Individuals and Research Projects Affiliated with CIRA in 2024

CIRA's current affiliation guidelines promote broad participation of scientists, trainees, HIV service providers, community members, and other institutional partners while maintaining scientific rigor and disciplinary diversity within CIRA's research portfolio. Among the services available to CIRA affiliates are peer review of grant applications and manuscripts, CIRA pilot projects program, research-in-progress and methods consultations, identifying research collaborators, and solicitation of community input.

In 2024, CIRA affiliated 23 individuals from 6 institutions, representing diverse disciplines and areas of expertise in adolescent health, aging, climate change, global health, health disparities, health promotion, mental health, non-communicable diseases, stigma, and substance use. CIRA also affiliated 28 research projects in 2024 including 5 CIRA pilot projects. Click each link below to learn more about each affiliate's work or project.

To submit requests for individual and project affiliation, or questions regarding the CIRA affiliation process, please contact Erin Nicholson (erin.nicholson@yale.edu).

Individuals

1. Mona Abdo, Yale School of Public Health
2. J. Lloyd Allen, Wayne State School of Social Work
3. Intan Sulistyawati Batubara, Yale School of Nursing
4. Kelsey Burton, Wake Forest School of Medicine
5. Pedro Carneiro, National Association of Community Health Centers
6. Phillip Chan, Yale School of Medicine
7. Deja Clement, Boston University
8. Angela Di Paola, Yale School of Medicine
9. Valeria Navarro Galarza, Yale School of Medicine
10. Maria Christina Herrera, Yale School of Medicine
11. Chenglin Hong, University of Connecticut
12. Roman Ivasiy, Yale School of Medicine
13. Olivia N. Kachingwe, Yale School of Public Health
14. Yang Jae Lee, Yale School of Medicine
15. Sarah R. Lowe, Yale School of Public Health
16. Eteri Machavariani, Yale School of Medicine
17. Carlos Mena-Hurtado, Yale School of Medicine
18. Colleen Mistler, Yale School of Medicine
19. Jirair Ratevosian, Yale School of Nursing
20. Kim Smolderen, Yale School of Medicine
21. Amber Sophus, Florida International University
22. Adati Tarfa, Yale School of Medicine
23. Lien Quach, Yale School of Public Health

Projects (CIRA-affiliated investigators are underlined)

