Deanna Kerrigan
George Washington University, DC·Public Health & Epidemiology
Why do HIV infections keep concentrating in some communities, and why do people living with HIV in those communities still face worse health? This core asks how social and structural factors, the conditions people live in rather than individual choices alone, block health for people living with HIV and drive new infections among the communities hit hardest by the epidemic.
- Fields
Public Health & Epidemiology
Social Science
Psychology
- Topics
people living with HIV
HIV prevention
social determinants of health
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Jun 2030
What they work on
- Support HIV scientists, especially early-stage investigators, in building rigorous grant applications that draw on social and behavioral science theory and methods, through tailored grant development help and an online catalogue of specific aims.
- Strengthen implementation science (the study of how proven HIV interventions get adopted in real-world settings) across the DC Center for AIDS Research, including a partner and resource navigation tool.
- Help academic investigators and community partners develop, carry out and share community-driven HIV research that responds to the needs of affected communities in Washington, DC.
- Advance the use of current social and behavioral theory and methods, such as intersectional and multilevel approaches, across the center through team science and bi-weekly consultation office hours.
More about the research
It does this by supporting researchers across the District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR), whose mission is to end the HIV epidemic in DC and beyond.
Why it matters
HIV continues to fall hardest on certain communities in Washington, DC, and elsewhere, partly because of social and structural barriers such as stigma and unequal access to care. By helping researchers and community partners design studies that address these barriers and put proven interventions into practice, the core could strengthen efforts to reduce new infections and improve the health and quality of life of people living with HIV.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Naoko Muramatsu
University of Illinois Chicago, IL·Public Health & Epidemiology
Build behavioral and social research infrastructure for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias at the University of Illinois Chicago, linking population science and health promotion approaches.
Sidney Hankerson
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY·Public Health & Epidemiology
Expand health disparities research among Mount Sinai faculty at all levels through methodology workshops, health equity seminars, a determinants-of-health journal club, community engagement opportunities and a shared resource repository.
Lee Pachter
University of Delaware, DE·Public Health & Epidemiology
Assist Delaware researchers working across the translational spectrum, from basic science (T0) to population health (T4), in identifying ways to include community perspectives in their studies.
The school
George Washington University: 13 labs on PI Pages, $382M a year on research, 225 research doctorates a year.
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