# The CFAR Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Pathway Initiative to Support The Continued Development of Generation Tomorrow (JHU CFAR Supplement)

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $610,084

## Abstract

Project Summary
This is a competing revision for the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) CFAR to permit continued support for our
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Pathway Initiative (CDEIPI) program, originally funded as a CFAR supplement.
The program leverages the strengths of the JHU CFAR and is in line with the overall CFAR goals with a
specific focus on providing mentoring, support, and pilot funding for the next generation of HIV/AIDS
researchers, and to increase the pipeline of new investigators from groups underrepresented in medicine and
health. This application will primarily support the Generation Tomorrow: Summer Health Disparity Scholars
(GT:SHDS) program which began in 2019 as an expansion of Generation Tomorrow (established in 2013).
The GT:SHDS was initially launched as a 10-week summer program for undergraduate students from across
the United States interested in HIV and/or HCV health disparities and their intersection with substance use
(addiction and overdose), violence, mental health, and the social determinants of health. With CDEIPI FY21-23
funds, the program expanded to include a graduate student training track. The program offers mentorship and
training in HIV/HCV education, testing, and counseling; health disparities, cultural competence, and harm
reduction. The participants also engage in community outreach with community partner, Sisters Together and
Reaching, Inc. The program has a special focus on students that are underrepresented in nursing, public
health, medicine, and science with an emphasis on first generation college students and individuals from
minoritized/disadvantaged backgrounds. The purpose of this proposal is to sustain/grow GT:SHDS, therefore,
our specific aims are: Aim 1. To increase the volume in our pathway to assist individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds in gaining exposure to mentorship and research in health careers/science professions with a
focus on HIV and HCV health disparities. Aim 2. To enhance cultural competence and humility by promoting
respect for the patient, their values/beliefs, and lived experiences. Aim 3. To promote comprehensive care of
individuals impacted by HIV and HCV infections with a recognition of the importance of the intersection with
substance use (addiction and overdose), violence, mental health, and the social determinants of health. Aim:
4.To support the professional identify formation (PIF) of developing healthcare professionals from diverse
backgrounds. In sum, the GT:SHDS program will support the CFAR goals to help to support a more diverse
and culturally competent HIV medical and scientific workforce which will in turn serve to reduce critical health
disparities with respect to HIV prevention and treatment outcomes.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11047110
- **Project number:** 3P30AI094189-13S1
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Denis Godwin Antoine
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $610,084
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2012-05-02 → 2027-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11047110

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11047110, The CFAR Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Pathway Initiative to Support The Continued Development of Generation Tomorrow (JHU CFAR Supplement) (3P30AI094189-13S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11047110. Licensed CC0.

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