# Social Capital and Late HIV Diagnosis in the United States

> **NIH NIH K01** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $149,879

## Abstract

Project Summary
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the proposed Mentored Scientist Career Development
Award (K01) is to prepare the candidate with competencies to become an independent NIH-funded researcher.
The candidate’s long-term goal is to develop expertise in HIV prevention research and in community-level HIV
prevention design, implementation, and evaluation. The proposed research in the K01 period is to investigate
the role of community-level mechanisms linking social capital to late HIV diagnosis in the United States (US).
Late HIV diagnosis remains a persistent public health threat in the US; it is associated with poorer survival
among HIV+ persons, and drives onward HIV transmission in the community. The association among social
capital, mediating mechanisms and HIV diagnosis remains under-investigated in the US. Aim 1: To
characterize the longitudinal relationship between social capital and late HIV diagnosis across race/ethnicity.
AIM 2: To investigate mechanisms (HIV testing and HIV stigma) in relation to the association between social
capital and late HIV diagnosis across race/ethnicity. AIM 3: To develop and pilot social capital indicators,
tailored to HIV prevention. The candidate will develop additional training through didactic coursework in 1)
advanced quantitative and qualitative research methods including spatial econometrics, ethnography, and
community based participatory research; 2) epidemiologic/clinical study design, and 3) intervention
development. The candidate will be mentored by a team of internationally renowned experts in HIV prevention
research, social determinants of health, causal inference, and HIV surveillance systems. Mentor and advisory
committee members are from Harvard University, City University of New York, Graduate School of Public
Health and Health Policy, Emory University, and University of Pennsylvania. Institutional resources available to
the candidate include Harvard Center for AIDS Research and The Fenway Institute. Findings from the
proposed research will provide the competencies and preliminary data for the candidate to write an R01 or R34
proposal to develop, implement, and evaluate a community-level social capital-based HIV prevention
intervention.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9893899
- **Project number:** 5K01MH111374-05
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Yusuf Ransome
- **Activity code:** K01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $149,879
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-04-06 → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9893899

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9893899, Social Capital and Late HIV Diagnosis in the United States (5K01MH111374-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9893899. Licensed CC0.

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