develop an infrastructure to perform neurobehavioral and virological studies in Romania, which may provide a unique insight in the future of HIV-associated NP impairment in long term-survivors on HAART.
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: R01NS051132
To identify and characterize immunologic determinants of HIV evolution in the CNS.