NIH R01 · 2024
The Neuroimmunology of Depression in Women Living With HIV
PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT In response to RFA-DA-21-116, “Mood Disorders in People Living with HIV: Mechanisms and Pathways”, we propose to investigate neuroimmunological and reward functions to study comorbid depression in women living with HIV (WLWH), a group heavily impacted by depression and its health consequences, yet underrepresented in HIV research. The proposed research will build upon the established Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)/Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS) (Dr. Sharma, MPI of Bronx MWCCS) and its unique cohort of phenotypically well-characterized women with and without HIV. Our proposed model is: (1) HIV infection induces systemic…
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