UCSF-Gladstone Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)

9/15/07 - 8/31/12

Investigator: Paul Volberding, MD

Location(s): Kenya; Uganda; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Peru

Description

The UCSF-Gladstone Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) seeks to expand HIV research occurring at the intersections of basic, clinical, and behavioral/ epidemiological scientific disciplines. Our Center's central goal is facilitating scientific progress in HIV by providing the broadest community of member investigators across our distributed research environment with direct and indirect resources such as access to emerging technologies and the availability of dynamic scientific cores.

To learn more, see the UCSF-Gladstone CFAR Program description.

Archived

Archived Sub Projects: 56

Sub Project	Investigator	Topics	Location	Start date	End date
A Cross-Sectional Study of Cerebral Vasoreactivity in HIV-infected Individuals Compared with Uninfected Controls	Felicia Chow, MD		United States	7/1/13	6/30/14
Acceptability and Feasibility of Providing Integrated HIV and Maternal and Child Health Services thorough Well Child Services in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa		HIV/AIDS, Women's Health, Labor and Delivery, Family Planning, Pediatrics, Newborn and Infant Health, Access or Barriers to Care, Training and Capacity Building	South Africa	7/1/11	6/30/12
Adaptation of a Male Partner Educational Intervention Tool for Vaginal Microbicide Trials		Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS, Women's Health, Risk Reduction and Prevention, Training International Scholars and Clinicians	Kenya	7/1/11	6/30/12
Aging, Cognitive Impairment and Ability to Engage in Healthcare Following Incarceration			United States	7/1/13	6/30/14
Alcohol Use and HIV Treatment Failure in Mbarara, Uganda	Judith Hahn, PhD, MD	HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse	Uganda	7/1/08	6/30/09
Alcohol-Associated Unprotected Sexual Intercourse Among a Cohort of Newly Diagnosed HIV+ Adults in Mbarara, Uganda: A Pilot Study	Sarah Woolf-King, PhD, MPH	HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse	Uganda	7/1/11	6/30/12
Building a Population-Based Cancer Registry in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Pilot Project to Evaluate Completeness and Validity of Pathologic Data	Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH	Cancer/Oncology	Tanzania	7/1/10	6/30/11
Cellular Determinants of Anti-rebound to Malaria in HIV-Exposed Children Discontinuing Chemoprophylaxis			Uganda	7/1/12	6/30/13
Cognitive Impairment in HIV Over 60 Years of Age	Victor Valcour, MD, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment	United States	7/1/08	6/30/09
Cytokine Responses in Elite Controllers of HIV		HIV/AIDS	United States	7/1/13	6/30/14
Detection of HIV Transcription in Individual Cells by Flow Cytometry	Elizabeth Sinclair, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Immunology	United States	7/1/13	6/30/14
Determining the Feasibility and Accuracy of a Novel Biomarker for Cervical Dysplasia Among HIV-Infected Women in Western Kenya	Megan Huchko, MD	HIV/AIDS, Cancer/Oncology	Kenya	7/1/09	6/30/10
Development of a Combination HIV Prevention Intervention for Transgender Women in Peru		HIV/AIDS, Women's Health, Access or Barriers to Care, Stigma and Discrimination, Implementation and Behavioral Science, Engagement in Care, Risk Reduction and Prevention, Training and Capacity Building, Training International Scholars and Clinicians	Peru	7/1/11	6/30/12
Drug and Alcohol Abuses, Risky Sexual Behaviors, and HIV Risk among Sex Workers and Their Clients in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia: A Pilot Study and Assessment of Prevention Opportunities		HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Substance Abuse	Cambodia	7/1/10	6/30/12
Effect of Malaria Chemoprevention on Naturally Acquired T-Cell Mediated Immunity to Malaria	Margaret Feeney, MD	Malaria, Immunology	Uganda	7/1/10	6/30/11
Evaluation of a point-of-care assay for the diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis in women at high risk for HIV infection	Sheila Nabweyambo, BSc, MS	HIV/AIDS, Women's Health	Uganda	9/1/14	9/1/15
