2021 TREAT ASIA GRANTS AND AWARDS
All projects listed below were awarded funding for the period October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021.
1Suppoted by U.S. National Institutes of Health federal award number U01AI069907, with funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Mental Health and the Fogarty International Center.
2Supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health federal award number D43TW011302, funded by the Fogarty International Center and the National Institute of Mental Health.
3Supported with funds provided by ViiV Healthcare.
Australia
University of New South Wales
Sydney
Matthew G. Law, PhD
IeDEA Asia-Pacific Research Collaboration: Data Management and Analysis Center
$494,8131
Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD) Sites
O’Brien Street Practice
Adelaide
William Donohue, MBBS
$1,275 (Project Year 15)
Clinic 87, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
Birtinya
David Sowden, MBBS
$7,500 (Project Year 15)1; $7,350 (Project Year 16)
Sexual Health and HIV Service In Metro North
Brisbane
Diane Rowling, MBBS, MTH, F(PHM), RACP, FACSHM
$7,500 (Project Year 15)1
Julian Langton-Lockton, MBBS, FAChSHM
$6,675 (Project Year 16)1
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (CHHHS)
Cairns
Darren Russell, MD
$7,500 (Project Year 16)1; $7,500 (Project Year 15)1
RPA Sexual Health, Sydney Local Health District
Camperdown
David Templeton, PhD
$7,425 (Project Year 15)1; $7,125 (Project Year 16)1
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Carlton
Richard Teague, MBBS, FRACGP, FRAChSHM
$5,475 (Project Year 15)1; $4,875 (Project Year 16)1
Monash Medical Centre
Clayton
Ian Woolley, MBBS, FRACP
$7,500 (Project Year 15)1; $7,500 (Project Year 16)1
D.A. Ellis Pty., Ltd.
Coffs Harbour
David Ellis, MBBS
$450 (Project Year 15)
Clinic 34, Northern Territory, Dept of Health
Darwin
Manoji Gunathilake, MBBS, MD, FAChSHM
$2,100 (Project Year 15)
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Blue Mountains Sexual Health and HIV Clinic
Katoomba
Eva Jackson, MBBS, FAChSHM
$1,950 (Project Year 15)
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Nepean Sexual Health Clinic
Kingswood
Eva Jackson, MBBS, FAChSHM
$1,950 (Project Year 15)
Lismore Sexual Health and AIDS Services (SHAIDS), Northern NSW Local Health District
Lismore
David Smith, MBBS, DipVen, FACSHM, GrapDip BA
$7,500 (Project Year 15)1; $7,500 (Project Year 16)1
Victorian HIV Service, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital
Melbourne
Jennifer Hoy, MBBS
$7,500 (Project Year 15)1; $7,500 (Project Year 16)1
Northside Clinic (Vic) Pty Ltd
North Fitzroy
Richard Moore, MBBS
$7,500 (Project Year 15)1; $7,500 (Project Year 16)1
Prahran Market Clinic Pty Ltd
Prahran
Norman Roth, MBBS, FAChSHM
$7,350 (Project Year 15)1; $7,500 (Project Year 16)1
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Southport
Caroline Thng, MBBS, MRCP
$ 7,500 (Project Year 16)1
East Sydney Doctors
Sydney
David Baker, MB, ChB, Dip Med (Sexual Health), DCH
$6,075 (Project Year 15)1; $5,700 (Project Year 16)1
Holdsworth House Medical Practice
Sydney
Mark Bloch, MD
$7,500 (Project Year 15)1; $7,500 (Project Year 16)1
St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Limited ABN 77 054 038 872
Sydney
Andrew Carr, MD
$ 7,500 (Project Year 15)1; $7,500 (Project Year 16)1
Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital
Sydney
Rick Varma, MBBS, MRCP
$6,300 (Project Year 15)1
Taylor Square Private Clinic
Sydney
Robert Finlayson, FAChSHM, DipVen, MB BS
$6,525 (Project Year 15)1; $5,550 (Project Year 16)1
Clinic 468, HNE Sexual Health, Hunter New England Local Health District
Tamworth
Nathan Ryder, MD
$1,650 (Project Year 15)
Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
Warrawong
Katherine Brown, MD
$1,725 (Project Year 15)
Western Sydney Local Health District
Westmead
Rohan Bopage, MBBS, FRACP, MMed STD/HIV, FAChSHM
$3,300 (Project Year 16)1
Cambodia
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology & STDS / Cambodia National Institute of Public Health
Phnom Penh
Ly Penh Sun, MD, MSc; Vohith Khol, MD, MSc
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$20,8001
TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (TApHOD)
$25,0001
Ngauv Bora, MD, MPH
CHIMERA ISR Pilot Study: Feasibility and accceptability of mental health screening and linkage to care in urban HIV clinica setting in Cambodia
$8,0002
Mengsomanythd Chhay, MD, MPH
CHIMERA ISR Pilot Study: Assessing policy and health systems barriers and facilitators to the integration of mental health screening and linkage ot care into HIV services in Cambodia
$8,0002
China
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hong Kong
Man Po Lee, MBBS
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$22,8001
India
The Voluntary Health Services, VHS Infectious Diseases Medical Centre
Chennai
Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, MD, MBBS, PhD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$22,8001
BJ Medical College & Sassoon General Hospitals
Pune
Rohidas Borse, MD, MBBS
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$22,2001
IeDEA Sentinel Research Network (SRN)—Asia-Pacific
$72,6751
Aarti Kinikar, MD, DCH, DNB, MRCP- Pediatrics UK
TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (TApHOD)
$4,0001
Institute of Infectious Diseases
Pune
Sanjay Pujari, MD, AAHIVS, MBBS
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$ 22,3001
Indonesia
Hasan Sadikin General Hospital
Bandung
Anggraini Alam, MD
TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (TApHOD)
$8,5001
Sanglah Hospital, Udayana University School of Medicine
Denpasar
I Ketut Agus Somia, SpPD, KPTI, MD, PhD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$22,8001
Ketut Dewi Kumara Wati, MD, PhD
TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (TApHOD)
$8,5001
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
Jakarta
Nia Kurniati, M.D.
TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (TApHOD)
$8,5001
Evy Yunihastuti, MD, PhD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$23,0001
Yayasan Peduli Hati Bangsa
Pagedangan
Claudius Novchovick Mone Iye
Establishment of community treatment observatory as a model for providing and improving HIV & HCV service delivery
$12,7203
Japan
National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Tokyo
Junko Tanuma, MD, PhD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$16,6401
Korea
University-Industry Foundation, Yonsei University Health System
Seoul
Jun Yong Choi, MD, PhD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$17,6401
Malaysia
University of Malaya Medical Center
Kuala Lumpur
Raja Iskandar Shah Raja Azwa, FRCP, Dip HIV, MBChB
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$22,5001
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur
Meng Li Chong
CHIMERA ISR Pilot Study: Facilitators and barriers to the integration of depression and substance use screeing and linkage to care into the infectious diseases clinic of a tertiary-care hospital in Malaysia
$12,0002
Pui Li Wong, MD
CHIMERA ISR Pilot Study: Facilitators and barriers to the integration of screening for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in routine clinical care among people living with HIV at a tertiary care center in Malaysia
$12,0002
Sungai Buloh Hospital
Sungai Buloh
Yasmin Mohamed Gani, MD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$21,2601
Philippines
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
Muntinlupa City
Rossana Ditangco, MD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$22,3001
Timothy Dizon, MD, MBA
CHIMERA ISR Pilot Study: Assessing the acceptability of an integrated telebehavioral health system in primary HIV care settings in the Phillipines
$8,0002
Anna Maureen Dungca-Lorilla, MD
CHIMERA ISR Pilot Study: Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of a collaborative care model for depression and anxiety that utilizes lay HIV counselors as case managers in primary HIV clinics in the Phillipines
$8,0002
Singapore
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Oon Tek Ng, MBBS, MRCP, MMed, MPH
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$18,2001
Taiwan
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei
Yu-Jiun Chan, MD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$24,8001
Thailand
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok
