# Methods Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2020 · $160,023

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
To advance HIV-related basic research, optimize the development and implementation of efficacious and
effective HIV preventive interventions and strategies, support the integration of research disciplines (e.g., basic
science, policy, implementation), and facilitate the use of emerging technologies to halt the spread of HIV, we
need to use optimal theories and scientific methods. However, HIV research presents a challenge in
determining which, from a continually growing list of research methods and data collection and intervention
delivery technologies, best suit the needs of particular research questions and projects. Moreover, existing
methodologies may be insufficient to address a specific research need. Additional challenges include
increasingly rigorous and complex standards for data sharing and reporting results. The Methods Core ensures
that CAPS investigators are equipped to meet these challenges. Investigators require timely and specialized
input to learn, select, and implement best practices in developing research questions, in designing studies and
measurement instruments, and in data acquisition, management, and analysis. To meet these needs, the
Methods Core will promote the use of optimal methods through carrying out our specific aims: 1) Supporting,
training and consulting on innovative research designs and methods; 2) Promoting development and use of
new and emerging methods in HIV prevention research, and 3) Enhancing the use of cutting-edge
technologies in HIV prevention research. The Methods Core collaborates with and supports CAPS scientists
through all steps of the research process, from idea generation and theory testing through applying research
methods in intervention development and implementation to the dissemination of final results. Reflecting the
Center's long-term goals in the proposed funding period, the Core will continue its strong record of support for
CAPS scientists in a broad variety of new and existing research methods while expanding its focus on new
methods development and technologies. Via these activities the Methods Core will contribute crucially to the
research needed to end the HIV epidemic.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10000221
- **Project number:** 5P30MH062246-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Torsten Brian Neilands
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $160,023
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-24 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10000221

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10000221, Methods Core (5P30MH062246-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10000221. Licensed CC0.

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