Led by Drs. Lanzi, Mugavero, and Hearld, the Implementation Science Hub, supported by CFAR supplements, assists investigators nationwide receiving NIH Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) funding. Services include coaching, consultations, virtual seminars on implementation science, and networking. Most services are extended to external investigators outside UAB.
Aims
Coaching: Develops project development plans with each supplement/project PI.
Consultation: Guides application of the IS logic model and identifies appropriate outcome measures for each project.
Dissemination: Offers guidance on scholarly products aligned with the project development plan and considerations for subsequent grant applications.
Collaboration: Achieved with ISC3I and other IS hubs through the evaluation working group, training seminars, and workshops.
Conducting: Leads cross-hub multisite pilot implementation research project to inform the field of HIV IS best practices towards achieving EHE targets.
EHE Projects
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2021 Projects
Institution Project Name Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY CFAR Testing Two Service Models of PrEP Delivery in OBGYN Clinics Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY CFAR Directly-observed-therapy Enhanced Peer-support to Promote Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Criminal Justice-Involved Individuals: The DEPART-CJI study Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY CFAR Low-threshold, Community-based Strategies to Scale-up PrEP for Latino MSM UCSF-Gladstone CFAR Developing a Status Neutral, Mobile Health Clinic Model in Alameda County UPenn CFAR Team Implementation Research: Evaluation and Optimization of the Philadelphia MCM Model U of Miami DARC/CHARM Tools to Visualize and Summarize HIV Resources, Disease Burden and EHE Interventions in Miami-Dade County U of Miami DARC/CHARM 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 Miami CFAR PrEP-GAT: Development of a Social Network Intervention to Promote PrEP Bundled with Gender Affirming Therapy in Black and Latina Transgender Women in South Florida Tennessee CFAR Multi-Method to Inform the Implementation of Trauma-Informed Care for Youth Living with HIV in Memphis, TN Tennessee CFAR Barriers and Facilitators to HIV Testing and Prevention Services Among Black Young Adults Attending LeMoyne-Owen College - A Historically Black College in Memphis Tennessee UCLA CHIPTS ARC Implementation of an Emergency Department HIV/SUD Screening and Treatment Referral mHealth Tool for Latino Patients UCLA CHIPTS ARC Developing Implementation Strategies to Optimize PrEP Delivery to Immigrant Latino MSM in Los Angeles County Harvard CFAR Improving Routine Opt-out HIV Screening in the Emergency Department in Miami, Florida DC CFAR Implementing Brain Health Assessment into the HIV Care Continuum in Washington, DC DC CFAR Addressing Intersectional and Social-Structural Barriers to Ending the HIV Epidemic in Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Heterosexual Women DC CFAR An Intersectionality-based Policy Analysis of Social Determinants of HIV in Puerto Rico SD CFAR Implementing Integrated Delivery of Injectable Antiretroviral Treatment and Injectable Medication-Assisted Treatment for People with HIV and Comorbid Substance Use Disorders (iART+iMAT) SD CFAR Addressing Interrelated Substance Use and HIV Prevention Needs among Reservation-based American Indians using an Intersectionality Approach SD CFAR LEAPS: Leveraging resources to EHE Among People of Color in San Diego HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies (ARC) Designing Differentiated PrEP Service Delivery Models for Implementation in New York City Emergency Departments through a Community Collaborative HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies (ARC) Ending the HIV Epidemic through stigma-reduction: Applying “Getting-To-Outcomes’ in a Ryan White Healthcare Site UCSF CAPS ARC Improving HIV Prevention and Care for Transgender Latinas in Oakland, CA UCSF CAPS ARC