# Clinical Sciences Core (Core C)

> **NIH NIH P30** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2022 · $254,028

## Abstract

Clinical Sciences Core – PROJECT SUMMARY
The Tennessee Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is located in the Southeastern US, the region with both the
greatest number of new HIV-1 infections, and of persons living with HIV. The CFAR is a four-way partnership
between a research-intensive institution (Vanderbilt University Medical Center), a historically black medical
college (Meharry Medical College), an academically engaged state health department (Tennessee Department
of Health), and an highly evolved HIV-focused community-based organization (Nashville CARES). This CFAR's
institutional and community environment is rich in opportunity, and with a culture of engagement and
collaboration. The Clinical Sciences Core (CSC) fills major gaps in the local research environment, and in so
doing supports the mission of the CFAR to reduce the overall burden of HIV/AIDS through the pursuit of National
Institutes of Health high priorities for HIV/AIDS research, with the ultimate goal of ending the HIV epidemic.
Access to research study participants and associated biospecimens, and to large clinical cohort datasets, are
essential for high-quality clinical and translational HIV research. Since this CFAR was established in 2015, the
CSC has been integral to its success. The CSC is essential for early stage investigators on their path toward
independent extramural funding, which equips the next generation of research scientists while also serving to
expand this CFAR's HIV research portfolio and funding base. Building upon the expertise and collective
infrastructure of the CFAR, coupled with the addition of a strong, established community partner in CARES, we
will pursue the following three specific aims: 1) To propel the use of observational databases for high impact HIV
clinical and translational research; 2) To support research projects that require access to study volunteers and
associated biological specimens, and; 3) To support research opportunities for MMC investigators, including team
science.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10404935
- **Project number:** 5P30AI110527-08
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** David W Haas
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $254,028
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2015-04-01 → 2025-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10404935

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10404935, Clinical Sciences Core (Core C) (5P30AI110527-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10404935. Licensed CC0.

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