# Core C: Clinical assessment core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2020 · $205,307

## Abstract

CORE C Abstract/Summary
The Clinical Assessment Core provides a range of services to Center investigators related to clinical
assessments. Specifically, the Clinical Assessment Core will: (1) provide to PMHARC-related studies clinical
and self-report behavioral assessments administered by highly trained core personnel; (2) provide
diagnostician recruitment, training, and ongoing calibration in order to maintain high quality; (3) oversee the
administration of a core battery in all Center pilot treatment studies and (where possible) R01s that includes
the Risk Assessment Battery, Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms, the BASIS-24, and SF-12; (4) provide
consultation on a broad range of behavioral, neuropsychological, and medication adherence measures to
PMHARC investigators. By providing a shared diagnostic assessment resource, the Clinical Assessment Core
maximizes the quality of assessments and minimizes cost for all Center investigators (diagnostic assessments
are provided to PMHARC pilot studies at no cost to the investigator). By administering the same core battery
measures across all studies, the Core is able to compile a pooled database with substantially larger sample
sizes. This larger database enables Center investigators to ask broader questions about the interactions of
psychiatric status and HIV disease status and examine subpopulations stratified by gender, race, and ethnicity.
The Clinical Assessment Core will continuously monitor and regularly evaluate each of the services that it will
provide. Summary of the feedback from investigators will be given to the Center Executive Committee, Internal
Advisory Board, and External Advisory Committee for comments and suggestions. The Clinical Assessment
Core will be directed by Paul Crits-Christoph, who has extensive experience as an NIH Center Director and in
the assessment of patients for psychiatric studies, and co- directed by Robert Gross, who has extensive
experience in the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS and in assessing adherence to medications, and Cobb
Scott, who is experienced in the neuropsychological assessment of HIV+ patients.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9864097
- **Project number:** 5P30MH097488-08
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** PAUL F CRITS-CHRISTOPH
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $205,307
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9864097

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9864097, Core C: Clinical assessment core (5P30MH097488-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9864097. Licensed CC0.

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