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UCSF Center for AIDS
Prevention Studies (CAPS)
Division of Prevention Science
Department of Medicine
Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD
Director
Susan Kegeles, PhD
Co-Director
Mallory Johnson, PhD
Co-Director
CAPS
• Newly relocated to Mission Hall @ Mission
Bay, 3rd floor
• Weekly Town Halls (Tuesdays 12 – 1 pm)
• Caps.ucsf.edu
Mission
• CAPS has three long-term goals:
– preventing new HIV infections,
– developing social/behavioral approaches to improve
health outcomes among HIV-infected people, and
– reducing disparities.
• UCSF is the largest recipient of NIH funding
of Departments of Medicine.
• The Division of Prevention Science is the
largest recipient of NIH funding of the 16
Divisions in the Department.
• Prevention Science faculty are 4% of the
Department of Medicine but account for 16%
of NIH funding.
Division of Prevention Science
Faculty FY 14
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Professor (11)
– Stephen F. Morin, PhD, Emeritus
– Susan M. Kegeles, PhD
– Kyung-Hee Choi, PhD, MPH
– Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD
– William J. Woods, PhD
– Diane Binson, PhD, Emeritus
– Edwin Charlebois, PhD, MPH
– Mallory O. Johnson, PhD
– Maria Ekstrand, PhD
– Torsten Neilands, PhD
– Judy Auerbach, PhD
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Associate Professor (6)
– Janet Myers, PhD, MPH
– Lynae Darbes, PhD
– Tim Lane, PhD, MPH
– Emily Arnold, PhD, MPH
– Wayne Steward, PhD, MPH
– Hong-Ha Truong, PhD, MS, MPH
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Assistant Professor (8)
– Jae Sevelius, PhD
– Nicolas M. Sheon, PhD
– Starley Shade, PhD
– Greg Rebchook, PhD
– Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH
– Parya Saberi, Pharm.D.
– Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, PhD, MPH
– Sarah Woolf-King, PhD
Center Grant
• The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
(CAPS) is a P30 grant from NIMH will be in
year 4 of 5 years (FY 15) – 9/1/12–6/30/16.
• Funding for the center is $1.6 million, a
reduction from prior years.
• The CAPS center grant covers 9% of the
Division’s core operating expenses.
Grant Awards by Fiscal Year
Direct
Indirect
Total
FY10
Division totals
15,065,279
2,364,283
17,429,562
16,455,064
2,388,995
18,844,059
17,424,809
1,987,861
19,412,670
FY11
Division totals
FY12
Division totals
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
• In 2013, CAPS provided services to over 100
investigators and trainees conducting HIV prevention
research.
• This included service to over 100 research and training
grants.
• In 2013, CAPS investigators published over 150 papers
in peer reviewed journals.
• CAPS remains the largest university-based group of
social, behavioral, policy and prevention scientists
responding to HIV in the world. (Don’t forget about us!)
CAPS RESEARCH
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International
Policy research
Methods
Translational and implementation science
Gay men, MSM and MSMW
HIV+
Adherence to medications; linkage to care; engagement in care
Disparities in HIV-related outcomes
Transgender persons
Youth & young adults
Also:
Technical assistance and capacity building
Traineeships
CAPS Research
Susan M. Kegeles, PhD - Professor
CAPS Co-Director & TAPS (Postdoc) Director
Populations: MSM – (young, black, Latino, South African, Peruvian) & MSMW
• Community-Level HIV Prevention for Young Black MSM
• Combination Prevention & Community Mobilization for Continuum of Care
among HIV+ young black MSM
• Translating Research into Practice at Community-Based Organizations
Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD - Professor
CAPS Director (Adolescents & technology)
Populations: Adolescents, youth, community based participatory research
• Computer-Based vs Interpersonal HIV Preventive Intervention for At-Risk Youth
• HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities
• Infrastructure For Community-Linked Research
• Technology to connect at-risk youth to testing
CAPS Research
Mallory Johnson, PhD – Professor
CAPS Co-Director
Populations: HIV+ persons, couples, mentoring
Area: US, South Africa
• DUO Project: Relationship factors and HIV treatment adherence
• The PATH Project: A Randomized Controlled Trial Preparing Patients to
Start Antiretroviral Therapy
Mi-Suk Kang-Dufour, PhD, MPH - Assistant Professor
Populations: MSM, incarcerated adults, African American
• Linkages to care among HIV+ persons coming out of prison
• HIV testing, linkage to care and PrEP among MSM of color
CAPS Research
Emily Arnold, PhD, MPH - Associate Professor
Populations: MSM, African American, faith communities (Black gay youth, House
Ball community)
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BRUTHAS Randomized Control Study
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The Ballroom Community Project: Social Networks and Social Support
among High Risk African American Men
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Policy related research in California
Diane Binson, PhD – Professor Emeritus
Populations: MSM, Latinos, incarcerated adults, heterosexual (Bathhouse and
survey methods)
• Improving Self-Reports About High Risk Sexual Behavior
• HIV Risk among Male Parolees and their Female Partners
• Exploring the Core of High Risk Networks
• Multi-level Prevention in Culture & Context with Latino Men
• SPSN for Seropositive Young Men of Color
• Collaborative HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities
CAPS Research
Edwin Charlebois, PhD, MPH - Professor
