# Sustainable Development for Improved HIV Health and Prevention in Kenya (SD4H-Kenya)

> **NIH NIH D43** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2020 · $305,902

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa,
largely due to the parallel challenges of poverty and food insecurity. Yet, health professionals are not trained to
include sustainable development solutions as part of their armamentarium to address poor HIV health
outcomes. The Sustainable Development for HIV Health (SD4H) Training Program provides intensive graduate
training for Kenyan PhD and MSc candidates with a focus on improving HIV health outcomes through
innovative food security and poverty alleviation interventions. We aspire to create a cadre of graduate trainees
who will become the next generation of HIV researchers with transdisciplinary expertise in public health, HIV
health, and development sciences in order to help address the vicious cycle of poverty, food insecurity and
poor HIV health The SD4H is a consortium among Kenyan and United States (US) institutions including
Maseno University (MU), the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and the University of California
Global Health Institute (UCGHI).
Strengths and innovations of our program include: 1) A unified consortium that offers synergy by
capitalizing upon MU, KEMRI and UCGHI's ability to provide exceptional training and research support; 2) A
team with extensive experience in training and building local capacity including the 25 years of highly-
successful research and training collaboration between KEMRI and UCSF investigators; 3) Exceptional
transdisciplinary team of faculty mentors with expertise in diverse disciplines not typically found in a single
training program including: public health, medicine, HIV/AIDS, nursing, economics, agriculture and food
security, nutrition, environmental sciences, gender studies, development and strategic studies, and biological
and social sciences; 4) A proven mentor training program designed to strengthen mentoring capacity at LMIC
institutions; and 5) A team mentoring approach, with a primary mentor (usually from Maseno University) to act
as the trainee's supervisor, that enhances and supports transdisciplinary research mentorship to advance
careers and scientific discovery. During the five-year program, we will train 4 PhD and 9 Master's students, as
well as additional MU students who participate in the annual SD4H workshops and on-line courses, and faculty
who attend the mentoring development workshop. PhD and Master's students will receive most of their
education at MU, with doctoral students spending a year at UCSF to complete the year-long Advanced
Training in Clinical Research certificate, and Masters students taking part in online courses at UCSF and
UCGHI. In addition, doctoral students will have the options to spend a quarter at UC Davis or take additional
SD4H courses at UCSF. All students will participate in mentored research. Upon completion of the SD4H
program, Kenyan scientists will successfully engage in producing evidence-based SD4H re...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9999777
- **Project number:** 1D43TW011306-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Elizabeth Anne BUKUSI
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $305,902
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-04-22 → 2024-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9999777

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9999777, Sustainable Development for Improved HIV Health and Prevention in Kenya (SD4H-Kenya) (1D43TW011306-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9999777. Licensed CC0.

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