# Integrated Care for Addiction, HIV and HCV Research and Education (ICAHRE)

> **NIH NIH T32** · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · 2021 · $513,908

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The proposed T32 program objectives are to: 1) provide rigorous interdisciplinary pre-
doctoral and post-doctoral training in health services research related to addiction and HIV
or addiction and HIV/HCV co-infection; 2) mentor trainees to conduct studies that involve
the development, testing and implementation of strategies to improve HIV testing, linkage,
and adherence to care, and use integrated approaches to service delivery related to
substance use and co-occurring HIV and HCV; and 3) prepare trainees to disseminate
research findings and translate them into practice and policy. Addiction, HIV and HCV
commonly co-occur and require integration of care. To address the need for health
services researchers focused on the co-occurrence of addiction, HIV, and HIV/HCV co-
infection, we propose the Integrated Care for Addiction, HIV and HCV Research and
Education (ICAHRE) training program within the PhD and MS programs in Health
Services Research (HSR) at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH), in
partnership with the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical
Center (BMC), New England’s largest safety net hospital. The program will provide
training both to pre-doctoral trainees in the PhD program, and to post-doctoral trainees
(physician investigators) in the MS program who have a strong research interest in
addiction and HIV and/or HCV, thus addressing the need to train a variety of clinical
researchers for work in this understudied area. The formal training period will encompass
the coursework phase of the trainee’s degree program, and include research seminars,
research rotations, mentored research leading to the degree, and both didactic and
experiential training in the communication of science. Our focus on implementation and
organization science and the translation of research into practice, and our model of
mentoring teams with a Primary Research Mentor, a Research Methods Mentor,and a
matching Clinical Implementation Mentor for trainees are among this proposal’s
innovations. Collectively, our training faculty brings substantial knowledge in addiction,
HIV, HCV and different approaches to HSR, including using both qualitative and
quantitative methods.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10171819
- **Project number:** 5T32DA041898-05
- **Recipient organization:** BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
- **Principal Investigator:** Mari-Lynn Drainoni
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $513,908
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10171819

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10171819, Integrated Care for Addiction, HIV and HCV Research and Education (ICAHRE) (5T32DA041898-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10171819. Licensed CC0.

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