Past Research Projects
Past Research Projects
Examples of Past Research Projects:
Prospective Memory and HIV Transmission Risk in Methampetamine Dependence
Agency: UCSD/Academic Senate
Agency Award Number: RH128H-WOODS
To evaluate the effects of methamphetamine use on prospective memory (ProM).
Prospective Memory in HIV-1 Infection
Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: R01MH073419
To extend the findings from the initial grant period by focusing on older adults with HIV, expanding the study design to examine the incidence of ProM impairment and its risk factors, broaden our conceptual model to include habitual ProM, and examine an important new functional outcome, health-related quality of life.
Functional & Cognitive Impact of HIV in Spanish Speakers
Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: R01MH64907
To establish the utility of the functional battery for measuring HIV-related functional impairments in Spanish speakers.
Genetics of Monooxygenase Activity & Methamphetamine-Related Brain Injury in HIV
Agency: NIH/NIDA
Agency Award Number: R03DA027513
To examine the relationship between CYP2D6 and FMO3 genotypes and neuropathologic changes observed in brain tissue from METH dependent subjects who died with AIDS.
Immunophilins in the Neuroglial Response to HIV
Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: 1R21MH76681-NCE
To study the association between immunophilins (IP) and markers of neurodegeneration in HIV infected patients.