Thanyawee Puthanakit, MD
Thai Program to Actively follow Perinatal Adolescents and Young Adults living with HIV (Thai-PAPAYA)
$30,0873
Adolescent and Young Adult network of IeDEA (AYANI) Supplement
$2,1601
Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin, MBBS, DTMH
CHIMERA ISR Pilot Study: Implementation of a collaborative care model to screen and treat depression among adolscents and young adults ages 16 – 24 years seeking HIV treatment and prevention services in Bangkok, Thailand
$8,0002
HIV-NAT / Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
Bangkok
Anchalee Avihingsanon, MD, PhD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$24,3001
Kiat Ruxrungtham, MD, MSc
Thailand National Health Registries Study
$ 19,0001
Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI)
Bangkok
Nittaya Phanuphak, MD, PhD
Amphetamine-type stimulant use, HIV incidence, and ART adherence among Thai MSM and transgender women
$76,9021
Anal HPV and risk for anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion among Thai MSM with acute HIV infection
$78,2681
Transgender Cohort Data Framework Development (15)
$19,9611
Anal HSIL screening algorithm optimization study
$25,6501
Asia Transgender Cohort Study
$16,4181
Rena Janamnuaysook
CHIMERA ISR Pilot Study: Implementation of a peer-led depression screening intervention at a transgender health clinic in Thailand
$8,0002
Mahidol University Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital
Bangkok
Supattra Rungmaitree, MD
Thai Program to Actively follow Perinatal Adolescents and Young Adults living with HIV (Thai-PAPAYA)
$25,0733
Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Bangkok
Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul, MD, MHS
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$22,8001
Chiang Mai University – Research Institute for Health Sciences
Chiang Mai
Linda Aurpibul, MD
Thai Program to Actively follow Perinatal Adolescents and Young Adults living with HIV (Thai-PAPAYA)
$47,6083
Thai Program to Actively follow Perinatal Adolescents and Young Adults living with HIV (Thai-PAPAYA) Coordinating Center
$6,6221
Romanee Chaiwarith, MD, MHS
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$23,8001
Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, MD, ScM, PhD
Adolescent and Young Adult network of IeDEA (AYANI) Study
$17,9671
Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital
Chiang Rai
Suwimon Khusuwan, MD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$23,5001
Pradthana Ounchanum, MD
Thai Program to Actively follow Perinatal Adolescents and Young Adults living with HIV (Thai-PAPAYA)
$30,5823
Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand
Huamark, Bangkapi
Phubet (Kao) Panpet
Asia Transgender Cohort Study
$7,5391
Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University
Khon Kaen
Pagakrong Lumbiganon, MD
Thai Program to Actively follow Perinatal Adolescents and Young Adults living with HIV (Thai-PAPAYA)
$30,4823
Study on Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes among Youth living with HIV in Asia (Supplement)
$5001
USA
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Amita Gupta, MD, MHA
A study to evaluate the markers of lung impairment in HIV-TB coinfected Indian adults
$20,7911
IeDEA Asia-Pacific: JHU/BJGMC cohort and substudies
$184,3001
Columbia University
New York, NY
Milton Wainberg, MD
Capacity development for HIV and mental health research in Asia (CHIMERA)
$ 47,7532
Vietnam
Bach Mai Hospital
Hanoi
Do Duy Cuong, MD, PhD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$22,3001
National Hospital of Pediatrics
Hanoi
Nguyen Van Lam, MD, MSc
TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (TApHOD)
$20,0001
National Hospital of Tropical Diseases
Hanoi
Thach Ngoc Pham, MD, PhD
TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)
$22,3001
IeDEA Tuberculosis Sentinel Research Network (TB-SRN) study
$24,6561
Children’s Hospital 1
Ho Chi Minh City
Du Tuan Quy, MD
TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (TApHOD)
$20,0001
Children’s Hospital 2
Ho Chi Minh City
Do Chau Viet, MD
TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (TApHOD)
$20,0001