CHARM-Affiliated or Supported Projects

 

Project Title

Principal Investigator

Funding Mechanism

Project Start Date

Project End Date

Addressing Disaster Displacement for Recovery with Equitable and Sustainable Systems (ADDRESS) of HIV Care in Puerto Rico

Felicia Casanova, Ph.D.

NIMHD K01

Sep-24 Jun-29

Test-to-PrEP: A Randomized Hybrid Implementation/Efficacy Trial of a Social Network Strategy to Increase Equitable Reach of HIV Testing and PrEP Information

Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, MD

NIMH R01

Sep-24 June-29

Implementing depression and adherence treatment in S. Africa HIV care

Steven Safren, Ph.D.

NIMH R01

Sep-24 May-29

Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO

Guillermo Prado, Ph.D.

NIMHD P50

Aug-24 Feb-29

Leveraging a Strategic Alliance of Community-Based Implementers and Researchers to Characterize, Protocolize, and Scale Up Local Implementation Strategies for Ending the HIV Epidemic among Latino MSM

Audrey Harkness, Ph.D.

NIMH R01

Aug-24 May-29

Project ACCESS: Advancing Equitable Access to HIV/HCV Testing Through Structural Transformation in Syringe Services Programs: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Tyler Bartholomew, Ph.D. 

NIDA R01

Jul-24 Apr-29

Exploring Acceptability & Potential Reach of Game-Based & Social Network Strategies for Improving PrEP & HIV Self-Testing Uptake among Latinx Sexual Minority Men Living in an EHE Priority Jurisdiction

Lacey Craker, Pre-Doc

NIMH F32

Jul-24 June-26

Employment as prevention: Adapting a structural intervention to achieve HIV equity among immigrant Latino MSM

Jahn Jaramillo, MPH, Doctoral Candidate, CHANGE T32 Trainee

NIMH F31

Mar-24 Mar-25

Inflammasome Activation and Gut-Brain Axis Dysregulation in HIV and Methamphetamine-Associated Depression

Michal Toborek, MD, Ph.D.

NIDA R01

Mar-24 Jan-29

A Randomized Control Trial of Striving Towards EmPowerment and Medication Adherence (STEP-AD) among Black Women Living with HIV

Sannisha Dale, Ph.D.

NIMH R01

Mar-24 Nov-28

Inflammation, BBB disruption, and Reward Function in the Pathogenesis of Depression among PWH

Vilma Gabbay, MD 

NIMH R01

Feb-24 June-27

Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute K12 Program

Candice Sternberg, M.D.

NCATS CTSI K23

Sep-23 Aug-28

Cannabis Use and Proximal Immune Dysregulation (CUPID)

Renessa Williams, Ph.D.

NIMHD K23

Sep-23 June-26

Psycho-neuro-immune Mechanisms Linking Stigma and Discrimination to Carotid Plaque Formation in Persons living with HIV

Roger McIntosh, Ph.D.

NHLBI R01

Aug-23 July-27

The study of Eicosanoids as Novel Inflammatory Mediators of CVD in Men and Women with HIV

Claudia Martinez, M.D.

NHLBI R01

Apr-23 Mar-27

Cardiovascular Research Empowerment Workforce

Sonjia Kenya, Ph.D. 

NHLBI R25

Aug-23 July-28

Exploring the Role of Novel Aging-Focused Syndemic Conditions on HIV Risk and Quality of Life among HIV-Negative Older Sexual Minority Men

Elliott Weinstein, MPH, M.S., Doctoral Candidate

NIDA R36

July-23 June-25

ÚNETE: Combining Friendship Support Networks and Targeted Messaging from Celebrity Influencers to Reduce Latinx Substance Use Disparities

Mariano Kanamori, Ph.D.

NIDA DP1

Aug-23 June-28

Relationship between methamphetamine use, viral reservoir dynamics and clinical progression in treated HIV infection

Mario Stevenson, Ph.D. / Hansel Tookes, M.D. / Adam Carrico, Ph.D.

NIDA R01

June-23

Apr-28

In pursuit of a one-stop shop: a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of comprehensive tele-harm reduction for people who inject drugs

Hansel Tookes, M.D / Tyler Bartholomew, Ph.D.

NIDA R01

June-23

Mar-28

The CROWN study: Comprehensive Research on Oral and mental health among WomeN

Deborah Jones, Ph.D. / Maria Alciade, M.D. / Daniel Feaster, Ph.D. / Carrigan Parish, Ph.D.

NIDCR R01

June-23

May-28

Enhancing HIV Prevention and Treatment Referral and Engagement among Latino MSM: A Pilot Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of the JUNTOS Referral Network

Audrey Harkness, Ph.D.

