# Adolescent & Young Adult SWG

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $52,508

## Abstract

With an estimated 4 million adolescents and young adults (AYA) ages 10-24 years of age living
with HIV and a steadily high proportion of new infections occurring among this age group, there
is a critical need to focus on optimizing prevention and treatment of this population, a key focus
in the Ending the Epidemic Plan for America and the global 90-90-90 initiative. Their unique multi-
faceted developmental stage often contributes to the poorer outcomes being seen along the care
continuum from testing to viral suppression. The Johns Hopkins Adolescent and Young Adult
Scientific Working Group's (AYA SWG) overarching mission is to promote interdisciplinary
research collaborations across the intersecting domains of AYA health and HIV by developing:
1) innovative approaches to address critical scientific gaps for AYAs aged 13-25; 2) cross-
disciplinary research to understand and mitigate the HIV epidemic among AYA in domestic and
international settings; and mentoring, supporting, and providing pilot funding for the next
generation of HIV researchers; and 3) promoting research-informed policies & practices that
impact AYA populations through engaging stakeholders, including youth, researchers, policy
makers and practitioners, across the AYA SWG developed multi-level life course framework. The
AYA SWG, consists of a diverse (many from underrepresented populations (URPs)) and
committed group of faculty and staff spanning various departments across the SOM, SPH, and
SON. This, first of its kind SWG, through a coordinated effort involving existing and new AYA
multidisciplinary researchers, CFAR Cores, SWGs, and initiatives; and the community (including
the AYA themselves), will enhance the capacity to develop and conduct interdisciplinary research
relevant to AYA in Baltimore and beyond, providing added overall value to the JHU CFAR and its
goals.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10458366
- **Project number:** 2P30AI094189-11
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** ALLISON L AGWU
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $52,508
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2012-05-02 → 2027-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10458366

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10458366, Adolescent & Young Adult SWG (2P30AI094189-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10458366. Licensed CC0.

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