# Caribbean, Central and South America Network for HIV Epidemiology (CCASAnet)

> **NIH NIH U01** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $65,400

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet) is an established and
productive network within the International epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (leDEA) program.
CCASAnet was created in 2006 during the first leDEA funding cycle and has brought together clinical,
statistical, epidemiologic, and informatics resources from HIV clinical care and research sites in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti; Mexico City, Mexico; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Lima, Peru; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; and
Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, along with a coordinating center in Nashville, USA.
Together, the members of the CCASAnet collaboration respond to scientific opportunities arising in the region
and across HIV research networks worldwide. The CCASAnet Data Coordinating Center at Vanderbilt
University (VDCC) manages the CCASAnet consortium and works to harmonize and analyze the complex
databases generated by participating sites. The VDCC also provides mentoring and education to enhance
clinical research and data management capabilities at CCASAnet sites, promote junior researchers, and
catalyze ongoing growth of scientific leadership in the region. Over the next five years, CCASAnet will evaluate
clinical outcomes and complications related to HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy in the region, and
determine the impact of infections other than HIV, particularly tuberculosis, hepatitis, human papillomavirus,
and dengue. CCASAnet studies will investigate non-communicable diseases such as cancer and heart
disease, regional trends in the HIV epidemic and its impact on vulnerable populations, and other issues of
public health importance in Latin America. Additionally, studies will address factors uniquely related to children,
adolescents, and young adults with HIV. We will continue to develop and apply innovative biostatistics and
informatics methods, grow our productive collaborations with other IeDEA regions, and provide leadership in
the site assessment and data harmonization initiatives. Through these activities, CCASAnet 3.0 will help
advance both the science of HIV epidemiology and the information science that underpins international
research collaboration.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10089682
- **Project number:** 3U01AI069923-15S1
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Pedro Enrique Cahn
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $65,400
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-03-19 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10089682

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10089682, Caribbean, Central and South America Network for HIV Epidemiology (CCASAnet) (3U01AI069923-15S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10089682. Licensed CC0.

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