| Charles Burns | Expanding the reach of an HIV rapid response re-engagement team (H3RT): assessing the readiness of key stakeholders and identifying predictors of re-engagement. | Pilot Award | 2022 |
| Cordelia Manickam | Role of eosinophils in lentiviral infection | Pilot Award | 2022 |
| Elliott SoRelle | Resolving spatially heterogeneous expression in EBV+ Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas from HIV+ individuals and their correlation to tractable in vitro disease models | Pilot Award | 2022 |
| Lynn Lin | Develop a context-sensitive statistical framework for analyzing flow cytometry and other summary data to identify Immune correlates of protection | Pilot Award | 2022 |
| Schenita Randolph | Examining Organizational Culture and Context of Beauty Salons for Scalability and Sustainability of a Salon-Based Intervention to Improve the Awareness, Knowledge and Uptake of PrEP among Black Women in the United States South | Microgrant | 2022 |
| Sandeep Dave | Defining the tumor microenvironment of HIV+ diffuse large B cell lymphoma | Pilot Award | 2021 |
| Tiarney Ritchwood | Characterizing treatment regimen fatigue among older adults living with HIV | Pilot Award | 2021 |
| Stella Berendam | Enhancing anti-HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibody IgG1 mucosal distribution via fusion to polymeric Ig receptor binding peptide | Pilot Award | 2021 |
| Marina Tuyishime | Characterization of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-specific ADCC responses and NK cell populations in HIV-infected individuals | Pilot Award | 2021 |
| Neil Surana | Determining the role of the gut microbiota in HIV acquisition | Pilot Award | 2021 |
| Brandon Knettel | Implementation Strategies for Integrating Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in HIV Care | Microgrant | 2021 |
| Howard Lee | Metabolomic Profile In Risk Prediction Of Fibrosis Among People With HBV And HIV Coinfection | Pilot Award | 2020 |
| Shanti Narayayansama | Tackling a neglected HIV-associated infection - A validation study of the IgG and IgM serological responses to talaromycosis | Pilot Award | 2020 |
| Charles Burns | Advancing PrEP Delivery: An Assessment of the Readiness of Key Stakeholders for the Delivery of PrEP in the Urgent Care Setting | Microgrant | 2020 |
| Mehri McKellar | Engaging pharmacies for HIV prevention in South Carolina | Special Project Award | 2020 |
| Amy Corneli | HIV Prevention within the COVID-19 Context: HIV Risk and PrEP use Among Black Cisgender Women and Same Gender Loving Black Men in the U.S. South | Special Project Award | 2020 |
| Michael Relf | Testing the acceptability of an internalized stigma reduction intervention among women living with HIV (WLWH) in Rwanda | Pilot Award | 2019 |
| Amelia Thompson | Adolescent HIV-1 vaccine clinical trial acceptability and feasibility in North Carolina | Pilot Award | 2019 |
| Melissa Watt | HIV stigma reduction with men in Tanzania: Pilot test of a video and counseling intervention to reduce stigmatizing attitudes and promote linkage to HIV care | Pilot Award | 2019 |
| Julian Hertz | Myocardial infarction among persons living with HIV in northern Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2019 |
| Xiaoying Shen | Enhance subdominant B cell response against HIVenvelope variable region 2 (V2) by overcoming competition from the immunodominant V3 region | Pilot Award | 2019 |
| Kevin Tsai | Regulation of HIV-1 replication by epitranscriptomic acetylation of cytidine in viral RNA transcripts | Pilot Award | 2019 |
| Sweta Patel | The impact of HIV infection or exposure on the upper respiratory microbiome of children in Botswana | Pilot Award | 2019 |
| Laura Barisoni | Spatial association between SHIV infection and structural changes in kidney of SHIV-infected Rhesus Macaques | Microgrant | 2019 |
| Lance Okeke | An EHR-based model to identify potential candidates for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in a Southern healthcare system | Microgrant | 2019 |
| Dieter Mielke | Novel lentiviral transduction system to study acutely- and latently-HIV-1 infected primary cells | Microgrant | 2019 |
| Charles Muiruri | Contextualizing factors associated with non-adherence to cardiovascular disease prevention strategies for people living with HIV who have achieved viral suppression | Microgrant | 2019 |
| John Mitchell & Marie Stoner | A community based approach to understanding PrEP care in at-risk adolescents | Pilot Award | 2018 |
| Maria Blasi | Optimization of IDLV mediated gene expression for therapeutic interventions against HIV-1 | Microgrant | 2018 |
| Li Huang | Activation and elimination of HIV-1 latently infected CD4 positive T cells | Microgrant | 2018 |
