# SWG Ending HIV in Alabama

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2021 · $23,990

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Ending HIV in Alabama Scientific Working Group (SWG)
The UAB CFAR is at the forefront of research investigating psychosocial and behavioral factors influencing all
aspects of the HIV prevention and treatment care continuums in targeted social, cultural, economic,
geographical, and healthcare settings, situated in the Deep South. Formed in 2017, the Ending HIV in Alabama
SWG promotes interdisciplinary research in this especially vulnerable region through: 1) development of novel
approaches to improve outcomes in prevention, testing, linkage to care, retention in care, and viral suppression;
2) implementation of evidence-based interventions through coordination of interdisciplinary teams; and 3)
recruitment and mentoring of trainees and early stage investigators in epidemiologic and implementation science
research aimed at eliminating HIV in Alabama. These are crucial steps to controlling the domestic HIV epidemic.
The overarching goal of the SWG is to lead the statewide effort to eliminate HIV in Alabama by promoting
advances in HIV research and innovation. SWG membership reflects a broad range of clinical, epidemiologic,
socio-behavioral, community, and implementation science experts working together. Our areas of research
consist of scaling up proven HIV prevention interventions including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) targeted to
local HIV incidence informed by geospatial modeling, biomedical and behavioral intervention development to
improve engagement in care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy to optimize viral suppression, and
epidemiological and biostatistical methods to refine measurement of baseline and post-intervention endpoints.
The SWG goals over the next project period include: adding 10 investigators to HIV research; developing novel
partnerships at the community, regional, and state levels; funding five pilot grants commensurate with the SWG
aims facilitated by intra-CFAR synergy with Core B; securing at least five funded NIH R-level awards based on
findings from the SWG’s early work; publishing 20 peer-reviewed manuscripts that represent clinical and
scientific advances aligned with the SWG’s goals; organizing training workshops focused on HIV-related
implementation science and geospatial methodologies; and hosting an annual symposium with community
partners highlighting our progress towards Ending HIV in Alabama. Progress in these goals will ultimately lead
Alabama closer to the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets and the U.S. National HIV/AIDS strategy goals. Based on 2017
HIV surveillance estimates, achieving these targets will require a 7% increase in the number of diagnosed people
living with HIV, and a 35% and 61% increase in care engagement and viral suppression, respectively, in the
state of Alabama.
The SWG structure within the UAB CFAR is uniquely positioned to confront the disproportionate burden of the
HIV epidemic on the Southern U.S. while advancing the scientific agenda of the CFAR and the NIH Office of
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10159185
- **Project number:** 5P30AI027767-33
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** JEANNE M MARRAZZO
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $23,990
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-03-01 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10159185

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10159185, SWG Ending HIV in Alabama (5P30AI027767-33). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10159185. Licensed CC0.

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