# Women and HIV: Translation of Research into Practice-WLHIV Post-Graduate Research Fellowship

> **NIH NIH D43** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2024 · $98,720

## Abstract

SUMMARY
Increased attention must be given to the health of women living with HIV (WLHIV) across all
stages of their lives, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and countries like Kenya where girls and
women have the highest HIV prevalence and rates of new infections. Emphasis on women’s
health is critical because WLHIV face unique health challenges and are often disproportionately
affected by co-morbidities, especially as they age. It is essential that institutions build the in-
country capacity to design and conduct research that will improve health of WLHIV. This is the
primary goal of the parent D43 Fogarty-funded program, led by Drs. Elizabeth Bukusi (Kenya
Medical Research Institute [KEMRI]) and Carey Farquhar (University of Washington [UW]), is
entitled Women and HIV: Translation of Research into Practice (WHIV). In this application, we
propose to complement what we are doing in the parent award and provide funding, mentorship
and support for recent graduates of the D43 program who are on the path to becoming
independent investigators. From 2015 to the present, our WHIV Fogarty training program has
supported 27 researchers as they earned advanced degrees at the UW and University of Nairobi
(23 MPH, 4 PhD). We have found that post-graduate funding is essential to ensure the success
of our recent graduates as they transition to initiating independent research on HIV and women’s
health. For this supplement we solicited concept notes from all eligible trainees and identified 4
MPH graduates to compete with full proposals for two fellowship positions. Our Training Advisory
Committee will select the two awardees who will receive stipend and research support for their
studies. They will also receive high-quality mentorship from experienced teams of KEMRI and
UW mentors and participate in online research seminars, manuscript and grant writing workshops,
and regular meetings with the MPIs, their peers and their mentors to review their research
progress and discuss important career development topics. The WHIV D43 has used this
approach with post-doctoral fellows to fill funding and mentorship gaps after graduation and will
build on that successful experience.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11120687
- **Project number:** 3D43TW009783-10S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Elizabeth Anne BUKUSI
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $98,720
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2024-09-05 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11120687

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11120687, Women and HIV: Translation of Research into Practice-WLHIV Post-Graduate Research Fellowship (3D43TW009783-10S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11120687. Licensed CC0.

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