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Joe Watabe, MS
CFAR Developmental Core Manager
This program is currently on indefinite hold due to changing NIH policies.
Amount available: $30,000 in direct costs for 1 year
Apply through the UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) portal
The International Mentored Scientist Award seeks to provide a mentored career development opportunity in HIV research for international investigators affiliated with UCSF. Applicants for this award must indicate a UCSF-affiliated faculty research mentor(s) in HIV who will commit to guiding the applicant for the application process and throughout the duration of the proposed project. Project proposals should be geared toward the interests of the applicant (e.g., clinical, basic, implementation science and/or behavioral-epidemiological research) and focus on HIV research in the investigator’s home country.
Eligibility
Researchers (all levels), post-doctoral fellows, and trainees located at a UCSF-affiliated foreign institution who have not received an NIH R01- equivalent grant in HIV/AIDS are eligible. Please note that CFAR is not allowed to provide funding to any investigators who have received HIV-related R01 awards. More senior faculty members may apply only if they are newly entering the field of HIV research.
Designation of Mentor (Critical)
Mentoring is critical to the training component of the CFAR International Mentored Scientist awards. All International Mentored award applications require a faculty research mentor from UCSF or a UCSF-affiliated institution (https://cfar.ucsf.edu/about/partners). Applications without a mentor will be disqualified.
Applicants must identify their UCSF-affiliated mentors and arrange to receive mentor advice and guidance on the research portion of their application well before it is submitted (typically at least two months before the RAP deadline). CFAR is no longer available to assist with mentor identification.
Projects must be within NIH’s HIV/AIDS research high or medium priority areas. Projects in closely related areas (e.g. TB, HCV, drug use, etc.) must be clearly linked to HIV in order to be eligible for CFAR funding.
CFAR requests that applicants review the NIAID HIV Language Guide as they prepare their proposals so that they can follow best practices on language for communicating respectfully about HIV and related topics, including the use of person-first, non-stigmatizing language. Please contact us if you have any questions about this request.
The award amount is $30,000 in direct costs for one year.
For more detailed information about this RFA, please see the RAP Portal.
International Mentored Science Awardees
38 Awards
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Assessing the role of trusted adults in shaping young men’s HIV prevention behavior: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study
Assessing the role of trusted adults in shaping young men’s HIV prevention behavior: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study
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Assessing the role of trusted adults in shaping young men’s HIV prevention behavior: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study
Assessing the role of trusted adults in shaping young men’s HIV prevention behavior: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study
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Extreme Weather Events, HIV, and mental health: Qualitative insights into the mechanisms of effect and adaptation strategies by Persons Living with HIV in Western Kenya
Extreme Weather Events, HIV, and mental health: Qualitative insights into the mechanisms of effect and adaptation strategies by Persons Living with HIV in Western Kenya
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Extreme Weather Events, HIV, and mental health: Qualitative insights into the mechanisms of effect and adaptation strategies by Persons Living with HIV in Western Kenya
Extreme Weather Events, HIV, and mental health: Qualitative insights into the mechanisms of effect and adaptation strategies by Persons Living with HIV in Western Kenya
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Assessment of chronic kidney disease and its progression among older people living with HIV in Uganda
Assessment of chronic kidney disease and its progression among older people living with HIV in Uganda
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In Uganda, people living with HIV(PLWH) are growing into old age owing to increased access to antiretroviral therapy. Despite this success, living with HIV has been associated with a substantial burden of non-communicable diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and they are particularly three times likely to get chronic kidney disease (CKD) than the HIV-negative population.
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Assessment of chronic kidney disease and its progression among older people living with HIV in Uganda
Assessment of chronic kidney disease and its progression among older people living with HIV in Uganda
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In Uganda, people living with HIV(PLWH) are growing into old age owing to increased access to antiretroviral therapy. Despite this success, living with HIV has been associated with a substantial burden of non-communicable diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and they are particularly three times likely to get chronic kidney disease (CKD) than the HIV-negative population.
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The Accuracy of Clinical TB Diagnoses among HIV positive and negative individuals in Zambia: Alternative Diagnoses, Treatment Outcomes, and Decision-Making Factors
The Accuracy of Clinical TB Diagnoses among HIV positive and negative individuals in Zambia: Alternative Diagnoses, Treatment Outcomes, and Decision-Making Factors
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Despite increasing access to rapid, accurate tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics, 37% (2.5 million) of global TB notifications in 2022 were clinically diagnosed (i.e., lacking bacteriological confirmation). A key challenge in accurately diagnosing TB without bacteriological confirmation is that the clinical and radiological presentation of TB often mimics other conditions.
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The Accuracy of Clinical TB Diagnoses among HIV positive and negative individuals in Zambia: Alternative Diagnoses, Treatment Outcomes, and Decision-Making Factors
The Accuracy of Clinical TB Diagnoses among HIV positive and negative individuals in Zambia: Alternative Diagnoses, Treatment Outcomes, and Decision-Making Factors
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Despite increasing access to rapid, accurate tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics, 37% (2.5 million) of global TB notifications in 2022 were clinically diagnosed (i.e., lacking bacteriological confirmation). A key challenge in accurately diagnosing TB without bacteriological confirmation is that the clinical and radiological presentation of TB often mimics other conditions.
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“For Us by Us:” A Peer-led Community-Informed Exploratory Study to Increase HIV-Self Testing and PrEP Uptake Among Men who have Sex with Men in Nairobi, Kenya
“For Us by Us:” A Peer-led Community-Informed Exploratory Study to Increase HIV-Self Testing and PrEP Uptake Among Men who have Sex with Men in Nairobi, Kenya
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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to be the region with the highest burden of HIV with over 69% of people living with HIV residing in the continent. Kenya is among the top four countries with high HIV burden. Key populations, which includes sexual and gender minorities accounting for the highest HIV prevalence in Kenya compared to the general population.
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“For Us by Us:” A Peer-led Community-Informed Exploratory Study to Increase HIV-Self Testing and PrEP Uptake Among Men who have Sex with Men in Nairobi, Kenya
“For Us by Us:” A Peer-led Community-Informed Exploratory Study to Increase HIV-Self Testing and PrEP Uptake Among Men who have Sex with Men in Nairobi, Kenya
Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to be the region with the highest burden of HIV with over 69% of people living with HIV residing in the continent. Kenya is among the top four countries with high HIV burden. Key populations, which includes sexual and gender minorities accounting for the highest HIV prevalence in Kenya compared to the general population.