Malaysian Implementation Science Training (MIST) Program in HIV

NIH RePORTER · TW · D43 · $298,312 · view on reporter.nih.gov ↗

Abstract

Despite an array of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to address HIV - and the 95/95/95 strategy the HIV epidemic in Malaysia and Indonesia remains volatile. Malaysia's rapidly expanding HIV epidemic is the fifth largest in the Asia-Pacific region and concentrated within key affected populations, including PWID, MSM, and FSW. Moreover, as PWH age, they have increased co-morbid communicable and non-communicable diseases. Low ART and PrEP coverage along with other EPBs like syringe services programs and opioid agonist therapies would benefit from better implementation. We successfully introduced the Malaysian Implementation Science Training (MIST) program that trained 4 faculty and 6 PhD candidates during MIST-1. Publications and conference abstracts were high and our short-term summer bootcamp research training has been successful with replication in 5 other countries. Our training advisory committee (TAC) has guided us continuously and provided feedback that we propose in this application. We propose to create a Center of Excellence in HIV D&I at University Malaya (UM). This will be accomplished through additional training of 4 faculty members - 2 with experience with qualitative research skills and two HIV clinicians. This will be complemented with curriculum enhancement that will include new coursework related to HIV D&I so that all HIV D&I training can be performed at UM. This will allow us to have sufficient D&I coursework to provide a certificate program in HIV D&I and well as introduce new coursework that will allow us to enroll eight new MPH students who will can earn a concentration in D&l; half of these will come from New Haven. As we succeed in creating a Center of Excellence by Year 3, we can expand HIV D&I training beyond Kuala Lumpur elsewhere in Malaysia and even to Indonesia where the HIV epidemic is even more volatile. We will accomplish this by first providing travel scholarships to our summer bootcamps, but by Year 3, we intend to create satellit

Key facts

NIH application ID
11175849
Project number
2D43TW011324-06
Recipient
YALE UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator
FREDERICK LEWIS ALTICE; Rafdzah Zaki
Activity code
D43
Funding institute
TW
Fiscal year
2026
Award amount
$298,312
Award type
2
Project period
2020-04-22T00:00:00 → 2031-03-31T00:00:00