The following is a list of the research projects currently being conducted at CAPS. This list is updated yearly, and so may not be completely current. The PDF descriptions come from the 2009 Research Portfolio and the 2010 Research Portfolio Addendum, listing 86 current research projects being conducted at CAPS and 4 training programs. Each one-page summary describes the project, lists staff, gives preliminary findings, and explains why the research is important. Please also see the Project Websites page for fuller descriptions of some CAPS projects.
- Drug Users
- Gay Men and Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women
- HIV+ Persons
- Incarcerated and Formerly-Incarcerated Persons
- Transgender Persons
- Youth
- International
- Methods
- Policy
- Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
- Translational and Implementation Science
- Traineeships
Drug Users
- The Acute UFO Study: Acute HCV Infection in Young Injectors (Page, K.) [PDF Description]
- Affect Regulation Treatment to Enhance Methamphetamine Intervention Success (ARTEMIS) (Carrico A.) [PDF Description]
- STEP: Stonewall Treatment Evaluation Project (Carrico A.) [PDF Description]
- Study Targeting Affect Regulation (STAR) (Carrico A.) [PDF Description]
- UFO Presents! (Page, K.) [PDF Description]
Gay Men and Men who Have Sex with Men and Women
African American
- The Ballroom Community Project: Social Networks and Social Support for Young African American MSM (Arnold, E.)[PDF description]
- Bruthas Project Randomized Controlled Trial (Arnold, E.)[PDF description]
- A Community-Level HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Black MSM (Kegeles, S.)[PDF description]
- Faith-Based HIV Prevention for Young Black MSM (Kegeles, S.) [PDF description]
Asian and Pacific Islander
- MATH: Men of Asia and the Pacific Testing for HIV (Bangi, A.) [PDF description]
Latino
- Multi-Level Prevention in Culture and Context with Latino MSM (Binson, D. and Woods, W.) [PDF Description]
- Partner Management Among Latino MSM (Galindo, G.) [PDF description]
General
- AAIM: Assessment of the Adaptation and Implementation of the Mpowerment Project (Rebchook, G.) [PDF Description]
- Archival Analysis of the Urban Men’s Health Study 2002 (UMHS-2002) (Carrico A.) [PDF Description]
- Evaluation of SFAF’s Magnet Program (Steward, W) [PDF Description]
- Exploring the Core of High-Risk Networks (Binson, D. and Woods, W.) [PDF Description]
- HIV Prevention for Middle Adulthood Gay Men: A Formative Research Project (Rebchook, G.) [PDF Description]
- International Travel Research to Inform Prevention (I-TRIP) (Truong, H.) [PDF Description]
- Serosorting among Men at Risk for HIV (McFarland, W) [PDF Description]
- Social Sexual Networks and HIV Risk: Men of Color (Choi, K.) [PDF Description]
- Stonewall Treatment Evaluation Project (STEP) (Woods, W) [PDF Description]
- A Structural Intervention to Improve HIV Test Counseling (Sheon, N.) [PDF Description]
HIV+ Persons
- The Balance Project: A Randomized Clinical Trial of an HIV Treatment Side Effects Coping Intervention (Johnson, M.) [PDF Description]
- Duo Project: Relationship Factors and HIV Treatment Adherence (Johnson, M.) [PDF Description]
- The Focus Project: A Mindfulness Approach to HIV Treatment Side Effects (Johnson, M.) [PDF Description]
- iAspire (Carrico A.) [PDF Description]
- IMPACT (Investigating Motivations for Participation in Anal Cancer Prevention Trials) (Sheon, N) [PDF Description]
- Impact of a Computer-Assisted SBIRT Program in an HIV Care Setting (Dawson-Rose, C) [PDF Description]
- The PATH Project: A Randomized Controlled Trial Preparing Patients to Start Antiretroviral Therapy (Johnson, M.) [PDF Description]
Incarcerated and Formerly-Incarcerated Persons
- Ecosystems Therapy for Men Reintegrating into Their Family (Comfort, M.) [PDF Description]
- Navigator-Enhanced Case Management for Jail Inmates Transitioning to the Community (Myers, J) [PDF Description]
- Project Relate: HIV Risk Among Male Parolees and Their Female Partners (Comfort, M.) [PDF Description]
Transgender Persons
- Barriers to and Retention in Support Services among HIV+ Transwomen (Wilson, E.) [PDF Description]
- Culturally Relevant HIV Prevention for Transgender Women (Sevelius, J.) [PDF Description]
Youth
- Characterizing the Social Environment for STI Testing and Treatment and STI Testing Preferences for Young, Minority Men in San Francisco (Lippman, S.) [PDF Description]
- Computer-Based vs Interpersonal HIV Preventive Intervention for At-Risk Youth (Lightfoot, M.) [PDF Description]
- Maintenance Strategies for Homeless Youth’s Reductions in HIV Risk (Lightfoot, M.) [PDF Description]
- Regulating Emotion to Reduce HIV Risk in Delinquent Youth (Lightfoot, M.) [PDF Description]
- Studying Youth in Northern California: The SYNC Project (Page, K.) [PDF Description]
International
Africa
Men Who Have Sex with Men
- HIV Prevention among Township Men Who Have Sex with Men in South Africa (Lane, T.) [PDF Description]
Couples
- Couples-Based Voluntary Counseling and Testing and HIV Prevention in South Africa (Darbes, L.) [PDF Description]
- Couples in Context: Piloting a Couples-Based Intervention in South Africa (Darbes, L.) [PDF Description]
- Developing a Comprehensive Couples-Based Intervention in South Africa (Darbes, L.) [PDF Description]
- Risk Reduction for HIV Serodiscordant Couples Attempting Conception (Brubaker, S.) [PDF Description]
Men and Women
