Current Research Projects
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 description comes from the 2009 Research Portfolio, a compendium of 63 current research projects being conducted at CAPS and four training programs. Each one-page summary describes the project, lists staff, gives preliminary findings, and explains why the research is important. The entire Research Portfolio is available as a searchable PDF document.
Example: Name of study--if linked, goes to study website (Name of Principal Investigator) [link to one-page description]
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]
General
- AAIM: Assessment of the Adaptation and Implementation of the Mpowerment Project (Rebchook, G.) [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]
- Social Sexual Networks and HIV Risk: Men of Color (Choi, K.) [PDF Description]
- A Structural Intervention to Improve HIV Test Counseling (Sheon, N.) [PDF Description]
- Ecosystems Therapy for Men Reintegrating into Their Family (Comfort, M.) [PDF Description]
- Project Relate: HIV Risk Among Male Parolees and Their Female Partners (Comfort, M.) [PDF Description]
- 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]
- The PATH Project: A Randomized Controlled Trial Preparing Patients to Start Antiretroviral Therapy (Johnson, M.) [PDF Description]
- The Acute UFO Study: Acute HCV Infection in Young Injectors (Page, K.) [PDF Description]
- UFO Presents! (Page, K.) [PDF Description]
- Culturally Relevant HIV Prevention for Transgender Women (Sevelius, J.) [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]
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]
- 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]
- 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]
Men who Have Sex with Men
- Formative Research to Assess HIV Risk among MSM in Nepal (Wilson, E.) [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]
- 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]
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]
- 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]
- TRIP 2: Putting Community-Level HIV Prevention Research into Practice (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]
Domestic
- Collaborative HIV Prevention in Minority Communities Program (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]