Evaluation of the Dynamics and Immuno-Virology of Human Papillomavirus Infections among Fishermen in Kisumu, Kenya		Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS	Kenya	7/1/11	6/30/12
Examining Sexual Concurrency and Sexual Networks among Married Fishermen Couples in Kisumu District, Kenya		Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology and Surveillance	Kenya	7/1/10	6/30/11
Family Planning Use Among Female Clients Attending The HIV/AIDS Clinic In Mbarara University Teaching Hospital		HIV/AIDS, Women's Health, Family Planning, Newborn and Infant Health	Uganda	7/1/10	6/30/11
Feasibility of Screening and Brief Intervention for Hazardous Alcohol use amongst HIV-infected Adults in Uganda: A Qualitative Study		HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse	Uganda	9/1/14	9/1/15
HIV-1 Genital Shedding in Women Before and After Treatment for Cervical Dysplasia	Megan Huchko, MD	HIV/AIDS, Cancer/Oncology	Kenya	7/1/09	6/30/10
Host Genetic Predictors of IDO-induced Tryptophan Catabolism Among HIV Infected Ugandans Maintaining Treatment-Mediated Viral Suppression	Sulggi Lee, MD	HIV/AIDS	Uganda	7/1/11	6/30/11
Household HIV Testing During Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in Tanzania	Elizabeth Fair, PhD, MPH	Tuberculosis, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Engagement in Care	Tanzania	7/1/11	6/30/12
Human Macrophage Heterogeneity in HIV-1 Infection		HIV/AIDS, Immunology	United States	7/1/13	6/30/14
Immunodiagnosis of Active Tuberculosis in HIV Co-infected Patients: Local versus Peripheral T-cell Interferon Gamma Responses	Adithya Cattamanchi, MD	HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Drug and Diagnostics Development	Uganda	7/1/08	6/30/09
Immunologic and virologic response to a single dose of kansui herbal supplement in HIV-infected individuals maintaining antiretroviral therapy (ART)-mediated viral suppression	Sulggi Lee, MD	HIV/AIDS, Immunology	China	4/1/15	4/1/16
Immunologic Biomarkers for Ruling-out Active Tuberculosis in HIV/AIDS	Adithya Cattamanchi, MD	HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Drug and Diagnostics Development	Uganda	7/1/12	6/30/13
Impact of Neonatal Exposure to Malaria and HIV on the Frequency, Phenotype, and Function of __ T Cell Subsets at Birth		HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Newborn and Infant Health	Uganda	4/1/14	4/1/15
Implementing a Sampling-based Approach to Measuring Patient Outcomes Among HIV-infected Patients Lost to Follow-up in East Africa: the I-SAMPOLE Study		HIV/AIDS, Implementation and Behavioral Science, Engagement in Care, Treatment Adherence, Health Systems Strengthening	Kenya	7/1/10	6/30/11
Investigating How CD4 T Cells Die in HIV-1-Infected Patients: Potential Implications for a Novel Therapeutic Intervention		HIV/AIDS, Immunology	Uganda	7/1/13	6/30/14
Investigation of Pediatric HIV Disclosure in Kampala, Uganda		HIV/AIDS, Neurology and Mental Health, Pediatrics	Uganda	7/1/12	6/30/13
It Takes a Village: Community Engagement in San Francisco and Kisumu to reduce HIV risk in Homeless Youth and Street Children		Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS, Adolescent Health, Engagement in Care	Kenya	7/1/11	6/30/12
Kisumu Street Children: A Pilot Study of STIs and HIV in Social Context		HIV/AIDS, Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Surveillance	Kenya	7/1/08	6/30/09
Malaria parasitemia in HIV-infected and uninfected populations in Uganda	Shereen Katrak, MD MPH	HIV/AIDS, Malaria	Uganda	9/1/14	9/1/15
Mechanisms of CD4 T-Cell Death among HIV-Infected, HAART-Treated African Adults Displaying Poor CD4 T-Cell Reconstitution Despite Effective Viral Suppression		HIV/AIDS, Immunology, Training and Capacity Building, Training International Scholars and Clinicians	Uganda	7/1/11	6/30/12
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Acquisition in Early Childhood in Uganda	Carina Marquez, MD	Tuberculosis	Uganda	9/1/12	9/1/13
Non-Commercial Culture Methods for Rapid Screening of Patients at Risk of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Zimbabwe	John Metcalfe, MD	Tuberculosis, Drug and Diagnostics Development	Zimbabwe	7/1/09	6/30/10
