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The HIV Prevention Trials Network is a worldwide collaborative clinical trials network that develops and tests the safety and efficacy of interventions designed to prevent the transmission of HIV.
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The HPTN strives to evaluate and implement cutting-edge biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions to reduce the transmission of HIV.

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The HPTN has more than 50 ongoing or completed clinical trials in 14 countries at more than 60 research sites.
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The HPTN strives to evaluate and implement cutting-edge biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions to reduce the transmission of HIV.
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Community participation in decision-making ensures that research participants and the community feel ownership of the research and have an interest in its success.

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Hyman Scott

Hyman Scott

  1. What would you say most motivates you to do what you do?
  2. I’m most motivated by the potential to find new ways to transform HIV prevention. Daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis has revolutionized HIV prevention and changed the HIV epidemic in many places worldwide. The quest to find new, highly efficacious HIV prevention options is a powerful motivator for me.
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HPTN Scholars Program

The HPTN Scholars Program seeks to provide scholar recipients with the knowledge, skills and connections to further their careers as independent investigators in the HIV prevention research field.

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Rogers Sekabira, BPharm, MHSR, MP
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Rogers Sekabira, BPharm, MHSR, MP
PK-PD Relationship of Antiretroviral drugs dosed for PrEP in Ex-vivo HIV-1 infection (HPTN 069)

Location: Uganda-Baylor CRS    Mentor(s): Craig Hendrix

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Anita Marais
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Anita Marais, MBChB, MSc, Dip.HIV(Man)
Identifying predictive factors for condom use in MSM and TGW in sub-Saharan Africa: Results from HPTN075

Location: Wits PHRU    Mentor(s): Theo Sandfort and Ravindre Panchia

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Rodman Turpin
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Rodman Turpin, PhD, MS
External and Internalized Homophobia Mediates Sexual Identity and Sexual Risk Behavior among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (HPTN 061)

Location: University of Maryland, College Park    Mentor(s) Typhanye Penniman-Dyer (primary) and Ken Mayer

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S. Raquel Ramos
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S. Raquel Ramos, PhD, MBA, MSN, FNP-BC
Characteristics of Client Centered Care Coordination between Black MSM PrEP Users and Non-Users in HPTN 073: An Analysis of Perceived Autonomy Support and Care

Location: NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing    Mentor(s): LaRon Nelson

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Elzette Rousseau-Jemwa
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Elzette Rousseau-Jemwa
The role of agency in young African women’s adherence to PrEP (in HPTN 067)

Location: Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation     Mentor(s): Linda-Gail Bekker and Rivet Amico

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Derek Dangerfield II
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Derek Dangerfield II
Underlying sexual risk and PrEP use patterns among BMSM in the HPTN 073 Study

Location: JHU School of Nursing    Mentor(s): Irene Kuo

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Noelle M. St. Vil
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Noelle M. St. Vil
An Exploration of the Social Determinants of Violence Against Women At-Risk of HIV

Location: University of Buffalo    Mentor(s): Danielle Haley, Gina Wingood

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Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha
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Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha
Examining the role of social support in PrEP uptake and utilization for young African women: implications for HIV prevention

Location: Tufts University    Mentor(s): Audrey Pettifor

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Donaldson F. Conserve
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Donaldson F. Conserve
Assessment of Case Manager Intervention Dosage Impact on Viral Suppression among MSM: A Mixed Method Study

Location: George Washington University    Mentor(s): Chris Beyrer

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Adedotun Ogunbajo
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Adedotun Ogunbajo
Intimate Partner Violence, Social Support, and Substance Use among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) in the United States

Location: Harvard University    Mentor(s): Kenneth Mayer

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Manuela Bullo
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Manuela Bullo
Alcohol Use and HIV-HSV2 Incidence in Female Adolescents in Rural South Africa

Location: Ramos Mejia Hospital    Mentor(s): Audrey Pettifor

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Nomtha Bell-Mandla
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Nomtha Bell-Mandla
Determinants strategies and cost implications for participant recruitment, and retention in an HIV cohort, perspectives from HPTN 071 (PopART)

Location: Stellenbosch University Faculty of Health Sciences    Mentor(s): Peter Bond, Lungiswa Nkonki, Ayana Moore

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Bwalya Chiti
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Bwalya Chiti
Thinking on their feet: Lessons learnt from the role, identity and experiences of community-based HIV service providers in delivering Universal Test and Treat within the (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa

Mentor(s): Virginia Bond, Musonda Simwinga

 

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