# Research Methods Core

> **NIH NIH P01** · BROWN UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $209,734

## Abstract

Project Summary
To achieve the most impact on the HIV epidemic, interventions that address alcohol misuse in the context of
HIV prevention and care must be evaluated and implemented with an emphasis on real-world effectiveness,
scalability, and sustainability. Consistent with this, the central theme of this segment of support for the Brown
University Alcohol Research Center on HIV (ARCH) involves evaluating novel methods of addressing alcohol
use in HIV prevention and care contexts both domestically and globally, using technology-delivered
interventions, telehealth, and state-of-the-art implementation strategies. The Research Methods Core (RMC) is
a shared resource that will support the mutual needs of the ARCH’s constituent research components by
providing assistance with (1) data collection, management, synergy, and analysis, (2) technology-assisted
assessments and interventions, and (3) implementation science. With contributions from faculty in biostatistics,
digital health, and implementation science, as well as experienced data management and programming staff,
the RMC will directly support these needs by creating data collection instruments and intervention components,
developing participant and data management systems, authoring scripts to compile and harmonize datasets
across multiple sources, and facilitate data archiving. RMC personnel will also provide consultation on
research design, assessment best-practices, and will lead primary statistical analyses proposed in each
project. Finally, RMC personnel will provide ongoing guidance on implementation science methods for each
project, compile resources on implementation science frameworks and methods, and offer education and
training on implementation science topics. As such, the resources provided by the RMC core will enable the
research components to utilize best-practices in the areas of study design and data analysis and ensure that
the research they produce is rigorous and achieves the most impact. Providing general support for data
management through the RMC can also ensure that consistent approaches are used in each project, that data
are harmonized whenever possible, and that data are archived and shared efficiently. It also creates an
economy of scale, where data management tasks used in one study can more easily be applied across others,
obviating the need for each study to develop and support these methods themselves. Finally, providing a
shared resource for training and guidance on implementation science issues will enable each project to utilize
best practices in the field and ultimately help advance each toward its goal of integrating and sustaining alcohol
interventions in practice settings.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10413170
- **Project number:** 5P01AA019072-13
- **Recipient organization:** BROWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Tao Liu
- **Activity code:** P01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $209,734
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2010-09-30 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10413170

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10413170, Research Methods Core (5P01AA019072-13). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10413170. Licensed CC0.

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