Novel Computational Biology Methods for the Evaluation of Multi-Level/Combination Community HIV Prevention Interventions	Edwin Charlebois, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology and Surveillance	United States	7/1/11	6/30/12
Optimizing Nevirapine Dosing in Patients Co-infected with Tuberculosis and HIV in Harare, Zimbabwe		HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Pharmacology and Drug Treatment	Zimbabwe	7/1/11	6/30/12
Pathogenesis of HIV-associated chronic lung disease among vertically-infected children and adolescents	John Metcalfe, MD	HIV/AIDS, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Pediatrics, Newborn and Infant Health, Adolescent Health	Zimbabwe	4/1/15	4/1/16
Promoting Positive Caregiver-Child Interaction between HIV-affected Children and their Caregivers with Depression in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa		HIV/AIDS, Neurology and Mental Health, Women's Health, Pediatrics	South Africa	7/1/13	6/30/14
Proof of concept of a self-administered digital health screener (SASH) to increase reporting of unhealthy alcohol use by persons with HIV in care in Uganda	Judith Hahn, PhD, MD	HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, Health Systems Strengthening	Uganda	4/1/15	4/1/16
Provider Practices with Childhood Non-Malarial Fevers: A Pilot Study in Zanzibar	Kimberly Baltzell, RN, PhD, MS	Malaria, Pharmacology and Drug Treatment	Tanzania	7/1/11	6/30/12
Qualitative evaluation of a large "test and treat" trial: Characterizing baseline community contexts and implementation processes in SEARCH		HIV/AIDS, Policy and Standards of Care, Implementation and Behavioral Science	Kenya, Uganda	9/1/13	9/1/14
Reaching transgender women with home-based, self-HIV testing in San Francisco: a pilot acceptability and feasibility study	Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH	HIV/AIDS, Engagement in Care, Risk Reduction and Prevention	United States	7/1/12	6/30/13
Sex Differences in Patterns of Migration and HIV Risk in Western Kenya	Carol Camlin, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Access or Barriers to Care, Immigration and Migration	Kenya	7/1/09	6/30/10
Social Networking Technologies in Improving Treatment Engagement of Young Black HIV-positive Individuals	Parya Saberi, PharmD	HIV/AIDS, Treatment Adherence	United States	7/1/11	6/30/12
Sputum M. Tuberculosis DNA Kinetics During TB Treatment in Patients with HIV		Tuberculosis, Drug and Diagnostics Development	Uganda	7/1/11	6/30/12
Strategies to Obtain Systematic Samples and Measure HIV Prevalence in Migrant Women in Western Kenya	Carol Camlin, PhD	HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Implementation and Behavioral Science, Engagement in Care, Training and Capacity Building	Kenya	7/1/13	6/30/14
Structure-Function Study of Semen-Derived HIV Enhancing Amyloids and Their Interactors		HIV/AIDS	United States	7/1/13	6/30/14
Subtype and CCR5/CXCR4 Tropism in HIV-1 Infected Ugandan Children	Theodore Ruel, MD	HIV/AIDS, Immunology	Uganda	7/1/08	6/30/09
Testing the Performance and Local Laboratory Capacity for p16INK4a ELISA for Cervical Cancer Screening Among HIV-Infected Women in Western Kenya	Megan Huchko, MD	HIV/AIDS, Drug and Diagnostics Development	Kenya	7/1/10	6/30/11
The Clinical and Public Health Impact of Automated Nucleic Acid Testing for TB in San Francisco		Tuberculosis, Epidemiology and Surveillance	United States	7/1/10	6/30/11
The Impact of Household Ventilation on Transmission of Tuberculosis Among Household Contacts of Active Tuberculosis Patients in Kampala, Uganda	Gabriel Chamie, MD	HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Implementation and Behavioral Science, Risk Reduction and Prevention	Uganda	7/1/08	6/30/09
The Role of Undiagnosed Opportunistic Infections in Early Mortality among HIV infected Patients Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa		HIV/AIDS, Opportunistic Infection, Engagement in Care	Uganda	7/1/08	6/30/09
UCSF-GIVI CFAR: NIH/PEPFAR Collaboration for Implementation Sciences	Adithya Cattamanchi, MD	HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis	Uganda	7/1/14	6/30/15

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