# Child Mental Health in HIV-impacted Low-Resource Settings in Developing Countries: Global Research Fellowship

> **NIH NIH D43** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $299,902

## Abstract

Project Abstract/Summary
The proposed “Child Mental Health in HIV-impacted Low-resource settings in Developing countries: Global
Research Fellowship” (CHILD-GRF) training program will provide state-of-the-art methods training, mentoring,
and “hands-on” research experience to promising early career researchers committed to research careers
focused on addressing HIV prevention and the serious burden of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH)
in the context of HIV/AIDS. The overall expectation is to increase, strengthen, and sustain the capacity of
research institutions in Uganda, a sub-Saharan African (SSA) country heavily affected by HIV/ AIDS. CHILD-
GRF is guided by: Aim 1. Identify and train a cadre of 18 SSA scientists from Uganda (6 per year over 3
consecutive recruitment cycles) capable of serving as a Principal Investigators (PIs) on extramurally funded
studies focused on combination HIV prevention (CHP) addressing persistent poverty, community violence, co-
occurring CAMH problems, and HIV care and prevention in HIV-impacted communities. The program will
establish and provide: (a) multi-disciplinary training in substantive areas and methods for identification and
treatment of CAMH in HIV-impacted low-resource settings in developing countries, applying interventions that
have been culturally adapted to SSA along with training in methods focused on SSA context through a 3-year
summer intensive training at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL), led by multidisciplinary faculty, (b)
an intensive mentorship program and training infrastructure that fosters long-term research collaboration with
senior researchers and mentors from the global north and the global south; (c) hands-on learning opportunities
through activities between summers, including site visits to NIH funded research projects and centers focused
on HIV prevention and mental health interventions in communities heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS; (d) funding
for pilot studies; and (e) technical support and peer review for pilot studies, manuscript preparations, and grant
applications for larger studies. Aim 2. Bring together a network of committed mentors from the global north and
the global south to ensure quality training for promising new investigators from Uganda who would focus their
research on culturally-congruent interventions addressing HIV with an emphasis on co-existing CAMH and
CHP with potential implications for LMICs, including SSA. Aim 3: Delineate key factors that underlie successful
mentorship and training of new investigators from Uganda, with potential implications for new investigators
focused on CAMH and HIV-prevention interventions in LMICs, including SSA. CHILD-GRF has a structured, 6-
week intensive advanced summer training program. Each fellow will be paired with a mentor from WUSTL and
Uganda. A rigorous program evaluation will track individual fellow progress and program success. This
application is aligned with Fogarty's strategic priority of strengtheni...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9999785
- **Project number:** 1D43TW011541-01
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Mary McKernan McKay
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $299,902
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-04-22 → 2024-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9999785

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9999785, Child Mental Health in HIV-impacted Low-Resource Settings in Developing Countries: Global Research Fellowship (1D43TW011541-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9999785. Licensed CC0.

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