# Child/Adolescent/Young Adult HIV Research Training

> **NIH NIH T32** · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · 2020 · $456,512

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Well-trained researchers are needed in the next decade to address the challenge of HIV/AIDS especially
among children, adolescents, and young adults. Effective programs are needed for both the prevention of HIV,
as well as intervention for those infected by HIV. This research training program will prepare Ph.D. and M.D.
fellows to carry out independent research. The Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center has faculty with
expertise in HIV prevention, other risk behaviors, normative development, psychopathology, and the
psychology of physically ill youth. Additional faculty at Brown (through the Center for AIDS Research) have
expertise in the medical care of HIV infected youth and adults, HIV testing, Treatment as Prevention, Pre-
Exposure Prophylaxis, sexually transmitted infections, substance abuse, and international health. The strong
faculty record of NIH funded research ensures that trainees are exposed to thriving areas of programmatic
research. Trainees benefit from the accumulated and diverse expertise by the opportunity of two mentors, each
with a different focus. Mentors focus on either 1) child/adolescent behavioral health, developmental or mental
health issues or 2) medical aspects of HIV research. Training involves interdisciplinary and translational
elements to prepare trainees for the integration of the medical, psychiatric, and developmental issues and as it
informs Biobehavioral HIV/AIDS Research.
The program will have a total of six postdoctoral trainees and one summer trainee each year. Two or three new
psychology trainees are enrolled every year for a two-year fellowship (with an optional third year) and one new
M.D. will be enrolled in alternate training years. Consistent with each trainee's individual needs, a graduated
program for progressive independent research is designed. A formal training curriculum targets specific
learning objectives aimed at skills needed for the next generation of HIV research. Core areas of learning
include models of behavior and its change, assessment of behavior and emotional processes, influence of
comorbidities on HIV, and the biology of HIV, its prevention and its treatment. Curriculum needs can be
satisfied by HIV-specific seminars, general research design seminars, and by tutorials in addition to formal
courses at Brown or nearby universities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9961652
- **Project number:** 5T32MH078788-13
- **Recipient organization:** RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** LARRY K BROWN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $456,512
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9961652

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9961652, Child/Adolescent/Young Adult HIV Research Training (5T32MH078788-13). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9961652. Licensed CC0.

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