# Core C: Prevention and Implementation Sciences Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $189,233

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Prevention and Implementation Sciences (PAIS) Core (Core C) is dedicated to supporting rigorous, 
high-impact team science and accelerating the highest caliber HIV prevention, behavioral science, and 
implementation science research in support of NIH research priorities and the Ending the HIV Epidemic 
Initiative (EHE). In the current funding cycle, PAIS developed a successful service center model, launched the 
Study Management and RetenTion System (SMART) study platform, and co-developed the Planning for 
Success grant writing initiative. The PAIS Core will continue these successful initiatives and will develop new 
services to advance prevention science objectives. A goal of the Core is to provide training and support in 
implementation science to bridge implementation chasms that impede progress toward reaching the EHE 
goals. The proposed Aims expand beyond traditional sociobehavioral sciences to integrate novel technologies 
(e.g., mHealth), theoretical advancements (e.g., implementation frameworks), and web-based platforms for 
service provision. Collectively, these expansions will enhance the Core’s impact and promote the CFAR priority 
of conducting groundbreaking, transdisciplinary science.
mHealth and implementation science approaches, grounded in sociobehavioral sciences, offer promising 
avenues to achieve EHE and NIH research priorities by supporting scale-up of successful interventions. Given 
EHE’s ambitious goals, scaling-up evidence-based interventions (e.g., PrEP, HIV testing) through traditional 
physical access channels and in-person interventions will be challenging. mHealth approaches provide rapidly 
scalable solutions, and all Emory CFAR Members will benefit from the Core’s apps and survey support 
services that shorten the time from concept to funded research. Implementation Science approaches offer 
critical frameworks and methods to elucidate the determinants of implementation, and to scale-up mHealth and 
other efficacious approaches vital to achieving EHE goals. They also hold great promise for achieving health 
equity by facilitating uptake of efficacious interventions among structurally marginalized populations. A new 
training program, Collaboration for Success (CfS), will make PAIS Core services more accessible through a 
series of virtual and in-person meetings and by making datasets available to facilitate novel research and to 
strengthen grant applications. Building on the Core’s strengths in sociobehavioral science methods and in 
collaboration with CFAR Cores and SWGs, the PAIS Core will support rigorous transdisciplinary HIV research
through the following specific aims.
Aim 1. Facilitate cutting-edge technology-based HIV prevention and implementation science research.
Aim 2. Support the rigorous application of IS approaches in CFAR and NIH proposals and research.
Aim 3. Enhance access to sociobehavioral and biomedical HIV prevention research resources.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10839605
- **Project number:** 5P30AI050409-25
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Hannah LF Cooper
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $189,233
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2002-09-30 → 2027-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10839605

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10839605, Core C: Prevention and Implementation Sciences Core (5P30AI050409-25). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10839605. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*