# Acceptability and feasibility of unsupervised HIV self-testing among networks of men in Tanzania

> **NIH NIH R00** · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $248,999

## Abstract

Project summary
Career Goal: My career goals in the original NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
application were to secure a tenure-track faculty position in a university where I can develop a
research program focusing on HIV prevention for networks of men at risk for HIV. Tenure-track
Position at George Washington University: On October 1, 2020, I started a tenure-track faculty
offer for at George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health in the
Department of Prevention and Community Health Promotion where I will complete the R00 phase.
Research Project: The transfer to George Washington University will not affect the project in any
negative manner. The next phase of the project includes a qualitative follow-up study with a sub-
group of men who participated in the intervention arm of the cluster randomized controlled trial
conducted as part of the R00 phase among men in Tanzania. Specific Aims: The original specific
aims for the R00 phase were to: 1) develop the content for a peer-led HIV self-testing (HIVST) for
networks of men in Tanzania; 2) assess the acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy of a 1-month
unsupervised HIVST intervention on HIV testing among networks of men in Tanzania and; 3)
conduct a qualitative follow-up study among a sub-group of the participants from the intervention
arm. Primary Outcome: The primary outcome is any uptake of HIV testing measured by the
return of a used HIV-self testing kit or observed HIV testing. Secondary Outcomes; The
secondary outcomes are uptake of HIV self-testing, self-reported HIV testing, and linkage to care.
Independence: A team of senior mentors at George Washington University including current,
Drs. Deanna Kerrigan and Lisa Bowleg at George Washington University will mentor me to help
me prepare R-level grants based on the findings from the R00 project.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10409878
- **Project number:** 7R00MH110343-06
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Donaldson Conserve
- **Activity code:** R00 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $248,999
- **Award type:** 7
- **Project period:** 2018-08-01 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10409878

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10409878, Acceptability and feasibility of unsupervised HIV self-testing among networks of men in Tanzania (7R00MH110343-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10409878. Licensed CC0.

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