# 1/3 Alcohol Research Consortium in HIV - Administrative Core (ARCH-AC)

> **NIH NIH U24** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $246,534

## Abstract

This competitive renewal application for the Alcohol Research Consortium on HIV (ARCH) builds on and
extends our very successful administrative and research accomplishments during our initial NIAAA funding
period. ARCH is integrated into a well-established, scientifically productive, national HIV clinical cohort, the
CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical systems (CNICS), a network of 8 clinical cohorts and over 30,000 persons
living with HIV (PLWH) across the United States. This dynamic cohort provides an ideal scientific platform for
long-term study of HIV and alcohol through the collection of comprehensive clinical data and specimens as
well as uniformly-collected patient reported outcomes. The ARCH consortium consists of the Administrative
Core (ARCH-AC), the epidemiological research component (ARCH-ERA), and an intervention research
component (ARCH- IRA). In addition, we have embedded a nascent resource core into each of the research
components to capitalize on our expertise and expand our capacity in two new and critical areas of high
relevance to HIV and alcohol services and research: the Biostatistics Core (housed in the epidemiology grant
ARCH-ERA) and an eHealth Technology Core (housed in the intervention grant ARCH-IRA). The overarching
goal of our consortium is to improve clinical outcomes and reduce health disparities among PLWH with alcohol
misuse through development and testing of tailored interventions (ARCH-IRA) that are informed by real-time
data collection and analysis (ARCH-ERA). Specific themes addressed by our consortium include health
disparities, precision medicine, implementation science, state-of-the-art biostatistical methodology, and
eHealth technology. The ARCH Administrative Core (AC), the focus of this application, is the U24 that provides
the infrastructure for oversight, coordination and direction to the consortium, and facilitates the scientific
goals of the epidemiology and intervention components of ARCH. The structure includes: an executive
committee; a research steering committee which includes a scientific advisory board; key scientific working
groups to conceptualize and implement study aims. ARCH-AC is co-led by national experts in alcohol use
disorders and HIV, who have over 30 years of combined scientific experience in conducting epidemiologic and
clinical research in HIV/AIDS. The AC provides the critical infrastructure to: 1)Facilitate communication,
collaboration and integration among ARCH components and investigators, NIAAA collaborators, Scientific
Advisory Board, CHAART and other alcohol/HIV consortia; 2)Oversee implementation of the ARCH scientific
epidemiologic and interventional aims; 3)Optimize coordination of ARCH resources among the research
projects and with outside groups, particularly the data repositories, epidemiologic/ biostatistics support and
the investigational expertise; 4)Promote scientific participation of junior investigators new to the field of
alcohol and or HIV; 5)Support dissemi...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9997765
- **Project number:** 5U24AA020801-10
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** GEETANJALI CHANDER
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $246,534
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-09-15 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9997765

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9997765, 1/3 Alcohol Research Consortium in HIV - Administrative Core (ARCH-AC) (5U24AA020801-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9997765. Licensed CC0.

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