| Nicholas Heaton | Proof-of-concept studies to identify controllers of HIV-1 provirus transcription | Microgrant | 2018 |
| Mari Shinohara | Cellular and molecular mechanisms inducing cryptococcal immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) | Microgrant | 2018 |
| Julius Wilder | Antiretroviral switches in HIV/HCV co-infected patients: Initiating direct acting antiviral therapies for Hepatitis C Infection | Microgrant | 2018 |
| Gerald Bloomfield | Evaluating Inflammatory Indicators of Cardiac Performance in Children with Perinatally Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Western Kenya | Pilot Award | 2017 |
| Megan Huchko | Coupling Cervical Cancer Screening with HIV Testing through Community Health Campaign in Western Kenya | Pilot Award | 2017 |
| Genevieve Fouda & Joel Collier | A Supramolecular, Self-Adjuvanting, Neonatal HIV Vaccine | Pilot Award | 2017 |
| Matthew Kelly | Investigating the role of the nasopharyngeal microbiome in mediating the increased susceptibility of HIV-exposed, uninfected infants to colonization and disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae | Pilot Award | 2016 |
| Todd Bradley & Kevin Wiehe | Mechanisms of VRC01-like antibody-virus co-evolution | Pilot Award | 2016 |
| David Tobin & Stefan Oehlers | Reversing vascular dysfunction as a novel therapy for mycobacterial infection | Pilot Award | 2016 |
| Joy Noel Baumgartner | Increasing HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) via Adolescent Wellness Visits in Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2016 |
| Kristin Schroeder | Clinical and pathological pattern of peripheral lymphadenopathy in HIV-infected patients in Northern Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2015 |
| Melissa Watt | Identifying opportunities to promote engagement in HIV care following childbirth in South Africa. | Pilot Award | 2015 |
| You-wen He | Functional roles of the integration sites in HIV reservoir persistence | Pilot Award | 2015 |
| Anna Maria Masci | An HIV Ontology for Comprehensive and Reproducible GCLP Laboratory | Pilot Award | 2015 |
| Loretta Que | Effects of e-cigarettes on pulmonary inflammation and behavior in HIV+ smokers | Pilot Award | 2015 |
| Maria Blasi | In depth characterization of strong and long lasting antibody responses induced by a novel vaccination strategy | Pilot Award | 2014 |
| Sheri Towe | Impact of cognitive training on medication adherence in HIV-infected individuals | Pilot Award | 2014 |
| Giny Fouda | Mapping the fine specificity of maternal neutralizing antibodies that reduce the risk of perinatal HIV transmission | Pilot Award | 2014 |
| Edward Kennedy | Development of RNA-guided nucleases able to target and inactivate integrated HIV-1 proviruses in infected cells | Pilot Award | 2014 |
| Weihong Lai | Activation of Latent HIV-1 by Gnidimacrin | Pilot Award | 2014 |
| Qi-Jing Li | Lineage conversion of CD4+ T cells during T cell-mediated anti-HIV responses | Pilot Award | 2014 |
| Joseph McClernon | Novel Approaches to Reducing Tobacco-Related Harm among HIV-infected smokers. | Pilot Award | 2014 |
| Micah Luftig | AIDS Malignancy Support: defining the genetic and transcriptomic landscape of EBV in AIDS-associated lymphomas | Pilot Award | 2013 |
| Susanna Naggie | The role of a fetal morphogen in liver fibrosis progression in HIV/HCV coinfected patients |
Pilot Award | 2013 |
| Mehri McKellar | Physical function and the role of metabolomics in HIV and aging | Pilot Award | 2013 |
| Eve Puffer | A model of family therapy for HIV prevention and adoloscent emotional support in rural Kenya: A development and pilot study. | Pilot Award | 2013 |
| Joern Coers | Dissecting the role of pro-autophagic IRGM as a co-factor for HIV replication | Pilot Award | 2013 |
| Lance Okeke | Determinants of Myocardial Dysfunction in Persons Living with HIV | Pilot Award | 2013 |
| Zhao Dang | Small molecules targeting programmed death-1 for AIDS immunotherapy | Pilot Award | 2012 |
| Dorothy Dow | Establishing mental health needs in HIV positive adolescents in Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2012 |
| Sallie Permar | A novel HIV-neutralizing protein isolated from breast milk | Pilot Award | 2012 |
| Xavier Preud'Homme | Feasibility of nurse -administered insomnia therapy for improving adherence to HIV/AIDS treatment | Pilot Award | 2011 |
| David Tobin | Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in the context of HIV infection | Pilot Award | 2011 |
| Jan Ostermann | Feasibility of discrete choice experiments to determine preferences for alternative HIV testing options in the Kilamanjaro region of Tanzania |
Pilot Award | 2011 |
| Sumedha Ariely | Following children from institutions into communities; predictors of protective and adverse effects | Pilot Award | 2011 |
