The Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) is a collaboration of multi-disciplinary HIV researchers from UCLA, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Friends Research Institute, and the RAND Corporation. Funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, CHIPTS promotes collaborative research, fosters networking, and supports capacity building among communities and agency partners in efforts to eliminate new HIV infections and improve health outcomes for key populations with HIV-associated comorbidities.
Featured News
NIH has implemented steps towards a unified strategy that will help guide clearer and consistent funding decisions across all Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs). […]
This World AIDS Day arrives at a moment of profound uncertainty. The global architecture that sustained HIV prevention and care for decades is shifting beneath us. The loss of PEPFAR and USAID funding, coupled with […]
CHIPTS continues to use our website and social media accounts to disseminate the latest developments in HIV research, enriching learning opportunities, Center news, and more […]
A spotlight featuring the three projects of our 2025 CHIPTS Rapid Projects awardees that includes project titles and project abstracts. Dr. Wei-Ti Chen tests a compassion-based intervention to reduce stigma and improve mental health. Dr. Huyen Pham uses evidence synthesis and […]
Recent Publications
Learning Opportunities
UCLA HIV Grand Rounds 2025-26
The Grand Rounds are monthly lecture series, which is offered by the UCLA CHIPTS, UCLA-CDU CFAR, & UCLA AIDS Institute and delivered by invited guests or distinguished members of the Institute faculty on a broad range of HIV-related topics. […]
Upcoming sessions:
- Tuesday, December 16, 2025 (Peter W. Hunt, MD)
- Tuesday, January 20, 2026 (Margie Skeer, Sc.D.)
Publication Management
UCLA CHIPTS provides resources for manuscript development, publication compliance, and publication management. Making research results publicly accessible is important not only to the NIH, but also to UCLA’s commitment to academic freedom and mission to disseminate knowledge […]
Social Media Posting
Our CHIPTS colleagues and our partners at the University of #Hanoi cohosted a summer institute workshop on "Cutting-edge Customized, and Comprehensive (CCC) #HIV Capacity Building for Vietnam and Thailand," supported by the #NIH Fogarty Program.
— CHIPTS (@uclachipts.bsky.social) Oct 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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