# Central Laboratory Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · 2021 · $117,505

## Abstract

CENTRAL LABORATORY CORE PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Central Laboratory Core serves as the central storage facility for specimens collected by the U54
Partnership for Prevention of HPV-Associated Cancers in People Living with HIV: Brazil, Mexico and
Puerto Rico (PHAC-BMPR) Program, co-led by Drs. Anna R Giuliano and Luisa L Villa. This core builds on
the extensive infrastructure and international experience of the HPV Infection in Men (HIM) Study laboratory
core in operation since 2004 supporting research conducted in the US, Mexico, and Brazil. Originally a core to
support HPV natural history research the core infrastructure expanded in 2012 to include HPV vaccine clinical
trial operations in Mexico and South Africa. In addition, the core builds on the extensive experience and
infrastructure in Brazil managing the biorepository and cervical HPV testing in support of the Ludwig-McGill
HPV Natural History Study since 1994. The overall goal of the CL Core is to receive, process, store, and
release high-quality, well-annotated biospecimens in support of the three clinical trials proposed to reduce
HPV-related cancers among men and women living with HIV in Latin America. In addition, the CL Core will
provide centralized research-quality cervical pathology evaluation for endpoint adjudication, DNA extraction,
HPV genotyping, and immunological evaluation for the proposed clinical trials. Core activities will be
centralized in two laboratories, one led by Dr. Giuliano at the Moffitt Cancer Center and one led by Dr. Villa at
the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10232303
- **Project number:** 5U54CA242639-03
- **Recipient organization:** WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV
- **Principal Investigator:** TIMOTHY J. WILKIN
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $117,505
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-20 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10232303

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10232303, Central Laboratory Core (5U54CA242639-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10232303. Licensed CC0.

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