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
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 […]
UNAIDS welcomes the announcement by the US State Department that the President’s Emergency Plan for […]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published new Clinical Recommendations for twice-a-year injectable lenacapavir as an additional option for HIV prevention in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved injectable lenacapavir […]
Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Yeztugo (lenacapavir)—the company’s injectable HIV-1 […]
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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