# HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

> **NIH NIH P30** · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · 2020 · $318,029

## Abstract

The HIV Center's three proposed Research Cores will provide resources that enable investigators to meet
the Center's overall goal of advancing the science of Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic (EtE) by pushing the
frontiers of rigorous behavioral, social science, and biomedical research and translating findings into equitable
and sustainable public health policy and practice. The Development Core will complement this work with
coordinated mechanisms for science innovation, internal monitoring, capacity-building, and networking. The
Core has four Specific Aims: (1) to facilitate generation of innovative science likely to achieve maximum public
health impact; (2) to ensure rigor, quality, and impact of HIV Center research; (3) to build research capacity of
Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) as they prepare for independent research careers; and (4) to cultivate
expertise in emerging ethical and policy issues that enhances equitable public health policy and practice.
 The Core will accomplish its Aims through a range of functions, including 1) support and monitoring of
inter-disciplinary pilot studies that position both new and established investigators to obtain extra-mural funding
to conduct groundbreaking HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment research; 2) monitoring of developments in the
epidemic and scientific advances in HIV prevention and treatment across disciplines, ensuring timely exposure
of investigators to these developments and research opportunities through coordination of Center-wide and
inter-Core activities (e.g. Seminars, Workshops); 3) internal monitoring and support during all phases of
studies from grant proposal development through implementation of funded projects (e.g., via Cross Core
meetings); 4) providing mechanisms for sharing” lessons learned” in study implementation and grant reviews to
advance the quality of Center research; 5) identifying research capacity needs of Early Stage Investigators
(ESIs) and providing ESIs with access to Center research, capacity-building, and mentoring resources (e.g.
manuscript and grant writing workshops); and 6) ensuring ethical and policy perspectives in Center research
through individual and Cross-core consultations, interdisciplinary roundtable discussions on emerging topics
such as use of PrEP with minors, and an internationally accessible online course on “HIV/AIDS Ethics and
Policy.” Based in the Department of Psychiatry at New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia
University, the Core Director, Theodorus Sandfort, Ph.D., is a social psychologist with expertise in sexuality
and HIV research and the Director of the HIV Center's T32 postdoctoral training program. Based at the
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (CU MSPH) Core Co-Director, Patrick Wilson, Ph.D., has
expertise and NIH funding in HIV treatment and prevention among MSM, racial/ethnic minority populations,
and adolescents and young adults and works extensively with students at CU MSPH. They are joined by a
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9873083
- **Project number:** 5P30MH043520-32
- **Recipient organization:** NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC
- **Principal Investigator:** Theodorus G.M. Sandfort
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $318,029
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9873083

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9873083, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies (5P30MH043520-32). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9873083. Licensed CC0.

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