HPTN Scholars Program

The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) is proud to offer a scholarship program for early-career US minority investigators funded through a supplement from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH).  The scholarship seeks investigators who have received their terminal degree (MD, PhD, etc.) and who seek to work with a mentor scientist in the Network to complete a research project based upon an existing domestic HIV research study in the HPTN. The main goals of this program are as follows.

 

HPTN Scholars will:

1. Acquire new knowledge, skills and abilities to further their careers as independent investigators in HIV science through completing the program requirements and working with a mentor;

2. Develop a research project that will make use of data from a completed or ongoing HPTN HIV prevention study, complete the approved projects within the program year, present the findings of their projects at a scientific meeting at the end of the scholarship year, and submit a manuscript based on the given project (typically with the scholar as the lead author) by the end of the program year; and

3. Through the experience of the program, become knowledgeable of the processes of doing research in NIH-funded HIV networks, and thereby have the opportunity to continue their careers in the HPTN after conclusion of the scholarship as members of a protocol team or through proposing new science funded by the HPTN.

 

Scholars are provided funding to cover a portion of their time (typically ~25%) and expenses including travel to two scientific meetings, and materials and supplies.  Successful applicants will be funded for one year with the possibility of re-applying for one additional year of support, subject to certain constraints.  

 

Resources:

• Active and Concluded HPTN Studies in the U.S.
• FAQs on the HPTN Scholars Program
• 26 October Webinar slides (no audio)

Watch 26 October Webinar movie
(.wmv file, plays in Windows Media Player, Mac users will need to install Flip4Mac to watch .wmv files)

 

If you have any questions or for more information contact Sarah Artis at Sartis@fhi360.org

These researchers were awarded funding for the 2012-2013 HPTN Scholars Program

C. Andres Bedoya, Brooke Montgomery, Grace (Chela) Hall, Chyvette Williams, Sophia Hussen, Malika Roman Isler, Oni Blackstock

Scholar and Institution	Mentor(s)	Project	HPTN Study
C. Andres Bedoya Massachussetts General Hospital	Ken Mayer and Steve Safren The Fenway Institute	Analysis of ‘bi-racial’ (i.e., Latino Black) MSM who participated in 061. Cross-sectional and longitudinal look at factors affecting HIV risk	HPTN 061
Sophia Hussen Emory University	Carlos del Rio and Robert Stephenson Emory University	A Qualitative Study of HIV/STI Testing and the General Healthcare Experiences of Black MSM	HPTN 061
Malika Roman Isler University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Carol Golin University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Secondary analysis to understand perceptions of partners’ riskiness among women of color	HPTN 064
Grace Hall Howard Brown Health Center	Beryl Koblin New York Blood Center	Examine the similarities and differences between Indexes and their referred partners	HPTN 061
Brooke Montgomery University of Arkansas	Sally Hodder University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey	Case control study of violence against women in HPTN 064	HPTN 064
Oni Blackstock Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Sharon Mannheimer Harlem Prevention Center	Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among women at high risk	HPTN 064
Chyvette Williams University of Illinois, Chicago	David Metzger University of Pennsylvania	Gender analysis of racial and spatial effects on needle exchange and racial disparities concerning HIV among injection drug users	HPTN 037