DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dr. McClelland has been a highly productive researcher in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention and treatment since 1998. He has published 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts of original research and been Principal Investigator on 13 research grants including 8 major NIH- funded studies. Dr. McClelland leads the University of Washington (UW) Mombasa HIV/STD Research Field Site in Kenya, where he has developed an outstanding research and training infrastructure. His past and present trainees include 18 masters (15 as chair), 10 PhD (5 as chair), and 26 post-doctoral researchers (21 as primary mentor). These trainees have been exceptionally successful in career advancement, publishing, and securing additional funding to support their training and research. More than 75% of Dr. McClelland's mentees have remained in academics or other settings where they focus on patient-oriented research. Dr. McClelland has received two prestigious mentoring awards; the UW School of Public Health Outstanding Mentor Award (2012), and the Department of Medicine Mentor of the Year Award (2015). Career Plan, Institutional Environment, and Institutional Commitment The research and mentoring proposed in this application focus on multidisciplinary implementation science. During the past several years, Dr. McClelland has been expanding his research program in this emerging and important field. As a young HIV researcher in the late 1990s, Dr. McClelland began his career by conducting clinical and epidemiological studies of HIV and STD prevention and treatment in Africa. At that time, the key research questions related primarily to `what' works. Today, with a range of proven prevention and treatment tools available, it is a natural extension to include research that focuses on `how' to implement these interventions to maximize population impact. Dr. McClelland is at an ideal point in his career to expand his leadership of multidisciplinary mentoring teams while gaining new skills and refining his approach through structured courses, independent study, and exploration of new mentoring strategies. The overarching objective of Dr. McClelland's mentorship is to support trainees' progress on the path to full research independence. The UW is an ideal environment for this research and mentoring program, with >1 billion dollars in annual research funding, numerous grants to support young investigators in patient-oriented research, and top-ranked programs in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Global Health, and Implementation Science attracting a large number of superb trainees each year. The UW has a strong commitment to Dr. McClelland and his research and mentoring plan. Research Plan Integration of HIV and family planning (FP) services is an approach that holds considerable promise for improving delivery of HIV treatment and prevention services to women. The United States Government Global Health Initiat...