Project Description
Sexual Diffusion of HIV
PI: Martin Iguchi
Funded by: National Institute on Drug Abuse
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has established the Sexual Acquisition and Transmission of HIV Cooperative Agreement Program (SATH-CAP) to provide a stable infrastructure for collaborative research to expand the scientific knowledge base on the dynamic behavioral, biological, and environmental processes involved in transmitting HIV among and across drug-using population sub- groups and in diffusing HIV from drug- using populations to non-drug-using populations.
RAND is serving as the coordinating center for the SATH-CAP. In this capacity, RAND is responsible for providing technical support and expertise to facilitate the collection of cross-site collaborative data. Four institutions are responsible for collecting data in the field: UCLA, Yale, Research Triangle Institute, and the University of Illinois, Chicago, with data collection activities in Los Angeles, Chicago, North Carolina, New Haven, and St. Petersburg, Russia. Among RAND’s responsibilities as coordinating center are to collaborate with research centers and NIDA to refine methods and designs; develop and maintain a center Web site; assist with quality control; serve as a data repository; and assist in the development of publications.
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