(Overview) The Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is composed of two academic institutions, Brown University and Boston University, their affiliated hospitals, Lifespan and Boston Medical Center (BMC), and the RI Department of Health, MA Department of Public Health, local community organizations, and international sites. The mission of the Providence/Boston CFAR is to promote the NIH HIV priority research agenda. We are devoted to the pursuit of translational research to reduce the burden of HIV infection worldwide, with special focus on substance users, women, MSM, justice-involved persons, and at-risk youth. To achieve this goal, we are committed to fostering emerging HIV investigators both domestically and within resource-limited settings. The CFAR consists of 6 Cores (Administrative, Developmental, BioBehavioral Sciences, Biostatistics, Basic and Translational Sciences, Substance Use Research), and one HIV/TB Scientific Working Group. We have a strong, dynamic group of HIV researchers from our long history, and expect continued growth from the addition of Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) investigators. Our goal is to decrease the HIV epidemic by advancing research in prevention, treatment and its cascade, and the care of co- morbidities among the most afflicted and vulnerable populations. The Cores are strategically formed to support areas of strength among the Providence/Boston CFAR investigators. Our investigators have innovative approaches in biomedical prevention, treatment modalities, and cutting-edge research on substance use, leveraging our unique position of having an alcohol and HIV center within each institution. Our HIV in women's program has a long history of defining the natural history of HIV in women, pathogenesis, and prevention, including microbicide research. The partnership also brings research strength in economic analysis, cost- effectiveness, computational biology, and HIV/TB.

Public Health Relevance

(OVERVIEW) The Providence/Boston CFAR, a collaboration between Brown University/Lifespan and Boston University and Boston Medical Center (BUMC), has the leadership, infrastructure, and a wide range of HIV/AIDS Core services for our research community to promote the NIH HIV priority research agenda. Our CFAR is devoted to the pursuit of translational research to reduce the burden of HIV infection worldwide, with special focus on substance users, women, MSM, justice-involved persons, and at-risk youth. To achieve this goal, we are committed to fostering emerging HIV investigators both domestically and within resource-limited settings.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
2P30AI042853-20A1
Application #
9534911
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAI1)
Program Officer
Wong, Elaine Wai-Ken
Project Start
1998-09-01
Project End
2023-06-30
Budget Start
2018-07-01
Budget End
2019-06-30
Support Year
20
Fiscal Year
2018
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Miriam Hospital
Department
Type
DUNS #
063902704
City
Providence
State
RI
Country
United States
Zip Code
Bazzi, Angela R; Biancarelli, Dea L; Childs, Ellen et al. (2018) Limited Knowledge and Mixed Interest in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Among People Who Inject Drugs. AIDS Patient Care STDS 32:529-537
Gantenberg, Jason R; King, Maximilian; Montgomery, Madeline C et al. (2018) Improving the impact of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation in small urban centers among men who have sex with men: An agent-based modelling study. PLoS One 13:e0199915
Barry, Declan T; Marshall, Brandon D L; Becker, William C et al. (2018) Duration of opioid prescriptions predicts incident nonmedical use of prescription opioids among U.S. veterans receiving medical care. Drug Alcohol Depend 191:348-354
Genberg, Becky L; Lee, Hana; Hogan, Joseph W et al. (2018) Point of Diagnosis and Patient Retention in HIV Care in Western Kenya. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 78:383-389
Tarantino, Nicholas; Brown, Larry K; Whiteley, Laura et al. (2018) Correlates of missed clinic visits among youth living with HIV. AIDS Care 30:982-989
Wurcel, Alysse G; Burke, Deirdre J; Wang, Jianing J et al. (2018) The Burden of Untreated HCV Infection in Hospitalized Inmates: a Hospital Utilization and Cost Analysis. J Urban Health 95:467-473
Kahler, Christopher W; Pantalone, David W; Mastroleo, Nadine R et al. (2018) Motivational interviewing with personalized feedback to reduce alcohol use in HIV-infected men who have sex with men: A randomized controlled trial. J Consult Clin Psychol 86:645-656
Nunn, Amy; Parker, Sharon; McCoy, Katryna et al. (2018) African American Clergy Perspectives About the HIV Care Continuum: Results From a Qualitative Study in Jackson, Mississippi. Ethn Dis 28:85-92
Brinkley-Rubinstein, Lauren; Macmadu, Alexandria; Marshall, Brandon D L et al. (2018) Risk of fentanyl-involved overdose among those with past year incarceration: Findings from a recent outbreak in 2014 and 2015. Drug Alcohol Depend 185:189-191
Gamarel, Kristi E; Westfall, Andrew O; Lally, Michelle A et al. (2018) Tobacco Use and Sustained Viral Suppression in Youth Living with HIV. AIDS Behav 22:2018-2025

Showing the most recent 10 out of 806 publications