Populations: Gay men, PLWH
Area: US, Uganda
• Structural Alcohol/HIV Risk Intervention in Gay Bar Patron
• Project Promote: Novel Strategies to Prevent Malaria and Improve HIV
Outcomes in Africa – Data and Statistics Core
• Family-Based HIV VCT for Patients at Risk for TB
• Modeling the Impact of Ryan White Care Act Severity of Need Indices
Kyung-Hee Choi, PhD, MPH - Professor
Populations: MSM
Area: US, China
• Social/Sexual Networks & HIV Risk: Men of Color
• CHATS: Developing a Network Intervention to Promote Women’s Health
• Developing a Network-based HIV Prevention Intervention for MSM in
China
CAPS Research
Lynae Darbes, PhD - Associate Professor
Populations: Gay and heterosexual couples
Area: South Africa
• Couples in Context: Piloting a Couples-Based Intervention in South Africa
• Couples-based HIV prevention in South Africa
• Developing a comprehensive couples-based intervention in South Africa
Maria Ekstrand, PhD - Professor
Populations: MSM, women, sex workers, migrant workers, HIV+ persons
Area: India
• Examining ART adherence issues in Bangalore, India
• AIDS stigma and gender: Health consequences in urban India
• Contexts and correlates of health behaviors in South India
CAPS Research
Tim Lane, PhD, MPH - Associate Professor
Populations: MSM, healthcare providers
• HIV Prevention among Township MSM in South Africa
• MSM Community Mobilization for HIV Research
• Surveillance/epidemiological investigations of groups at risk in Africa: sex
workers, MSM, other high risk groups
Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH - Assistant Professor
Populations: Heterosexual women, MSM of color
• Effects of cash transfer and community mobilization in young South African
women
• Understanding Community Mobilization for HIV Prevention in the African
Context
• Assessing the feasibility of conducting a randomized community trial of the
Encontros intervention model among sex workers in Brazil
CAPS Research
Janet Myers, PhD, MPH - Associate Professor
Populations: healthcare providers, HIV+ persons, NGOs
Area: US, Ukraine
• Evaluation of patient perspectives on routing HIV screening in health care settings
• Strengthening capacity to deliver HIV research counseling and testing in
international biomedical prevention and treatment trials
• Implementation science/HRSA SPNS projects
Tor Neilands - Professor
Director, Methods Core
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Quantitative data analysis methods and survey scale development
Fostering and conducting behavioral HIV/AIDS-prevention research in racial and
ethnicity minority populations and communities
Advanced quantitative methodological, statistical, and data analytic support for
epidemiological and behavioral HIV prevention research efforts.
CAPS Research
Greg Rebchook, PhD - Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Technology and Information Exchange Core
(TIE Core)
Populations: MSM, African American, Transwomen
• Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) to Assist CBOs
• Moving a Research-Based Intervention into Practice
• HIV Prevention with sexual minorities, including black MSM, trans
• Implementation science, HRSA SPNS
Parya Saberi, PharmD, MAS - Assistant Professor
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Technology-based Adaptive Treatment Strategies for Antiretroviral
Adherence
Social Networking Technologies in Improving Treatment Engagement of
Young Black HIV+ Individuals
HIV and Aging
CAPS Research
Jae Sevelius, PhD - Assistant Professor
Populations: Transgender, HIV+ persons,
• Co-Principal Investigator, Center of Excellence on Transgender Health
• Sheroes / Sheros Plus Projects – An intervention to reduce risk behaviors
among HIV-positive and negative transwomen.
• T-Sista – HIV Prevention for African American transwomen.
Starley Shade, PhD - Assistant Professor
Co-Investigator Policy & Ethics Core & Methods Core
Populations: healthcare providers
• Application of Weighted Time-series to Address Bias in Evaluation of Clinicand Community-level Research
• PI for a CDC cooperative agreement to provide technical assistance, capacity
building and organizational development in Mozambique
• Implementation science, SPNS
CAPS Research
Nicholas Sheon, PhD - Associate Professor
Co-Investigator: Methods Core – Qualitative Research
Populations: MSM, HIV+ persons
• Investigating Motivations for Participation in Anal Cancer Prevention Trials)
• A Structural Intervention to Improve HIV Test Counseling
• Using technology to streamline data collection and improve HIV test
counseling
Wayne Steward, PhD, MPH - Associate Professor
Co-Investigator: Policy & Ethics Core
Populations: gay men, HIV+ persons, policymakers, CBOs
• A formative study on the role of gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation in
the provision of prevention counseling with HIV+ patients
• Severity of need: California health care financing and policy research
initiative
• Implementation science (HRSA SPNS)
CAPS Research
Hong-Ha Truong, PhD, MS, MPH - Associate
Professor
Populations: gay men
Area: Vietnam, Zimbabwe
• International Travel Research to Inform Prevention (I-TRIP)
• Monitoring Resistance During Rapid Expansion of Antiretroviral Therapy
• Molecular epidemiology
Bill Woods, PhD - Professor
Co-Investigator: Policy & Ethics Core
Populations: MSM/F, substance users (Bathhouses)
• Vice Chair, UCSF IRB
• Co-Investigator: CAPS Visiting Professor Program
• Systems Linkage and Access to Care initiative (SLAC)
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