CHIPTS Community Advisory Board (CAB) Guidelines

The Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) is a collaboration of researchers from UCLA, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Friends ResearchInstitute, and the RAND Corporation working with the broader Los Angeles community toward a common goal: to enhance our collective understanding of HIV research and to promote early detection, as well as effective prevention and treatment programs for HIV. Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, CHIPTS serves as a bridge among researchers, government, service providers, and people with HIV in responding to the changes in the HIV epidemic and in shaping sound public policy

CHIPTS Community Advisory Board (CAB) Guidelines

The Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) is a collaboration of researchers from UCLA, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Friends ResearchInstitute, and the RAND Corporation working with the broader Los Angeles community toward a common goal: to enhance our collective understanding of HIV research and to promote early detection, as well as effective prevention and treatment programs for HIV. Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, CHIPTS serves as a bridge among researchers, government, service providers, and people with HIV in responding to the changes in the HIV epidemic and in shaping sound public policy

CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference December 2022 – Call for Participants

Abstract submission and registration are now open for the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference on Friday, December 2, 2022. The conference is free to attend and will be virtual. The goal of this conference is to support the next generation of HIV researchers, HIV prevention and treatment practitioners, and service providers working towards an end to HIV/AIDS through networking and sharing visions for future priorities.

Preparing for long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy for HIV in Los Angeles – Preliminary Findings Report

CHIPTS conducted a formative study to provide the groundwork to support successful implementation of LAI ART in Los Angeles County. The aims of this study were to strengthen and develop partnerships and build capacity in partners to support research on implementation of LAI ART as part of a strategy to optimize viral suppression in Los Angeles County; To assess the policy, systems, financial, operational and clinical level barriers to and facilitators of the rollout and scale-up of LAI ART in Los Angeles County; and to assess the end-user (consumer) perceived barriers to and facilitators of LAI ART use in Los Angeles County. This report summarizes the preliminary study findings and recommendations to inform efforts to prepare for implementation of LAI ART in Los Angeles County.