| ADHD, Prescription Stimulant Treatment, and the HIV Care Continuum |
Shelly Dalton, PhD |
Richard Grucza, PhD |
Summer 2026 |
JIT Enhancement Fund |
| Turning HIV’s Rapid Evolution Into Its Achilles Heel |
Priya Pal, MD, PhD |
Jennifer Philips, MD, PhD |
Fall 2025 |
Investigator Pilot Award |
| Investigating Immune Dysfunction during HIV/TB Co-infection using a Humanized Mouse Model |
Chandra Pallavi, PhD |
Jennifer Philips, MD, PhD |
Fall 2025 |
Investigator Pilot Award |
| Moving Beyond “Non-Adherence”: Employing A Cyclical Framework to understand HIV Care Trajectories After Syphilis Diagnosis Among People with Substance Use Disorders |
Kevin Xu, MD, MPH |
Michael Durkin, MD, MPH |
Fall 2025 |
Investigator Pilot Award |
| Bridging the Gap: Testing a Brief, Community-Led Intervention to Advance HIV Prevention and Testing among Reentry Populations |
Devin Banks, PhD
& Reginald Smith, CADC |
Michael Durkin, MD, MPH |
Fall 2025 |
Partner Pilot Award |
| Pathways to PrEP Among Young Black and Latino MSM |
Octavio Mesner, PhD
& Antoine Brantley, MPH |
Elvin Geng, MD, MPH |
Fall 2025 |
Partner Pilot Award |
| St. Louis Sex Workers Accessing PrEP -- the STL SWAP study |
Nathanial Nolan, MD, MPH, MPHE
& Theresa Anasti, PhD |
Michael Durkin, MD, MPH |
Fall 2025 |
Partner Pilot Award |
| Invisible Risks: The Role of Air Pollution in HIV Health Outcomes |
Mintesnot Teni, PhD |
Enbal Shacham, PhD |
Summer 2025 |
Investigator Pilot Award |
| Development and Validation of a Community-Informed Risk Assessment Tool for disengagement from HIV Care |
Dima Dandachi, MD, MPH |
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Summer 2025 |
Investigator Pilot Award |
| The Clear Path Project: Optimizing a Regional System for HIV Testing |
Virginia McKay, PhD, MA |
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Spring 2025 |
Pilot Plus Fund |
| Epidemiology of Cancer of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus At JOOTRH |
Thomas Odeny, MD, MPH, PhD |
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Spring 2025 |
JIT Enhancement Fund |
| Assessing the Impact of Intersectional Stress on HIV Risk in Young, Black and Latino, Gay Men and Trans Women |
Octavio Mesner, PhD |
Jeremy Goldbach, PhD, LMSW |
Fall 2024 |
Investigator Pilot Award |
| Evaluating InfaNt FeedinG PrActice GuidElines for Individuals with HIV (ENGAGE - HIV) |
Julia López, PhD, MPH, LCSW |
Ginger McKay, PhD, MA |
Fall 2024 |
Investigator Pilot Award |
| Potential role for inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain 4 (ITIH4) as a Marker of Latently Infected Cells and a Measure of Reservoir Size |
Javan Kisaka, PhD |
George Kyei, MD, MPhil, PhD
& Evelyn Bonney, PhD |
Fall 2024 |
Investigator Pilot Award |
| Structural and Biochemical Study of the Interaction Between CARD8 and HIV-1 RNA |
Chen Shen, PhD |
Sebla Kutluay, PhD |
Fall 2024 |
Investigator Pilot Award |
| PrEPForward Uncovering Barriers and Solutions to PrEP Services in Rural and Urban Missouri |
Aditi Ramakrishnan, MD, MSc
& Stephen Adams, MD |
Elvin Geng, MD, MPH |
Fall 2024 |
Partner Pilot Award |
