# Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)

> **NIH NIH P30** · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · 2021 · $2,355,280

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract (Overview)
The Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is composed of two academic institutions, Brown
University and Boston University, their affiliated hospitals, Lifespan and Boston Medical Center (BMC), and the
RI Department of Health, MA Department of Public Health, local community organizations, and international
sites. The mission of the Providence/Boston CFAR is to promote the NIH HIV priority research agenda. We are
devoted to the pursuit of translational research to reduce the burden of HIV infection worldwide, with
special focus on substance users, women, MSM, justice-involved persons, and at-risk youth. To achieve
this goal, we are committed to fostering emerging HIV investigators both domestically and within
resource-limited settings. The CFAR consists of 6 Cores (Administrative, Developmental, BioBehavioral
Sciences, Biostatistics, Basic and Translational Sciences, Substance Use Research), and one HIV/TB Scientific
Working Group. We have a strong, dynamic group of HIV researchers from our long history, and expect
continued growth from the addition of Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) investigators. Our goal is to
decrease the HIV epidemic by advancing research in prevention, treatment and its cascade, and the care of co-
morbidities among the most afflicted and vulnerable populations. The Cores are strategically formed to support
areas of strength among the Providence/Boston CFAR investigators. Our investigators have innovative
approaches in biomedical prevention, treatment modalities, and cutting-edge research on substance use,
leveraging our unique position of having an alcohol and HIV center within each institution. Our HIV in women's
program has a long history of defining the natural history of HIV in women, pathogenesis, and prevention,
including microbicide research. The partnership also brings research strength in economic analysis, cost-
effectiveness, computational biology, and HIV/TB.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10197758
- **Project number:** 5P30AI042853-23
- **Recipient organization:** MIRIAM HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** SUSAN CU-UVIN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $2,355,280
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1998-09-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10197758

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10197758, Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) (5P30AI042853-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10197758. Licensed CC0.

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