# Behavior Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2021 · $362,560

## Abstract

Project Summary
 The goal of the Behavioral Science Core (BSC) is to support the ERH-CFAR mission by facilitating the
development and implementation of interdisciplinary, theory-driven, rigorous behavioral and social science
research that aligns bench, bedside and community to prevent new HIV infections and improve HIV care.
Behavioral and social science research continues to be indispensable to attenuating the HIV/AIDS epidemic,
through “combination prevention” which joins behavioral, social, and biomedical approaches; understanding
acceptability, uptake, and adherence to effective biomedical technologies such as condoms, topical
microbicides, intravaginal rings, PEP and PrEP, and emerging therapies such as bNAb; and reducing attrition
at each stage of the HIV Prevention and Care continuum. The BSC has five Specific Aims:
1. Support development of new, innovative behavioral research by providing technical assistance on study
 design; qualitative and mixed methods through a new Qualitative Method Resource; and measurement.
 With the Clinical Translational Implementation Science Core (CTIS), we will assure translational potential.
2. Provide access to the Cognitive Interview Lab, a new resource staffed by trained interviewers who can test
 new measures and evaluate whether existing measures fit new populations or purposes.
3. Lead the ERC-CFAR Community Participatory Partnership to shape the ERC-CFAR research agenda.
4. With the Biomarker and Advanced Technology Core (BATC), guide combination measurement by
 developing new, and advising on existing, biomarkers for behavioral outcomes including ART and PrEP
 adherence from blood and hair drug anabolite assays, and RSID (a measure of semenogelin) in vaginal
 swabs and SPERM HI-LITER (immunofluorescence assay that detects sperm) for rectal swabs.
5. With the Development Core, mentor ESI, community and clinical researchers in behavioral research
 methods and community collaboration, and support collaboration through CFAR catalytic microgrants.
The strengths of the BSC – its foundation in existing expertise at Einstein and Hunter and its infrastructure
(Qualitative Methods Resource, Cognitive Interview Lab, Biomarker advice, CPP) -- will provide essential
support to enhance the capacity of the ERH-CFAR to meet its agenda, to arrest the AIDS epidemic.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10147760
- **Project number:** 5P30AI124414-06
- **Recipient organization:** ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Laurie J Bauman
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $362,560
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-05-01 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10147760

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10147760, Behavior Core (5P30AI124414-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10147760. Licensed CC0.

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