| Giny Fouda | Maternally -acquired and vaccine-induced functional HIV Env-specific antibody responses in HIV-exposed vaccinated infants | Pilot Award | 2011 |
| Rebecca Skalsky | Analysis of the miRNA targettome during EBV infection | Pilot Award | 2011 |
| Christina Meade | Prevalenceof HIV and Sex Risk Behavior in Methamphetamine Users in Cape Town | Pilot Award | 2011 |
| Cliburn Chan | Modeling T cell response to vaccination with replication -competent vectors in NHP | Pilot Award | 2011 |
| Susanna Naggie | Repository | Pilot Award | 2011 |
| Susanna Naggie | The role of antiretroviral-induced dyslipidemia in lipid-HCV interactions in HIV/HCV co-infected patients: an assessment of the effect on HCV viral replication | Pilot Award | 2011 |
| Annie Buchanan | Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C among HIV-Infected Children and Healthy Tanzanian Children in the Kilimanjaro Region | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| Jeff Blackinton | Effects of HIV Nef protein on the messenger RNAs encoding the immunological synapse | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| David Pickup | Improvement of MVA-HIV vaccines | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| Thespina Yamanis | Exploring Social Network Influences on Sexual Partnership Concurrency among Young Men in Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| Wenjun Li | Genome organization & plasticity of Cryptococcus neoformans from AIDS Patients | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| Ying-Lien Chen | Role of calcineurin in virulence of Candida species that frequently infect patients with AIDS | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| Ravi Jhaveri | Hepatitis C virus pathogenesis and the hedgehog pathway | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| Sara LeGrand | Collaborative HIV Substance Use Treatment Development Project | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| Min Ni | Role of hyphal development in virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| Brianna Norton | Prevalence, Severity and HIV Outcomes associated with Hepatitis B in a cohort of HIV positive Tanzanian Adults | Pilot Award | 2010 |
| Giovanna Merli | A comparison of two methodologies to sample female sex workers in Liuzhou, China | Pilot Award | 2009 |
| Adam Wax | Optical Coherence Tomography as a tool for evaluating the integrity of the vaginal epithelium | Pilot Award | 2009 |
| Sally Kornbluth | Harnessing caspases to eliminate cells latently infected with HIV-1 | Pilot Award | 2009 |
| Timothy Haystead | Validation of Host Proteins by HIV-1 infection for drug development | Pilot Award | 2009 |
| Elizabeth Reddy | Factors associated with virologic failure and suppression in Tanzanian children with HIV-1 infection receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| David Katz | Is HIV Migration to Mucosal Surfaces Slowed by HIV-Aggregating Antibodies? | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| Ana Litvintseva | Gene Expression and Virulence of Crypytococcus neoforms | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| John Brion | Self-compassion and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| Jason Stout | Geographic Information Systems-based Screening for TB, HIV and Syphilis | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| Mehri McKellar | HIV testing in the Duke University Medical Center Emergency Department | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| Julie Adams | Pilot of a measurement based care treatment for depression in an HIV clinic in Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| Susanna Naggie | The effect of changes in lipid metabolism occuring upon initiation of ARV in HIV/HCV co-infected patients | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| Eve Puffer | Developing a multi-level prevention program in rural Kenya | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| Wanda Lakey | Ritonavir inhibition of peroxisomal 3,2-trans, enoyl CoA isomerase plays a role in lipid abnormalities in HIV | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| Jan Osterman | Enhancing VCT: Role of home-based couples counseling in VCT uptake and disclosure in rural Kilimanjaro | Pilot Award | 2008 |
| Micah Luftig | Mechanism of host innate tumor suppression in EBV-associated malignancy | Pilot Award | 2007 |
| Ravi Jhaveri | Role of domain 3 of HCV core protein in the development of steatosis | Pilot Award | 2007 |
| Stefan Zauscher | Understanding interactions of neutralizing antibodies with lipids and model lipid surfaces | Pilot Award | 2007 |
| Mattia Bonsignori | B cell fluorospot assay to detect distinct antibody secreting cells | Pilot Award | 2007 |
