The Medical College of Wisconsin's Center for AIDS Intervention Research ( CAIR ) received a five-year, $11.16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Mental Health ( NIMH ) to continue its HIV-prevention research, according to a press release.
CAIR is one of only five HIV behavioral research centers in the country designated by the NIMH, a distinction the center has held since 1994. Jeffrey A. Kelly, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine and director of CAIR since its inception, is the main investigator for the renewal grant.
Among other things, the center's future research will continue to focus on HIV prevention in population segments in the United States that continue to experience high disease incidence, including gay or bisexual men; drug users; and women at risk for HIV, especially racial and ethnic minorities who remain disproportionately impacted by AIDS.
