# Core K: Biomarkers, Prevention and Interventions for HIV-associated Malignancies and NCDs

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2024 · $189,865

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Infection with HIV significantly increases the risk of a host of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including
cancer, cardiovascular disease, and pulmonary disease. In the era of widespread availability of antiretroviral
therapy and the corresponding increased life expectancy of persons with HIV (PWH), the incidence of NCDs has
increased and now is the leading cause of death. Unfortunately, substantial gaps remain in understanding
how HIV-infection potentiates the development of cancers and other NCDs, how to best prevent the
development of the chronic complications of HIV infection, and how cancers and NCDs are optimally
treated in PLHW. The Biomarkers, Prevention and Interventions for HIV-Associated Malignancies and
NCDs (BPIN) Core is a new Core that provides faculty expertise, diagnostic assays, imaging resources, access
to biorepositories, and mentoring related to both cancers and NCDs, building on the highly successful HIV-
Associated Malignancy (HIVAM) Core. In the past decade, the HIVAM Core collected data and biospecimens
from PWH who either were at risk for or who had already developed cancer, enabling impactful translational,
epidemiologic and clinical research. Access to tumor tissue and other biologic materials that are collected
through rigorous internationally-validated protocols and annotated with data that are critical to the understanding
of cancer biology has allowed CFAR-affiliated investigators to make important insights into the pathogenesis,
prevention and treatment of HIVAM including Kaposi Sarcoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Cervical Cancer and
Breast Cancer. Developmental efforts by the HIVAM Core fostered both the careers of new investigators as well
as established cancer researchers who bring their skills to HIVAM. Based on these successes, as well as input
from our local and international CFAR community, we have expanded our focus to cardiovascular and pulmonary
disease in HIV infection, providing CFAR members access to expert, imaging libraries and samples from
longitudinal cohorts in East Africa.
The BPIN Core has three Specific Aims: 1) Support new and established researchers in the fields of
NCD with the tools to design and implement impactful studies among PWH; 2) Collect and disseminate
high-dimension data and appropriately-preserved biospecimens from PWH with or at risk for NCDs to
CFAR investigators who seek to conduct basic and translational studies; and 3) Develop and distribute
state-of-the-art tools for novel studies of NCDs among PWH, including image analysis, histopathology,
and molecular diagnostic assays. Through these aims, CFAR members working with the BPIN core will
discover and evaluate biomarkers for the prevention and management of NCDs, describe the role of
inflammation, environmental factors and genetics in the development of NCDs, and develop new interventions
for the prevention and treatment of NCDs among PWH in the US and sub-Saharan Africa.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10832127
- **Project number:** 5P30AI027757-37
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Manoj P Menon
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $189,865
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-03-01 → 2028-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10832127

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10832127, Core K: Biomarkers, Prevention and Interventions for HIV-associated Malignancies and NCDs (5P30AI027757-37). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10832127. Licensed CC0.

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