# Development Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $352,497

## Abstract

DEVELOPMENT CORE
Abstract
The Development Core stimulates and supports new HIV science and scientists through a variety of essential
services that promote and facilitate research development and research careers. The Pilot Project Program
provides small grants to CIRA affiliates; the Peer Review Program provides expert guidance and feedback on
grants, manuscripts, and presentations for CIRA affiliates; and the International Visiting Fellow program
promotes international collaborations in high impact areas. The Core also supports two HIV training programs
for junior scientists that are affiliated with CIRA and located in our Center, a T32 program and an R25
Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars. Career Development Consultations are provided to trainees
and other junior investigators to provide advice on how to develop successful HIV research careers. Through
its role with CIRA-affiliated training programs, the Core facilitates and expands access to resources that are
essential to the successful conduct of HIV research, including community-based and community-engaged
research and fosters a positive, enriching environment for aspiring HIV researchers and particularly those
underrepresented in the field and/or those seeking to focus on HIV disparities in their research, in areas and
with populations most impacted by HIV. In support of CIRA's emphasis on Implementation Science (IS) the
Development Core will stimulate and support research with an emphasis on implementation, scale-up, and
sustainability, provide consultation and special peer review services on IS, and help CIRA scientists make use
of resources within CIRA, Yale, and the community that can support implementation research. The Core's Pilot
Project Program will give priority to implementation research proposals. Peer review services will include
special reviews tailored to IS projects and manuscripts. The Core will also place emphasis on IS in training
activities. The Development Core will be led by Dr. Linda Niccolai, Professor at Yale School of Public Health
(YSPH) and a CIRA-affiliated scientist for the past 17 years. Dr. Niccolai is a behavioral epidemiologist with
nearly 20 years of experience in HIV research. Dr. Milena Stanojlovic will serve as Assistant Director for the
Core. Additional contributing Core scientists include: Dr. Paul Cleary, Director of CIRA; Dr. Trace Kershaw,
YSPH Professor, Director of CIRA's Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core and PI of the T32 and REIDS
training grants; Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at YSPH and the PI of two
international training programs; Dr. John Dovidio, Professor of Psychology, Yale University, who provides
diversity and mentoring expertise for trainees; and Dr. Stephen Latham, Director of the Yale Interdisciplinary
Center for Bioethics and current chair of the Human Subjects Committee at Yale who provides expertise and
training on ethical and human subjects issues in the conduct of HIV research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9886264
- **Project number:** 5P30MH062294-18
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Paul D Cleary
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $352,497
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9886264

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9886264, Development Core (5P30MH062294-18). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9886264. Licensed CC0.

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