# Ukraine HIV Research Training Program

> **NIH NIH D43** · SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $298,566

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The New York State International Training and Research Program (NYS-ITRP) proposes to
partner with The School of Public Health of National Ukraine Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kiev,
Ukraine (SPH NaUKMA) to build capacity in conducting implementation science research that
will address gaps in HIV care in Ukraine. The long-term goal is to address the know-do
implementation gaps in the HIV care cascade in Ukraine through a research training
collaboration with of the School of Public Health and a research focused nongovernmental
organization. Access to HIV care is challenging in Ukraine due to an ongoing injection drug use
epidemic, a poorly developed health care sector, and an ongoing conflict with Russia. There is
a paucity of HIV research training programs in the Former Soviet Union, one of the few regions
in the world with rising HIV rates. The NYS-ITRP has a 20-year history of successfully providing
advanced HIV research training in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Proposed objectives
include: 1) Provide training for 9 “HIV Research Scholars,” linking in-country advanced degree
training with US-based advanced training in implementation science, epidemiology, and
statistical analysis; 2) Provide research training capacity building at SPH NaUKMA through the
development and implementation of a HIV Research Methods course and an HIV Research and
Implementation Science Certificate Program.; 3) Provide training support for annual SPH
NaUKMA “Summer Course” program in HIV Implementation Science. Key elements of the
research training plan include: 1) intensive mentorship during and post-training for all HIV
Research Scholar students; 2) in-country research support competitively awarded to long term
trainees; and 3) planning and implementation of an annual in-country “Summer Course” in to
Implementation Science and HIV research methods. The public health training and institutional
capacity-building will build on NYS-ITRP’s history of successful capacity-building in the region
and take advantage of its unique in-country research assets. Measures to demonstrate
increased capacity include: assessment of academic progress of faculty and student trainees;
trainee surveys; SPH NaUKMA curricula review and development; advanced in-country
research support; and US-Ukraine faculty mentored grant proposals.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9926324
- **Project number:** 5D43TW010562-04
- **Recipient organization:** SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Jack A DeHovitz
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $298,566
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-06-01 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9926324

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9926324, Ukraine HIV Research Training Program (5D43TW010562-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9926324. Licensed CC0.

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