Group Receives $1.3 Million to Diversify Scholarship in HIV/AIDS Research, Yale School of Public Health: Yale School of Medicine

Group Receives $1.3 Million to Diversify Scholarship in HIV/AIDS Research, Yale School of Public Health: Yale School of Medicine
Group Receives $1.3 Million to Diversify Scholarship in HIV/AIDS Research
A new research and education institute has received a $1.3 million grant to address the documented shortage of HIV/AIDS researchers from underrepresented groups.
Developed by researchers Drs. Barbara Guthrie, Jean Schensul and Merrill Singer, the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) is a partnership between their respective institutions—the Yale University School of Nursing (YSN), the Institute for Community Research and the University of Connecticut’s Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention. The program aims to provide scholars from underrepresented racial, ethnic, disabled and economic groups with the skills and experience needed to become successful HIV researchers. The Institute, funded with a grant by the National Institute of Mental Health, will be housed at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale.

“There is a compelling need to close the existing gaps in mentoring and theory driven research education for new investigators in these specific groups,” said Guthrie, an associate dean for academic affairs at YSN.