NIMH R34

Sep-23

Aug-26

Five Point Initiative: A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Bundled Implementation Strategy to Address the HIV Epidemic in Black Communities

Sannisha Dale, Ph.D.

NIMH R01

Aug-23

May-28

Bon Bagay (Good Stuff): Biomedical HIV Prevention Among People of Haitian Descent

Candice Sternberg, M.D.

Diversity Supplement

Jul-22

Jun-23

LatiNET, a Multilevel Social Network Model to Examine and Address SARS-CoV-2 Misinformation in Low-Income Latinx Communities.

Mariano Kanamori, Ph.D.

NIMHD R01

Sep-22

May-27

Integrated Navigation Services for Treatment Adherence, Counseling, and Research (INSTACARE)

Sonjia Kenya, Ph.D. 

NIMHD R01

Sep-22

May-27

FINISHING HIV: An EHE model for Latinos Integrating One-Stop-Shop PrEP Services, a Social Network Support Program and a National Pharmacy Chain

Mariano Kanamori, Ph.D.

NIAID R01

June-22

May-27

reSET for the Treatment of Stimulant Use in HIV Clinics: Care Optimization Supporting Treatment Adherence (COSTA)

José Szapocznik, Ph.D.

NIDA R01

Sep-22

Jul-27

The Florida Node Alliance of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (23)

José Szapocznik, Ph.D.

NIDA UG1

Mar-22

Feb-23

Expansion of the efficacy trial of Tele-Harm Reduction into a federally qualified health center operated syringe services program

Hansel Tookes, M.D.

NIDA AVENIR Supplement

Sep-22

Apr-25

Looking into the Heart of Cannabis and HIV

Claudia Martinez, M.D.

NIDA AVENIR

Apr-22

Mar-26

mCARES: An HIV Adherence Intervention to Support Racial/Ethnic Minority Women with/at-risk of Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders

Lunthita Duthely, Ph.D.

NIDA/R34

Sep-22

Jul-25

Syndemics, the microbiome, and mucosal inflammation involved in HIV acquisition

Emily Cherenack, Ph.D.

NIAID/F32

Sep-21

Aug-24

CTN-0121: INTEGRATED CARE AND TREATMENT FOR SEVERE INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AMONG HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS

José Szapocznik, Ph.D.

NIDA/UG1 Supplement

Sep-21

Feb-22

TREATMENT RESEARCH INVESTIGATING DEPRESSION EFFECTS ON NEUROIMMUNE TARGETS (TRIDENT)

Adam Carrico, PhD, Steven Safren, PhD (MPIs)

NIMH/R01

Sep-21

Aug-26

DEFINING BRAIN PERICYTES AS A NOVEL AND MYELOID-DERIVED HIV RESERVOIR

Michal Toborek, MD, PhD

NIMH/R01

Jul-21

Apr-26

TOOLS TO VISUALIZE AND SUMMARIZE HIV RESOURCES, DISEASE BURDEN AND EHE INTERVENTIONS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

Raymond Balise, Ph.D.

NIMH EHE/CHARM Administrative Supplement

Jul-21

Feb-23

THE JUNTOS REFERRAL NETWORK: PLANNING AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO ENHANCE THE REACH OF HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES TO LATINO MSM AND ADDRESS INTERSECTIONAL INSECURITIES

Audrey Harkness, Ph.D.

NIMH EHE/CHARM Administrative Supplement

Jul-21

Feb-23

UNDERSTANDING INTERSECTIONAL STIGMA AND SUBSTANCE USE THROUGH GPS SPATIAL MOBILITY DATA

Adam Carrico, PhD

NIDA/R01 Supplement

Jun-21

May-25

TELE-HARM REDUCTION FOR RAPID INITIATION OF ANTIRETROVIRALS IN PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Hansel Tookes, MD

NIDA AVENIR

May-21

Apr-25

MONITORING MICROAGGRESSIONS AND ADVERSITIES TO GENERATE INTERVENTIONS FOR CHANGE (MMAGIC) FOR BLACK WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV

Sannisha Dale, Ph.D.

NIMH/R01

Apr-21

Jan-25

CULTURALLY-FOCUSED HIV ADVANCEMENTS THROUGH THE NEXT GENERATION FOR EQUITY (CHANGE) TRAINING PROGRAM

Daniel Feaster, PhD

NIMH/T32

Apr-21

Mar-26

PREPARADOS: A MULTI-LEVEL SOCIAL NETWORK MODEL TO INCREASE PREP ENROLLMENT BY LATINO MSM SELF-IDENTIFIED AS GAY, BISEXUAL

Mariano Kanamori, PhD

NIMH/R01

Dec-20

Oct-23

DEVELOPING AND PILOT TESTING PEER AMBASSADOR STORIES FOR INCREASING HIV-PREVENTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT UPTAKE AMONG LATINO MSM

Audrey Harkness, Ph.D.