- The MAMAS Study: Effects of HIV/AIDS Stigma on Use of Services by Pregnant Women in Kenya (Turan, J) [PDF Description]
- Identifying Opportunities for HIV Prevention with Female Migrants in Kenya (Camlin, C) [PDF Description]
- Strategies for Promoting Male Circumcision through Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Rural Sub-Saharan African Communities (Morin, S.) [PDF Description]
HIV+ Persons
- An Assessment of Economic Factors Associated with the Psychological Well-Being of HIV+ Persons in Kenya (Arnold, M.) [PDF Description]
- Positive Prevention in Mozambique (Dawson-Rose, C.) [PDF Description]
Families and Children
- Family-Based HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Patients at Risk for Tuberculosis (Charlebois, E.) [PDF Description]
- Project Accept: A Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial of Community Mobilization, Mobile Testing, Same-Day Results, and Post-Test Support for HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand (Morin, S.) [PDF Description]
- Project REAC: Prevalence and Duration of False-Positive HIV Test Results in Acute Malaria (Charlebois, E.) [PDF Description]
Youth
- A Qualitative Study of HIV Prevalence Patterns among Youth in Botswana (Rutherford, G.) [PDF Description]
- Toward Understanding Community Mobilization for HIV Prevention in the African Context (Lippman, S.) [PDF Description]
- Application of Weighted Time-Series to Address Bias in Evaluation of Clinic- and Community-Level Research (Shade, S.) [PDF Description]
- Project PROMOTE: Novel Strategies to Prevent Malaria and Improve HIV Outcomes in Africa – Data and Statistics Core (Charlebois, E.) [PDF Description]
Asia
Men Who Have Sex with Men
- Formative Research to Assess HIV Risk among MSM in Nepal (Wilson, E.) [PDF Description]
- Influence of Stigma and Discrimination on HIV Risk among Men in China (Choi, K) [PDF Description]
HIV+ Persons
- Adherence to ART in Bangalore, India (Ekstrand, M) [PDF Description]
- AIDS, Stigma and Gender: Health Consequences in Urban India (Ekstrand, M) [PDF Description]
Heterosexuals
- Context and Correlates of Health Behaviors in South India (Ekstrand, M) [PDF Description]
Young Adults
- The Cambodian Young Women’s Health Study (YWHS) (Page. K.) [PDF Description]
- Understanding the HIV Risk and Protective Behaviors of Young Business Process Outsourcing Center Employees in the Philippines (Bangi, A.) [PDF Description]
Latin America
- Assessing the Feasibility of Conducting a Randomized Community Trial of the Encontros Intervention Model among Sex Workers in Brazil (Lippman, S.) [PDF Description]
Methods
Improving Self-Reports about High Risk Sexual Behavior (Binson, D and Woods, W) [PDF Description]
Policy
- AIDS Policy Research Center (Morin, S) [PDF Description]
- Evaluation of Patient and Provider Perspectives on Routine HIV Screening in Emergency Departments (Lane, T.)[PDF Description]
- Evaluation of Patient Perspectives on Routine HIV Screening in Health Care Settings (Myers, J.) [PDF Description]
- A Formative Study of the Role of Gender, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation in the Provision of Prevention Counseling with HIV+ Patients (Shade, S.) [PDF Description]
- Health Information Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC) (Myers, J.) [PDF Description]
- Severity of Need: California Health Care Financing and Policy Research Initiative (Morin, S.) [PDF Description]
- Using Technology to Streamline Client Data Collection and Improve HIV Test Counseling (Sheon, N.) [PDF Description]
Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
Domestic
- AIDS Education and Training Centers’ HIV Recommendations Training Initiative (Reyes, M.) [PDF Description]
- AIDS Education Training Centers’ National Evaluation Center (AETC NEC)(Myers, J.) [PDF Description]
- Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Project (Rebchook, G) [PDF Description]
- Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention (Reyes, M.) [PDF Description]
- Local Evaluation Online (LEO) (Morin, S.) [PDF Description]
- Rapid HIV Testing in Labor and Delivery (RTLD) in California (Reyes, M.and Dawson, R.) [PDF Description]
- Transitions Project (Kegeles, S.) [PDF Description]
International
- Cochrane Collaborative Review Group on HIV Infection and AIDS(Rutherford, G) [PDF Description]
- The Eastern Caribbean-Community Access Project (EC-CAP): Increasing Access to HIV/AIDS Services through Evidence-Based Programming (Myers, J.) [PDF Description]
- Global AIDS Program (Rutherford, G) [PDF Description]
- Strengthening Capacity to Deliver HIV Research Counseling and Testing in International Biomedical Prevention and Treatment Trials (Myers, J.) [PDF Description]
Translational and Implementation Science
- Mpowerment Evaluation and Monitoring (MEM) (Rebchook, G) [PDF Description]
- Oakland Community Research Consortium (Lightfoot, M.) [PDF Description]
- TRIP 2: Putting Community-Level HIV Prevention Research into Practice(Kegeles, S.) [PDF Description]
Traineeships
Domestic
- Training Program for Scientists Doing Research to Reduce HIV Health Disparities (Neilands, T and Binson, D) [PDF Description]
- Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies (TAPS) (Kegeles, S) [PDF Description]
International
- ICOHRTA Brazilian Scientists Program (Rutherford, G) [PDF Description]
- International Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies (ITAPS) (Rutherford, G) [PDF Description]
Last modified: September 29, 2011