Third Coast CFAR Pilot Awards
2024
Joshua Craft, MD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Targeting hypoxia-induced factor 2 alpha for proteasomal degradation in latently infected cells to enhance proviral reactivation for HIV cure
Yogesh Goyal, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Ultrasensitive and high-throughput detection of HIV isoform-ome in single host cells
Marc Mendillo, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: The role of the HAPSTR1/HUWE1 axis in HIV-1 susceptibility in CD4+ T cells
alithia zamantakis, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Exploring Patterns of PrEP Uptake and Adherence in the RADAR Cohort
Juan Pablo Zapata, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Adapting and Testing a Single Session Intervention for KIU! HIV Intervention for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
2023
Aniruddha Hazra, MD, University of Chicago and Howard Brown Health
Title of Study: Preventing HIV Among People Living with Mental Illness Via Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): A Mixed Methods Study of Patients and Mental Healthcare Providers in Chicago
Joshua Schrock, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Marijuana-driven adipokine signaling as a regulator of systemic inflammation among participants living with and without HIV in the RADAR cohort
2022
Yogesh Goyal, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Connecting rare cell states with HIV-1 susceptibility in single CD4+ T cells
Ricky Hill, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Men’s perspectives on HIV risk and HIV prevention interventions
Mary Clare Masters, MD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Associations between plasma biomarkers of the Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP) and frailty in older persons with HIV
Robin Nusslock, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Functional connectivity in the brain’s frontoparietal central executive network and resilience against comorbidities of HIV
Jeremy O’Sullivan, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: HIV-1 modulation of human mast cell phenotype, function, and survival
Elissa Sarno, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Partner Risk Heuristics and HIV-related Risk among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
Harita Shah, MD, University of Chicago
Title of Study: A Needs Assessment of HIV-related Individual & Structural Social Determinants of Health in Chicago and Cook County, IL
Chisu Song, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: State-of-the-art proteomic analyses of A3G and -B to inform innovations in HIV cure and non-AIDS defining cancer research
2021
Lauren Beach, PhD, JD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: CVD Analyses Designed to Elucidate Consequences of Comorbidities, Environment, SDOH, and HIV at Howard Brown Health (CADENCES HIV-HBH)
Yu Fen Chen, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Early HIV Infection
Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Development of an Experimental System to Study the Role of HIV-1 Recombination in the Maintenance and Round of the Tissue Reservoir
Aderonke Pederson, MD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Exploring the Impact of HIV Stigma and Depression Stigma on HIV Treatment Outcomes
Julia Rosebush, DO, University of Chicago
Title of Study: Mental Health and HIV Care Engagement: Exploring the Experiences of Black Youth Living with HIV
2020
Neda Laiteerapong, MD, MS, University of Chicago
Title of Study: Patient Outcome Reporting for Timely Assessments of Life with HIV and Anxiety (PORTAL HIV-A)
Jade Pagkas-Bather, MD, University of Chicago
Title of Study: Examining Preferred ARV Implementation Strategies Among Young Black MSM: A Multilevel Approach
Maria Pyra, PhD, University of Chicago and Howard Brown Health
Title of Study: Persistence, Risk, and Decision-Making Among a PrEP Using Cohort: A Mixed-Methods Study
Jessica Ridgway, MD, MS, University of Chicago
Title of Study: Population Management Approach to PrEP at Community Health Centers (PMAP)
2019
Margaret Danilovich, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Feasibility of High Intensity Walking for Older Adults with HIV
Kambiz Ghafourian, MD, MPH, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Prevalence of Clonal Hematopoiesis and Risk of HFpEF in Persons Living with HIV
Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Assessing the best viral sampling method for an accurate detection of the tissue viral reservoir dynamics
David Moskowitz, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Investigating the role of parents in adolescent PrEP utilization
Kimberly Stanford, MD, MPH, University of Chicago
Title of Study: HIV prevention and linkage to PrEP through Emergency Department syphilis screening
2018
Inger Burnett-Zeigler, PhD, Northwestern University and Emily Miller, MD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: eMPoWEr (Mindfulness-based intervention for Pregnant WomEn living with HIV)
Ann Carias, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Pilot studies to optimize the evaluation of rectal cytokines and target cells for future studies of men in Chicago
Jia Chen, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Defining the role of EphA2 and EphA4 in HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma
Amy Johnson, PhD, Northwestern University, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Title of Study: HerPrEP: Adaption and acceptability of a mobile PrEP knowledge app for young Black women
Danijela Maric, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Spatial visualization and characterization of the SIV infected cell foci in rhesus macaque mucosal tissues using deep tissue imaging techniques
Darnell Motley, PhD, University of Chicago
Title of Study: Assessing the experience of accelerated pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery to people at high risk for HIV infection
2017
Chad Achenbach, MD, MPH, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Telomere Length and Associations with Age-related Diseases Among Persons Living with HIV on ART
Carlos Gallo, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Using Computational Linguistics to Amplify the Effects of Text Messaging-based HIV Interventions
Rayid Ghani, MS, University of Chicago
Title of Study: Combining Human Knowledge and Machine Learning to Increase Retention in HIV Care
Aditya Khanna, PhD, University of Chicago
Title of Study: Towards an Effective PrEP Diffusion Model: Identifying Criteria for Peer Change Agent Selection
Aaruni Khanolkar, PhD, MBBS, Northwestern University, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Title of Study: Evaluation of immune function fitness after early ART initiation among patients with perinatal HIV transmission
Joshua Leonard, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Engineered Extracellular Vesicle-mediated Delivery of Targeted Nucleases to Inactivate HIV Proviral DNA
Sally McFall, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Sensitivity and Specificity Testing of a qPCR-based Tuberculosis Detection Method that May Be More Sensitive than Culture
Moira McNulty, MD, University of Chicago
Title of Study: Towards Implementation of Hybridized HIV Testing Strategies to Optimize Care Continuum Metrics
Jessica Ridgway, MD, MS, University of Chicago
Title of Study: Predictive Modeling for Retention in HIV Care
2016
Hossein Ardehali, PhD, MD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Insights into the Mechanism for HIV-related Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Alida Bouris, PhD, University of Chicago
Title of Study: PrEParing our Youth: Parent and Adolescent Perspectives on Parental Involvement in PrEP Decision-Making among Younger Men and Women
Matthew Feinstein, MD, Northwestern University and Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Heart Failure Phenotyping in a Novel HIV Cohort
Chisu Song, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Blocking Vif-independent APOBEC3G Degradation: Mechanisms and Anti-HIV Effects
Hao Zhang, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Preventing HIV Sexual Transmission through in vivo Functional Optical Imaging
2015
Michael Newcomb, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Understanding the Promotive Effects of Parent-Child Relationships on HIV Risk Behavior in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
Valentina Stosor, MD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Characterizing a Chicago Cohort of Persons Living with HIV and Viral Hepatitis
Harry Taylor, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: Evaluation of mTOR-dependent dNTP pool depletion as a novel anti-HIV-1 therapeutic strategy
Derek Walsh, PhD, Northwestern University
Title of Study: The role of microtubule regulatory proteins in Human Cytomegalovirus infection