# Mentoring in patient-oriented research on HIV and global health

> **NIH NIH K24** · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 2020 · $161,691

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The purpose of this K24 mid-career investigator award is to support Dr. Bassett’s mentoring activities and
patient-oriented research to improve engagement in HIV care and related conditions globally. Dr. Bassett is a
practicing Infectious Disease physician with over 14 years of experience leading clinical research in South
Africa related to HIV and TB screening and treatment, for which she received the HIV Medicine Association
Research Award in 2015. She has served as a mentor to 15 young investigators, four of whom are currently
supported by K awards. Dr. Bassett is deeply committed to continuing and further expanding her mentorship to
include trainees from outside of Infectious Disease and those based in sub-Saharan Africa. She has
assembled a multi-disciplinary team of advisors who can support her and her trainees’ career development. Dr.
Bassett is the Director of the Harvard Center for AIDS Research Developmental Core and its Mentoring
Programs, and directs a mock K grant review session three times yearly as well as a grant-writing workshop for
the Harvard community. She won the Harvard Medical School Young Mentor Award in 2013 in recognition of
her mentoring activities. She proposes an inter-related set of training, mentoring and research objectives that
expand the scope of her research into new areas (e.g. HIV prevention, community-based treatment for HIV-
associated non-communicable diseases). This K24 would provide Dr. Bassett with: 1) protected time for
mentoring early career investigators dedicated to patient-oriented HIV research, including those based in sub-
Saharan Africa, 2) a platform for mid-career professional development in mixed methods, implementation
science approaches, and expanded mentorship and international partnerships, and 3) an opportunity for new
data collection to inform her mentees’ and her own future research programs. Dr. Bassett will leverage her
collaborations and partnerships in Umlazi Township, Durban, South Africa, a community with a high HIV
burden and one of the highest HIV incidences among young women in the world. The overall goal of the
proposed research is to develop innovative, community-based research that addresses fundamental questions
about how to improve uptake of HIV prevention and long-term ART provision, as well as how to integrate other
critical health needs such as diabetes management and contraception into HIV programs. The proposed high-
impact research has direct and immediate application in a high-risk South African township and will support the
protected time and resources required for Dr. Bassett to mentor young investigators from both the US and sub-
Saharan Africa in patient-oriented research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9889026
- **Project number:** 5K24AI141036-02
- **Recipient organization:** MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Ingrid Valerie Bassett
- **Activity code:** K24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $161,691
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-03-08 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9889026

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9889026, Mentoring in patient-oriented research on HIV and global health (5K24AI141036-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9889026. Licensed CC0.

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