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Principal Investigator: Denis Godwin Antoine
Organization: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Fiscal Year: 2024
Award: $610,084
Funding agency: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Project Summary
This is a competing revision for the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) CFAR to permit continued support for our
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Pathway Initiative (CDEIPI) program, originally funded as a CFAR supplement.
The program leverages the strengths of the JHU CFAR and is in line with the overall CFAR goals with a
specific focus on providing mentoring, support, and pilot funding for the next generation of HIV/AIDS
researchers, and to increase the pipeline of new investigators from groups underrepresented in medicine and
health. This application will primarily support the Generation Tomorrow: Summer Health Disparity Scholars
(GT:SHDS) program which began in 2019 as an expansion of Generation Tomorrow (established in 2013).
The GT:SHDS was initially launched as a 10-week summer program for undergraduate students from across
the United States interested in HIV and/or HCV health disparities and their intersection with substance use
(addiction and overdose), violence, mental health, and the social determinants of health. With CDEIPI FY21-23
funds, the program expanded to include a graduate student training track. The program offers mentorship and
training in HIV/HCV education, testing, and counseling; health disparities, cultural competence, and harm
reduction. The participants also engage in community outreach with community partner, Sisters Together and
Reaching, Inc. The program has a special focus on students that are underrepresented in nursing, public
health, medicine, and science with an emphasis on first generation college students and individuals from
minoritized/disadvantaged backgrounds. The purpose of this proposal is to sustain/grow GT:SHDS, therefore,
our specific aims are: Aim 1. To increase the volume in our pathway to assist individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds in gaining exposure to mentorship and research in health careers/science professions with a
focus on HIV and HCV health disparities. Aim 2. To enhance cultural competence and humility by promoting
respect for the patient, their values/beliefs, and lived experiences. Aim 3. To promote comprehensive care of
individuals impacted by HIV and HCV infections with a recognition of the importance of the intersection with
substance use (addiction and overdose), violence, mental health, and the social determinants of health. Aim:
4.To support the professional identify formation (PIF) of developing healthcare professionals from diverse
backgrounds. In sum, the GT:SHDS program will support the CFAR goals to help to support a more diverse
and culturally competent HIV medical and scientific workforce which will in turn serve to reduce critical health
disparities with respect to HIV prevention and treatment outcomes.
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