International Program
Overview
CMHRA supports research in international settings focused on all areas of emphasis addressed by the Center. A primary goal is to support research on effective ways to prevent or reduce the spread of HIV/STDs worldwide. This includes research to adapt efficacious prevention strategies developed in the U.S. and to conduct randomized controlled trials in international sites. The program encourages studies of multilevel social organization and complex relationships, such as those at the couple, family, community, societal (media, policy), and technological (Internet) levels. A critical focus for the Center also includes research to better understand the global burden of neurological disease associated with HIV infection, with an emphasis on efforts to reduce the burden.
Areas of Emphasis
- Clarify the impact of new biomedical technologies (e.g., microbicides, vaccines, rapid tests, genetic advances) on HIV risk behaviors.
- Foster dissemination, translation, and operational research on ways to implement and enhance long-term maintenance behavior change.
- Promote the global adoption of primary preventive interventions.
- Identify molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying HIV-associated dementia, and develop therapeutic agents to prevent or treat the dementia.
- Identify host and HIV viral genetics that render susceptibility or protection to neuronal dysfunction.
- Identify/characterize HIV-associated cognitive or motor dysfunction and assess it in the context of mental illness and HIV-associated comorbidities.
Contact
Willo Pequegnat, Ph.D.
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6219B, MSC 9619
301-443-6100, wpequegn@mail.nih.gov