NIMHD/K23 Supplement

Sep-20

Mar-23

TFH DYSFUNCTION IN HIV AND AGING

Savita Pahwa, M.D.

NIA/R01

Sep-20

Apr-25

EFFECTS OF SYNDEMICS ON HIV OUTCOMES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Jasper Lee, MS

NIMH/F31

Sep-20

Sep-21

INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SERVICES FOR TREATMENT ADHERENCE, COUNSELING, AND RESEARCH (INSTACARE)

Sonjia Kenya, Ed.D

NINR/R56

Sep-20

Aug-22

ADDRESSING LATINO MSM HEALTH DISPARITIES BY INCREASING ENGAGEMENT WITH BEHAVIORAL AND HIV-PREVENTION SERVICES: AN IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE APPROACH

Audrey Harkness, PhD

NIMHD/K23

Sep-20

Mar-25

DIVERSIPREP: MULTI-LEVEL VARIABLES INFLUENCING IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS OF A CLIENT-CENTERED PREP SERVICE MODEL WITH TELEHEALTH

Mariano Kanamori, PhD

NIMH/Administrative Supplement

Aug-20

Feb-21

FIVE POINT INITIATIVE – REACHING MIAMI’S BLACK COMMUNITIES TO END THE HIV EPIDEMIC

Sannisha Dale, PhD

NIMH EHE/CHARM Administrative Supplement

Aug-20

Aug-22

FINISHING HIV: A SOCIAL NETWORK-BASED OUTREACH PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE UTILIZATION OF HIV PROTECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES, CUSTOMIZED FOR LATINOS

Mariano Kanamori, PhD

NIMH EHE/CHARM Administrative Supplement

Aug-20

Aug-21

TARGETING INFLAMMASOMES IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HIV

Michal Toborek, MD, PhD

NIDA/R01 Supplement

Jul-20

May-25

OPTIMIZING PREP ADHERENCE IN SEXUAL MINORITY MEN WHO USE STIMULANTS

Adam Carrico, PhD

NIDA/R01

Jul-20

May-25

BON SANTE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIV PREVENTION AMONG HAITIAN AMERICANS

Candice Sternberg, MD

CHARM Pilot Award

Jun-20

Mar-21

ENGAGING HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS IN MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND HIV PREVENTION: A FATHER-SON INITIATIVE

Tatiana Perrino, PsyD

CHARM Pilot Award

Jun-20

Mar-21

THE SYNDEMIC OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT, MENTAL ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE USE, AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE AMONG MARGINALIZED ADULTS LIVING WITH HIV

Kathryn Nowotny, PhD

CHARM Pilot Award

Jun-20

Mar-21

STIGMA, RESILIENCE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK AMONG WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV

Claudia Martinez, MD 

CHARM Pilot Award

Jun-20

Mar-21

MIAMI COVID COHORT: DEVELOPING THE FOUNDATION FOR A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO COVID-19

Maria Alcaide, MD

CFAR Pilot Award

Jun-20

Mar-21

NOVEL ROLE OF INFLAMMASOME ACTIVATION IN ART NEUROTOXICITY

Michal Toborek, MD, PhD

NIMH/R21

May-20

Feb-22

IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION IN HIV+ OPIOID USERS

Savita Pahwa, M.D.

NIDA/R01

Apr-20

Jan-25

SYNDEMICS, INFLAMMATION, AND BIOBEHAVIORAL HIV RISK AMONG TRANSGENDER WOMEN

Tiffany Glynn, MS

NIDA/R36

Apr-20

Mar-22

BAYESIAN VARIABLE SELECTION METHODS TO ACCELERATE IDENTIFICATION OF IMPORTANT PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDICTORS AND NEURAL SUBSTRATES OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Sierra Bainter, PhD

NIMH/K01

Apr-20

Mar-25

EFFECTS OF COVID-19'S SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON LONLINESS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY

Viviana Horigian, MD

University of Miami Office of the Vice Provost for Research

Apr-20

Sep-20

PROJECT SUSTAIN: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 AMONG BLACK WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV

Sannisha Dale, PhD

 

Mar-20

Apr-21

BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO MIAMI- DADE HIV TEST COUNSELORS’ PREP AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REFERRALS: AN IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING PROJECT

Audrey Harkness, PhD

Copeland Foundation Award

Feb-20

Feb-21

INCREASING AVAILABILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF CIRCUMCISION IN ZAMBIA -LFLS 

Stephen Weiss, PhD

NIMH/R34

Sep-19

Jun-22

METHAMPHETAMINE USE AND HIV AS RISK FACTORS FOR COVID-19

Adam Carrico, PhD

NIDA/R01

Sep-19

Jul-24

SUPPORTING TREATMENT ADHERENCE FOR RESILIENCE AND THRIVING (START): A MHEALTH INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE ART ADHERENCE FOR HIV-POSITIVE STIMULANT USING MEN - DIVERSITY SUPPLEMENT