| Guido Ferrari | Correlation between HLA class 1 and alleles and in-vitro induced gene expression in lymphocytes of seronegative donors | Pilot Award | 2007 |
| Shaunna Shen | Studies of neutralizing antibodies targeting the 2F5 epitope of HIV | Pilot Award | 2007 |
| David Murdoch | The role of regulatory cells in the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome | Pilot Award | 2007 |
| Mikhail Dobrikov | Antiviral Borano NTP analogues for selective targeting of multi-drug resistant HIV | Pilot Award | 2007 |
| Terry Oas | P Protein Project | Pilot Award | 2006 |
| Li Huang | Synthesis of bi-functional betulinic acid derivatives as potent anti-HIV agents | Pilot Award | 2006 |
| David Katz | Biophysical analysis of HIV transport and neutralization dynamics | Pilot Award | 2006 |
| Laurent Verkoczy | Generation and characterization 2F5 Hcki and 2F5 Hcki+LC transgenic mice | Pilot Award | 2006 |
| Motonari Kondo | Acceleration of T cell reconstitution by transplantation of bone marrow with ectopic CCR9 | Pilot Award | 2006 |
| Kathryn Whetten | Association of sociodemographic and psychosocial factors with anti-retroviral adherence and health outcomes in AIDS patients in North Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2006 |
| Catherine Hoyo | HIV infection in women infected with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and those with squamous intraepithelial lesions in Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2006 |
| Floyd Wormley | Development of C. neoformans strains that express immune modulating cytokines for use in the treatment and prevention of cryptococcosis | Pilot Award | 2005 |
| Gary Cox | Clinical studies on Cryptococcosis in Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2005 |
| John Crump | Predictors of virologic failure and resistance among HIV-infected patients treated with fixed dose combination Stavudine/Lamivudine, Nevirapine in Northern Tanzania | Pilot Award | 2005 |
| Investigator | Title | Year Awarded | Funding Source |
| N. Lance Okeke | Evidence2Practice (E2P): Leveraging implementation science to recruit HBCU/MSI students into careers in HIV research, Phase II. | 2022 | CFEIPI Supplement-CFAR Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Pipeline Initiative |
| Sarah Wilson | Equity-focused implementation mapping to improve PrEP uptake and maintenance among Latines. | 2022 | EHE Supplement-Equity-focused approaches to reduce HIV-related health disparities |
| Amy Corneli | EHE: Preparing for implementation of strategies to promote uptake of long-acting injectable PrEP among Black same gender loving men in HBCU communities | 2021 | EHE Team-initiated Implementation Research |
| Mehri McKellar | Providing A Resource: Telehealth at Needle Exchanges to Reach Underserved People (PARTNER UP) | 2021 | Increasing the Integration of Substance Abuse Services and HIV Prevention and Care |
| Charles Muiruri | Addressing barriers to achieving cardiometabolic disorders treatment goals for persons living with HIV in the Southeastern United States Award | 2021 | Disparities in Treatment and Outcomes in People with HIV with multiple comorbidities and co-infections |
| Susan Reif | Increasing the Integration of Substance Abuse Services and HIV Prevention and Care Award | 2021 | Increasing the Integration of Substance Abuse Services and HIV Prevention and Care |
| Amy Corneli | PrEP-MECK: Increasing PrEP uptake among Same Gender Loving Men in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina | 2020 | EHE Team-initiated Implementation Research |
| Amy Corneli & Meredith Clement | Getting to [NO]ne in New Orleans: Enhancing PrEP Uptake in Black Women to End the Epidemic | 2019 | Ending the HIV Epidemic |
| Amy Corneli | PrEP-MECK: Identifying community-driven approaches for increasing PrEP uptake, adherence, and persistence among Black men who have sex with men in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina | 2019 | Ending the HIV Epidemic |
| Yvonne Mowery | Head and Neck Cancer Treatment in People Living with HIV: Measuring Outcomes And Toxicities to Develop a Standard of Care | 2018 | NIDCR |
| Schenita Randolph | A Qualitative Study to Examine the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Beauty Salon-Based Intervention to Increase Awareness and Uptake of PrEP among Black Women Living in the United States South | 2018 | NINR |
| Mehri McKellar | PrEP for PWID: Gathering Evidence for Integrating PrEP into SSPs | 2017 | NIH/NIAID |
| Matthew Rubach & John Crump | Investigating Febrile Deaths in Tanzania | 2017 | NIH/NIAID |
| N. Lance Okeke & John Mitchell | Advancing PrEP | 2016 | NIH/NIAID |
| David Murdoch | Longitudinal assessment of T cell reconstitution in HIV/TB coinfected patients | 2011 | NIH/NIAID |
| David Pickup | Improved MVA vaccines against HIV | 2011 | NIH/NIAID |
More to come soon.