1. A Formative Assessment of Mobile Pharmacy Services for Recovery Housing and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Integration (PI: Tarfa, Adati – National Institute on Drug Abuse, Enhancing Effectiveness Research on Recovery Housing for Persons Prescribed Medication for Opioid Use Disorder, Pilot Project)
2. A Unified Protocol to Address Sexual Minority Women's Minority Stress, Mental Health a nd Hazardous Drinking (MPI: Pachankis, John Edward; Hughes, Tonda L – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism R01)
3. Adaptation and Feasibility of Many Men Many Voices (3MV), an HIV Prevention Intervention to Reduce Intersectional Stigma and Increase HIVST among YSMM Residing in Ghanaian Slums (PI: Abu-Ba'are, Gamji Rabiu – Fogarty International Center R01)
4. An mHealth Implementation Strategy to Address the Syndemic of Mental Illness, Hypertension, and HIV in Uganda (MPI: Schwartz, Jeremy Ian; Nakasujja, Noeline; Ssinabulya, Isaac – National Institute of Mental Health R21)
5. Assaulted and Stigmatized: Promising Practices for Reducing Multiple Stigmas Among Black MSM Sexual Assault Survivors at Increased Exposure to HIV Risk (PI: Lopez, Daniel Jacobson – CIRA Pilot Project)
6. Cost Analysis for a Retail Mobile Community Pharmacy Addressing Substance Use and HIV Prevention Services in Underserved Communities (PI: Tarfa, Adati – National Institute on Drug Abuse, Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions (CHERISH), Pilot Project)
7. Delineating Host, Parasite and Pharmacologic Factors Impacting the Treatment of Malaria in Children with and without HIV (PI: Parikh, Sunil – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R21)
8. Developing and Validating a Quantitative Measure of Daily Intersectional Stigma Experiences for Black People with Disabilities (PI: Wang, Peng “Katie” – National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities R01)
9. Economic Evaluation of HIV Differentiated Service Delivery Models to Screen and Treat Hypertension in Ugandan Persons Living with HIV (PI: Cameron, Drew B – CIRA Pilot Project)
10. Evaluation of a Combined Motivational Interviewing and Ecological Momentary Intervention to Reduce Risky Alcohol Use among Sexual Minority Males and Transgender Individuals (MPI: Lauckner, Carolyn; Kershaw, Trace S – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism R01)
11. Georgian Implementation Science Fogarty Training Program (GIFT) (MPI: Altice, Frederick Lewis; Esserman, Denise; Kirtadze, Irma – Fogarty International Center D43)
12. The HIV and Alcohol Research center focused on Polypharmacy (HARP) (PI: Justice, Amy Caroline – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism P01)
13. The Impact of Forced Migration on HIV Vulnerability and Prevention among Internally Displaced Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Northern Mozambique (PI: Chantre, Catherine Lima – National Institute of Mental Health F31)
14. The Impact of Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Social Connectedness on Mental Health in Black Adults (PI: Ransome, Yusuf – National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities R01)
15. Implementation of Confidential Care to Increase Adolescent HIV Testing in Pediatric Primary Care Settings (PI: Aivadyan, Christina Maria – National Institute of Mental Health K01)
16. Implementing Physical Activity Screening and Interventions into Clinical Settings for People with HIV (PWH) (PI: Mistler, Colleen – CIRA Pilot Project)
17. Innovations in Implementing Decentralized HIV Services in Peru (PI: Altice, Frederick Lewis – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01)
18. LEveraging A viRtual eNvironment (LEARN) to Enhance Prevention of HIV-related Comorbidities in at-risk Minority MSM (PI: Ramos, Silvia Raquel – National Heart Lung and Blood Institute K01)
19. Loving Well in Spirituality and Sexuality – An Initiative for Sexual Health and Wellness (PI: Leblanc, Natalie – CIRA Pilot Project)
20. Malaysian Implementation Science Training (MIST) Program in HIV (MPI: Altice, Frederick Lewis; Kamarulzaman, Adeeba – Fogarty International Center D43)
21. Managing Health during Humanitarian Crises: Resilience, Establishing Health Priorities, and Impact on Health Care Workers (MPI: Rozanova, Yulia; Shenoi, Sheela – Yale MacMillan Center Kempf Award On-Campus Convening)
22. Mobile Health and Oral Testing to Optimize Tuberculosis Contact Tracing in Colombia (PI: Davis, John Lucian – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R21)
23. Opioid Agonist Therapy Access among Displaced People Who Inject Drugs in Ukraine (PI: Machavariani, Eteri – CIRA Pilot Project)
24. Promoting Retention in Opioid Treatment among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: A Novel Stepped Care Model Targeting PTSD (MPI: Sullivan, Tami P; Edelman, E. Jennifer; Johnson, Dawn M – National Institute on Drug Abuse R61)
25. Reducing Stigma in People Who Inject Drugs with HIV Using a Rapid Start Antiretroviral Therapy Intervention (PI: Altice, Frederick Lewis – Fogarty International Center R01)
26. Status-Neutral Community-Based Multilevel Intervention to Address Intersectional Stigma and Discrimination, and Increase HIV Testing, PrEP, and ART Uptake among YGBMSM in Ghanaian Slums (PI: Abu-Ba'are, Gamji Rabiu – National Institute of Nursing Research R01)
27. Stigma, Romantic Relationships, and Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults (PI: Murchison, Gabriel R – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism K99)
28. STOP (Shared decision making to Treat Or Prevent) HIV in Justice Populations (MPI: Springer, Sandra Ann; Knight, Kevin; Nijhawan, Ank Elisabeth; Staton, Michele – National Institute on Drug Abuse R61)