# UEM-Vanderbilt Partnership for Research in Implementation Science Mozambique (PRISM)

> **NIH NIH D43** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2021 · $300,864

## Abstract

Project Summary/ Abstract: The Republic of Mozambique, a Portuguese-speaking country of 28 million
people on the southeast coast of Africa, has experienced significant economic growth and distinct progress in
improving health indicators over the past two decades. Since the end of a devastating civil war in 1992, health
has been a government priority, particularly in response to the crushing burden of HIV/AIDS (the 2015 national
prevalence was estimated at 13.2% among adults aged 15-49 years). The UN’s 2018 Human Development
Index ranks Mozambique 180th out of the world’s 189 countries.
While national efforts to expand HIV health care service delivery have focused on strengthening community-
based and regional clinics, there has simultaneously been significant targeted investment to build infrastructure
and human capacity in HIV research, innovation, and health education. Medical research, including
epidemiologic and health services research, has grown dramatically. This growth has stemmed from both
international collaborative projects, such as our current D43 Partnership for Research in Implementation
Science- Mozambique (PRISM) award between the Faculty of Medicine at University Eduardo Mondale (UEM)
and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and also
from Mozambique’s increased emphasis on research as a key component of professional and graduate
education in biomedical sciences and public health.
Through this renewal application we seek to substantially build upon the groundwork laid by the PRISM
collaboration for HIV implementation science research capacity at UEM, Mozambique´s principal medical
school. With the strong academic foundation established through PRISM, we now focus on further
strengthening UEM´s local HIV implementation science research capacity and will support UEM over the next
five years to assume full ownership of this program. We will maximize opportunities in our newly created cohort
of PRISM alumni with Master´s level experience in HIV implementation science as well as the newly launched
UEM Faculty of Medicine Implementation Science Unit, leveraging resources to provide doctoral studies via an
enhanced UEM PhD program for four scholars as well as four faculty fellowships so that all may achieve the
academic requirements needed to become successful independent researchers.
Our Specific Aims are to 1) Train PhD scientists from UEM in HIV implementation science research and
strengthen the UEM PhD program; 2) Solidify the UEM Faculty of Medicine Implementation Science Unit as a
Center of Excellence in Implementation Science training and research; and 3) Expand opportunities for the
conduct of HIV implementation science research by capacitating two Mozambican HIV research
institutions/field sites (Aurum-Mozambique and the Center for Health Research-Manhiça [CISM]).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10147786
- **Project number:** 5D43TW009745-08
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** D. Troy Moon
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $300,864
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2015-06-24 → 2025-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10147786

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10147786, UEM-Vanderbilt Partnership for Research in Implementation Science Mozambique (PRISM) (5D43TW009745-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10147786. Licensed CC0.

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