# Bio-Behavioral Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · 2020 · $250,278

## Abstract

The Bio-Behavioral Core will advance high-impact, integrated biomedical, behavioral, and social science
research in HIV prevention and care from conceptualization to proposal submission and from data collection to
interpretation and dissemination. Although effective combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) can reduce HIV
transmission, new infections continue to occur, and diagnoses surpass deaths each year. Every biomedical
strategy for preventing and treating HIV infection (e.g., ART, PrEP, PEP, intravaginal rings, condoms,
microbicides, and future vaccines and broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies] has behavioral components
that influence efficacy and effectiveness. Unless biomedical strategies are acceptable, widely disseminated,
and adhered to and take into consideration co-morbidities such as mental health and substance use and health
and social disparities, their impact on the AIDS epidemic will be limited. The Bio-Behavioral Core will provide a
comprehensive approach that integrates biomedical, behavioral and social science, and clinical perspectives
for HIV prevention and treatment research, using Syndemics Theory as a guiding framework for advancing bio-
behavioral research. The Core has three Specific Aims: (1) to stimulate high-impact bio-behavioral research
on emerging priority topics at the interface of biomedical and behavioral science; (2) to provide expertise on
selection of biological measures, sample collection and assay, and interpretation of resulting data; and (3) to
prioritize clinical perspectives through partnerships with HIV and non-HIV care providers.
 The Bio-Behavioral Core will accomplish its Aims through a range of functions that include expert
consultation to HIV Center researchers on research design, intervention development, biomarkers, social
science theories, and research partnerships with providers; Scientific Working Groups, integrated diverse
teams of biomedical, clinical, and social science researchers who come together to develop competitive
research proposals that meet the most pressing clinical, scientific, and policy challenges; and annual Symposia
that bring preeminent researchers to the HIV Center for intensive exploration of selected pressing scientific
dilemmas to stimulate new scientific questions and, ultimately, multidisciplinary research grant proposals. We
will identify shared scientific goals that bridge disciplinary silos; build collaborative interdisciplinary teams to
address these goals; and support an integrated bio-behavioral research agenda. The Core Director will be
Laurie Bauman, Ph.D., a sociologist, Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of the Prevention Intervention
Research Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Core Co-Director, Michael Yin, M.D., is an
Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University who manages care for PLWH, provides PrEP-related
services, and is an investigator in the CUMC AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG). Through the strengths of its
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9873086
- **Project number:** 5P30MH043520-32
- **Recipient organization:** NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC
- **Principal Investigator:** Laurie J Bauman
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $250,278
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9873086

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9873086, Bio-Behavioral Core (5P30MH043520-32). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9873086. Licensed CC0.

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