Project Summary/Abstract The Intervention Core has a unique opportunity to greatly enhance the value of stigma and HIV intervention research at JHU and Emory by implementing programs and establishing structures that foster collaborations across a range of domains: junior and senior faculty; behavioral and biomedical prevention researchers; prevention and treatment researchers; researchers in public health and other schools and departments within JHU and Emory. While there several biomedical and behavioral interventions addressing HIV prevention and treatment at JHU and Emory, there is a limited awareness and availability of evidence-based interventions focused on stigma and structural determinants of HIV using appropriate study designs. To date, there is no formal academic institutional structure that: (1) provides investigators with access to expertise in stigma and HIV interventions, (2) offers foundation in the development and evaluation of stigma and HIV interventions, (3) assists investigators with harnessing the full potential of innovative stigma and HIV interventions, and (4) utilizes the guidance and expertise JHU and Emory investigators implementing stigma and HIV interventions. We propose mechanisms through which an Intervention Core would establish a culture that clearly values the goals of supporting investigators, training and collaboration and interdisciplinary research while providing an infrastructure to facilitate these goals. Particularly, the Intervention Core aims to: Aim 1: Facilitate productive collaborations between JHU and Emory intervention scientists and community organizations and encourage investigators without prior intervention research experience to collaborate with Core-affiliated stigma and HIV/AIDS intervention researchers. The core will link trainees and junior JHU and Emory faculty to Intervention Core-affiliated investigators as mentors, link faculty to Intervention Core-affiliated community organizations as collaborators, offer guidance in study design, implementation, and analysis from researchers in the Intervention Core, provide opportunities to gain knowledge in intervention research through an Intervention Core Fellows program and an annual training symposium, and facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities by providing regular intervention research updates, international and domestic conferences, and community-wide town hall meetings. Aim 2: Foster expansion of the Maryland, Georgia, and international intervention research base at JHU and Emory by increasing access to scientific services in support of stigma and HIV researchers. Achieved by Facilitate access to faculty expertise in intervention research through an Intervention Core Consulting Service which will link experts and community organizations with faculty, students, and community organizations interested in engaging in this research area. Provide training on the development of effectiveness and implementation studies addressing st...