# Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2020 · $1,629,056

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
 The Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) is a collaboration of leading
scientists from UCLA, Charles R. Drew University, Friends Research Institute, and RAND Corporation. CHIPTS'
research agenda incorporates advances in HIV prevention science using combination antiretroviral therapy for
those living with HIV and prophylactic antiretrovirals (ARVs) for high-risk HIV-negative individuals. Yet in key
populations (e.g., young MSM of color, transgender, homeless, incarcerated, African American women),
especially those with concurrent substance use and mental health disorders, barriers prevent access and
adherence required to benefit from ARVs. CHIPTS will bridge these gaps with a plan to promote research,
dissemination and training on treatment as prevention (TasP) in HIV-positive individuals and HIV prevention that
integrates ARVs for high-risk, HIV-negative individuals (pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP), with emphasis on
those with substance use and mental health disorders. CHIPTS has three specific aims. (1) SCIENCE: To
promote novel, high impact and transformational research to eliminate barriers and to increase uptake,
adherence, and persistence across the HIV prevention, care and policy continua. We study behavioral,
biomedical, technological and structural approaches at individual, family, community, and policy impact levels
that will stop new HIV infections, particularly in key populations. (2) NETWORKING: To sponsor meetings and
provide venues for collaboration among scientists, providers, insurers, policy makers and stakeholders to
accelerate uptake of high impact HIV prevention. (3) CAPACITY BUILDING: To mentor and train researchers,
policy makers, providers, community leaders and staff members in health, criminal justice, social service, and
administrative systems to reach HIV prevention goals for 90-90-90 by 2020. Our efforts are conducted
domestically and globally. CHIPTS is comprised of five Cores. (1) Administrative Core leads CHIPTS
interdisciplinary team, convenes center meetings and coordinates science, networking and capacity building
agendas at local, state, national, and international levels. It ensures financial and scientific integrity, leads
strategic planning and promotes a Global HIV Prevention Strategies Program. (2) Development Core invests in
innovative, early stage research, supports emerging investigators and promotes dissemination events. (3)
Combination Prevention Core promotes research on combination behavioral, biomedical, technological and
structural interventions to reduce HIV incidence and to improve viral suppression, especially in key populations
and those with substance use and mental health disorders. (4) Methods Core guides innovation and impact in
measurement, statistical methods, and implementation science, focusing on factors presented by those with
substance use and mental health disorders. (5) Policy Impact Core optimizes public health impact and science
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9864087
- **Project number:** 5P30MH058107-24
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** Steven J Shoptaw
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,629,056
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-09-30 → 2022-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9864087

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9864087, Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) (5P30MH058107-24). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9864087. Licensed CC0.

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