# Adolescence and HIV SWG

> **NIH NIH P30** · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $112,169

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Adolescence and HIV SWG (SWG_2)
In the United States, approximately 26% of all incident HIV infections annually have involved adolescents and
young adults aged 13-24. Internationally, the World Health Organization estimates that every two minutes an
adolescent aged 15-19 acquires HIV. Adolescents are key drivers of the HIV epidemic both globally and in the
United States, highlighting the urgent need to implement efficacious prevention programs, youth-friendly
testing services, and care programming that promotes long-term engagement in care with achievement of
sustained viral suppression and thus avoidance of drug resistance. Despite the availability of effective
treatment options, AIDS remains one of the leading causes of death among adolescents worldwide,
highlighting the challenges of engaging adolescents with HIV in sustained care, in some cases, for decades
beginning in early infancy. Furthermore, failure to engage sexually active adolescents with HIV in care and
promote sustained viral suppression increases population risk of HIV acquisition and promotes transmission of
resistant HIV viral strains. Providing the best possible HIV prevention and care and treatment services for
adolescents requires a wide range of setting-specific, youth-responsive approaches. Current research by
Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (HU CFAR) investigators includes a broad scope of prevention,
testing, and care approaches for adolescents at risk for HIV and those living with HIV and complications of HIV
disease and treatment. We propose to develop an Adolescence & HIV Scientific Working Group (SWG) within
the HU CFAR to bring these investigators together, with three specific aims: 1) To promote participation in
adolescent-focused HIV prevention and care research from a broad community of investigators and public
health organizations; 2) To develop a novel adolescent HIV research “tool kit,” building on the expertise of HU
CFAR investigators to provide methodologic resources for investigators new to adolescent HIV; 3) To create
and support new mentorship relationships and new adolescent HIV-focused research projects, expand the HU
CFAR adolescent HIV research portfolio, and increase the number of Early Career Investigators funded to
conduct adolescent HIV work. By creating an Adolescence & HIV Scientific Working Group, we plan to
promote interdisciplinary engagement in adolescent-focused HIV research, provide adolescent-specific
methodologic resources, and expand the HU CFAR portfolio of adolescent-centered research. Leveraging the
strengths of the Harvard University CFAR and the broader CFAR and Boston scientific communities, we will
catalyze new collaborations, with particular emphasis on promoting Early Career Investigators and
partnerships with DPH. The HU CFAR Adolescent & HIV SWG can thus generate innovative approaches to
critical questions impacting a key vulnerable population: adolescents and young adults with HIV and at ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9960413
- **Project number:** 5P30AI060354-17
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Andrea Lynne Ciaranello
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $112,169
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2004-07-01 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9960413

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9960413, Adolescence and HIV SWG (5P30AI060354-17). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9960413. Licensed CC0.

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