Midlands HIV Community Engagement and Outreach
CLINTRUSC Community Engagement & Outreach Core
This project will connect clinics across South Carolina's Midlands to better reach and include people living with HIV—especially Black communities and veterans—in clinical and translational research.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of South Carolina at Columbia NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Columbia, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11136958 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you live with HIV in the Midlands, this effort aims to make it easier for you to learn about and join research by linking local clinics and health systems. The University of South Carolina will bring together medicine, public health, nursing, pharmacy, and social work teams to work with Federally Qualified Health Centers, Prisma Health primary care clinics, and VA community clinics. They will focus on overcoming practical and trust barriers that often keep underrepresented people from joining research. The core will build a coordinated network and outreach strategies tailored to rural and high-Black-population areas so more patients can be reached.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are people living with HIV in the South Carolina Midlands, especially Black individuals, veterans, and patients served by participating FQHCs, Prisma Health clinics, or VA outpatient sites.
Not a fit: People who do not live in the Midlands or who are not affected by HIV are unlikely to see direct benefits from this outreach core.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients in the Midlands could have better access to research opportunities, earlier access to new treatments, and improved outreach to traditionally underrepresented groups.
How similar studies have performed: Community-engagement and clinic-network approaches have previously improved recruitment and representation in HIV research, though this project adapts those methods specifically for the Midlands region.
Where this research is happening
Columbia, United States
- University of South Carolina at Columbia — Columbia, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Albrecht, Helmut — University of South Carolina at Columbia
- Study coordinator: Albrecht, Helmut
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.