# Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $574,309

## Abstract

Abstract
This Renewal Application for NRSA T32 MH20031 seeks to continue a highly successful Pre- and Post-
Doctoral Fellowship Training Program (established in 1999) in HIV prevention research at Yale University's
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA). Over the past19 years we have successfully trained
Post-Doctoral and Pre-Doctoral Fellows on HIV-related content knowledge, research skills, and professional
growth and networking, and they have demonstrated tremendous productivity. The Yale AIDS Prevention
Training Program (Y-APT) is housed at CIRA and within the Yale School of Public Health at Yale University.
The integration with CIRA and Yale provides an exceptional training environment that continues to keep step
with the changing HIV/AIDS pandemic. Our training program is unique in providing the following combination of
perspectives: a focus on the latest in HIV prevention content knowledge including the HIV prevention
continuum, HIV-related co-morbidities, and vulnerable and marganilized populations; a strong foundation of
training that emphasizes methodological skills and rigor in both quantitative and qualitatative analyses;
opportunities to conduct ethically sound, community based health equity research; the latest in technology-
research; and implementation science skills and methods to support the design and evaluation of interventions
that are tailored to local contexts and study populations. We are requesting support for 4 Pre-Doctoral and 5
Post-Doctoral slots per year. The focus of both the Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowship is “hands on” conduct of
research, analysis, paper and grant writing with a faculty mentor. All of our fellows are required to participate in
a weekly seminar series. In additon, the Pre-Doctoral training also includes: formal course work, research
preceptorship, seminars, outside courses and meetings, qualifying examinations, and dissertation research.
Our approach to training future scientists for careers in HIV prevention research will emphasize flexibility and
individual tailoring of Fellows' research preceptorships, while recognizing the importance of core training in HIV
content, research skills, and professional networking. Over the past 19 years we have successfully trained, and
continue to train, 77 Fellows from a variety of disciplines. Fellows are both exposed to, and actively collaborate
in, a wide array of studies and career trajectories, with an unprecedented opportunity to publish their own
research. We are, therefore, confident in our ability to prepare both Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellows with the
strongest foundation of knowledge, skills, and experience to achieve and sustain careers as scientific
investigators, contributing to advances in HIV prevention, specifically, and public health, in general.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10409716
- **Project number:** 5T32MH020031-24
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Trace S Kershaw
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $574,309
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1999-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10409716

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10409716, Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention Training Program (5T32MH020031-24). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10409716. Licensed CC0.

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