Addressing Facilitators and Barriers to PrEP Initiation among Heterosexual Black Women in the South UNC CFAR Developing Strategies to Improve Engagement in HIV Services among People Who Use Drugs in the Charlotte Transitional Grant Area UNC CFAR Enhancing Strategies to Engage Providers in Efforts to Eliminate HIV: Project EnSTEP Duke CFAR Preparing for Implementation of Strategies to Promote Uptake of Long-Acting Injectable PrEP among Black Same Gender Loving Men at Historically Black Colleges and Universities JHU CFAR Improving HIV Outcomes among People Experiencing Housing Instability and Other SDOH JHU CFAR Trauma-Informed HIV Prevention for Black Women in Baltimore Emory CFAR Bringing the Clinic to the Community: A Pilot Feasibility Study of Two Community-based HIV Care Models Designed to Engage and Retain Out-of-care People with HIV UW-Fred Hutch CFAR Integrating Social and HIV Services to Enhance HIV Prevention UAB CFAR Implementation of HIV Testing and Linkage to PrEP at an HBCU in Alabama Third Coast CFAR Identifying Critical Components of Linkage and Retention Strategies for HIV Care Third Coast CFAR FAHST-ITAP: Food and Housing Support to Improve HIV Treatment and Prevention Third Coast CFAR A Pilot Intervention to Increase PrEP Awareness and Uptake among Latinx MSM and Transgender Women Yale CIRA (ARC) St. Louis Enhancing Engagement and Retention in HIV/AIDS Care (STEER) Texas D-CFAR Using Project ECHO for the Implementation of Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy Across Five Ryan White Part A Clinics in Houston/Harris County -
2022 Projects
Institution
Project Name
UPenn CFAR System -level intervention to optimize HIV testing & PrEP delivery among young sexual and gender minorities in Philadelphia U of Miami DARC/CHARM Five Point Initiative-Reaching Miami’s Black Communities to End the HIV Epidemic Miami CFAR Adaptation of the Mobile PrEP Implementation Strategy for Equitable Scale-Out (AMP-IT-OUT) UAB CFAR PrOTEC: PrEP Optimization through Enhanced Continuum Tracking UAB CFAR Mobile testing to increase HIV-testing uptake in rural Alabama: a pilot implementation project (MOBILISE) UCSF CAPS Connecting Resources for Rural and Urban Sexual Health: CRRUSH-Sacramento UCSF CAPS Texas PrEP Implementation Study (TPIS) Havard CFAR Clinical Decision Support for PrEP PMHARC CFAR Adapting and expanding a high-impact social media-delivered sexual health promotion intervention (Project iMMPACS) to African American youth in Philadelphia County Einstein CFAR Patient-Focused PrEP Management to Increase Coverage for Highest Priority Patients in Primary Care in a High Prevalence Jurisdiction Prov/Boston CFAR Integrating Community Health Workers as part of the HIV Care team in rural and urban settings to improve viral suppression in Shelby County TN HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies Evaluating Implementation Strategies of Behavioral Health Integration into HIV Prevention and Care including Telehealth -
2023 Projects
Institution Project Title Harvard CFAR Engaging Structurally Disadvantaged MSM Who Use Stimulants in HIV Prevention Services Miami CFAR DIGI PrEP: Promoting PrEP bundled with gender affirming therapy for Black and Latina Transgender Women in South Florida. CHIPTS ARC Addressing intimate partner violence, mental health burdens, and other syndemic factors to support engagement in HIV prevention services in a trans community center. Rustbelt CFAR Using Narrative Medicine to decrease medical mistrust among BMSM and TGW seeking PrEP DC CFAR Adapting and piloting a group intervention to address intersectional stigmas, and support shared resiliency and HIV wellness, among Black sexual minority men in Washington DC UCLA-CDU CFAR Stakeholder Engagement for Enhanced Implementation and Dissemination of Rise, an Evidence-Based Culturally Congruent Adherence Intervention for Black Americans CHARM ARC Nou La (We’re Here): Biomedical Prevention for People of Haitian Descent
Seminars and Trainings
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Contact
Laken Grissom
lgrissom@uabmc.edu