# Community Engagement Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2020 · $201,625

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The Community Engagement (CE) Core's overarching goal is to close the gap between HIV prevention
science and practice, domestically and internationally, in order to support the mission of CAPS, further the
implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and meet the objectives outlined in UNAIDS 90-90-90.
Recent innovations in HIV prevention have not yet reached their full potential to help end the HIV epidemic,
especially among disproportionately burdened populations. A key factor to closing the gap between research
and practice is community engagement. The CE process allows scientists to share HIV prevention research
with the community and communities to share their own wisdom and experiences to help guide the science.
CE practices may especially influence the ability to reduce disparities in HIV, as they can help build trust with
communities and enhance communication between researchers and community members—especially with
communities that have been historically distrustful of research. The aims of the Core are to (1) facilitate
domestic and international communities' access to and use of CAPS' HIV prevention research; (2) support
CAPS scientists' use of community expertise; and (3) support domestic and international community-engaged
research that is participatory, cooperative, collaborative, sustainable, and equitable. The CE core will facilitate
the Center's mission to end the HIV epidemic and associated health and social disparities by bringing
community voices and perspectives into HIV prevention research and improving the dissemination of HIV
prevention science into the community—especially into communities disproportionately impacted by HIV. The
core will support the effective translation of research into practice and will facilitate linkages and connection
between the community and CAPS scientists. The core will continue to innovate and build on its strong record
of support for community-engaged research, reflecting its commitment to bidirectional approaches involving
exchange between CAPS and communities, while also expanding its focus on enhanced and innovative
approaches to promote the new treatment and prevention technologies that have been developed and need to
be implemented.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10000222
- **Project number:** 5P30MH062246-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Marguerita A. Lightfoot
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $201,625
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-24 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10000222

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10000222, Community Engagement Core (5P30MH062246-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10000222. Licensed CC0.

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