Adam Carrico, PhD

NIDA/R01

Sep-19

Jul-24

EVALUATION OF LIFE-STEPS TO ENHANCE ADHERENCE AND ENGAGEMENT IN PREP CARE

Steven Safren, PhD

NIMH/R01

Sep-19

Aug-24

WOMEN HIV COHORT STUDY: HIV INFECTION AND TREATMENT AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE

Maria Alcaide, MD

NICHD/R01

Sep-19

Jul-23

IMPLEMENTATION OF TELEMEDICINE TEST AND TREAT FOR ON-SITE INITIATION OF ART AT MIAMI’S IDEA EXCHANGE SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM

Hansel Tookes, MD

NIMH EHE/CHARM Administrative Supplement

Sep-19

02/2021 (NCE)

FINISHING HIV: AN HIV PROTECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT NETWORK FOR LATINOS

Mariano Kanamori, PhD

NIMH EHE/CHARM Administrative Supplement

Sep-19

02/2021 (NCE)

FIVE POINT INITIATIVE

Sannisha Dale, PhD

NIMH EHE/CHARM Administrative Supplement

Sep-19

02/2021 (NCE)

MONITORING MICROAGGRESSIONS AND ADVERSITIES TO GENERATE INTERVENTIONS FOR CHANGE (MMAGIC) FOR BLACK WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV

Sannisha Dale, PhD

NIMH/R56

Aug-19

Aug-21

MYTPILL: A NOVEL STRATEGY TO MONITOR ANTIRETROVIRAL ADHERENCE AMONG HIV+ PRESCRIPTION OPIOID USERS

Adam Carrico, PhD

NIDA/R01

Jun-19

Apr-23

CHASE: AN INNOVATIVE COUNTY-LEVEL PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK STATE

Daniel Feaster, PhD

NIDA/UM1

Apr-19

Mar-23

MACS/WIHS -CCS

Deborah Jones, PhD Maria Alcaide, MD

NHLBI/U01

Apr-19

Mar-26

LONGITUDINAL COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT OF ENGAGEMENT IN HIV- PREVENTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG LATINO MSM

Audrey Harkness, PhD

CLARO Developmental Award

Mar-19

02/2021 (NCE)

SYNDEMIC BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO ENGAGEMENT IN HIV- PREVENTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR LATINO MSM IN MIAMI

Audrey Harkness, PhD 

CFAR Developmental Award 

Feb-19

02/2021 (NCE)

ADAPTIVE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE PREP CLINICAL EVALUATION AND UPTAKE IN STIMULANT-USING MEN

Adam Carrico, PhD

NIDA/R34

Feb-19

Jan-22

COMMUNITY-BASED AWARENESS FOR MINORITY POPULATIONS (CHAMP)

Sonjia Kenya, PhD

Florida Department of Health

Jan-19

Dec-21

MECHANISMS UNDERLYING RECURRENT BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS AND HIV RISK - A MULTIDICIPLINARY APPROACH

Maria Acaide, MD

NIAID/R01

Aug-18

Jul-23

HIV-RELATED CHANGES TO THE CENTRAL-AUTONOMIC NETWORK AND ASSOCIATED RISK FOR HYPERTENSION

Roger McIntosh, PhD

NHLBI/K01

Feb-18

Feb-23

A MULTI-SITE MULTI-SETTING RCT OF INTEGRATED HIV PREVENTION AND HCV CARE FOR PWID

Daniel Feaster, PhD

NIDA/R01

Aug-17

Jul-22

ENHANCING CAPACITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND CARE IN CAMBODIA

Adam Carrico, PhD

NIMH/R01

Aug-17

Jul-22

INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION AND HIV RISK REDUCTION COUNSELING FOR MSM WITH STIMULANT ABUSE

Steven Safren, PhD

NIDA/R01

Apr-17

Jan-22

A CLUSTER RCT TO INCREASE HIV TESTING IN SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT PROGRAMS

Daniel Feaster, PhD

NIDA/R01

Sep-16

Jul-22

POSITIVE CONNECTIONS: COPA2

Deborah Jones, PhD

NIMH/R01

Aug-16

May-21

ADDRESSING PSYCHOSOCIAL COMORBIDITIES IN HIV TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

Steven Safren, PhD

NIDA/K24

Aug-16

Jul-21

NURSE-DELIVERED CBT FOR DEPRESSION-ADHERENCE IN HIV PRIMARY CARE S. AFRICA

Steven Safren, PhD

NIMH/R01

Aug-15

Apr-21

 

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