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. As we near the end of the year, CHIPTS has taken the opportunity to reflect on the content we shared that sparked the most engagement from our community. We invite you to check out some of our most popular content from 2024 as we prepare to continue our collective work to end the HIV epidemic in 2025. From all of us at CHIPTS, we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season and a joyous new year!

WEBSITE

In 2024, the CHIPTS website featured nearly 40 blog posts on the latest Center news as well as local, state, and national news from our research and public health partners. Our most popular blog topics included:

• CHIPTS at AIDS 2024 (Read here)
• Spotlight on CHIPTS Policy Impact Core (Read here)
• CHIPTS Director Steve Shoptaw Awarded the UCLA Public Impact Research Award (Read here)
• Statewide Skill-Building Symposium: Addressing Mental Health among Older Adults with HIV Recap (Read here)
• 2024 National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (Read here)

The resource library housed on the CHIPTS website includes a wide range of downloadable materials to support HIV researchers and community partners, from assessment tools to research project reports to policy briefs. Check out our most popular downloads of 2024 below:

• 2025 CHIPTS Mentored Pilot Grant – Call for Applications (Download here)
• Adaptation of the Mobile PrEP Implementation Strategy for Equitable Scale-Out (AMP-IT-OUT) (Download here)
• Uplifting the Voices of Black and Latino/a MSM and Transgender Women – Slides (Download here)
• A Two Decade Journey with People who Inject Drugs: Lessons from Back to the Future – Slides (Download here)
• 2024 National EHE Meeting Summary Report (PDF) (Download here)

SOCIAL MEDIA

CHIPTS continues to have an active presence across our social media platforms. In 2024, we shared relevant content with local, national, and global partners. Here is some of our most popular content posted on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube in 2024:

Twitter:  

• Today is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to reaffirm our commitment to ending the disproportionate impact of HIV on #gay and #bisexual men in the USA. In honor of #NGMHAAD, we are excited to share relevant research from our faculty. Read: https://chipts.ucla.edu/news/2024-national-gay-mens-hiv-aids-awareness-day/ (View here)
• Join in-person at the UCLA NRB Auditorium on September 5th at 11:30 AM PT! CHIPTS’ very own Drs. Raphael Landovitz, Dilara Üsküp, and Ron Brooks are among the featured presenters for this exciting learning opportunity. Register here: https://cognitoforms.com/UCLA2/CTSITranslationalScienceSeminarFall2024UCLA (View here)
• Check out the #LAI PrEP community workshop that featured a panel presentation from staff at the Division of HIV and STD Programs on current and future plans to expand #PrEP use in Los Angeles County. Watch here: https://youtu.be/apMaWe2qqOE (View here)
• Check out the recently published UCLA Rapid, Rigorous, Relevant Implementation Science Hub webpage on our @CHIPTS website. Learn more about our UCLA 3R IS Hub activities, events, and #impsci resources: https://chipts.ucla.edu/training/ucla-implementation-science-hub/#1698954723018-8bf35e45-9d26 (View here)
• Join us for the FINAL #LAI PrEP community workshop part of the Equitable Injectable #PrEP in LA County Initiative entitled “Expanding PrEP use in Los Angeles County: 2024 and Beyond,” on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at 10:00 AM PT via Zoom. Register here: https://uclahs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a6vqIyThRb6RvehS34bSow#/registration (View here)

Facebook:

• CHIPTS very own Dr. Gabriel Edwards shared results from his mentored pilot grant, a #qualitative implementation study that looked at the role of a smartphone app as a component of a three part intervention that also included peer mentors and contingency management. (View here)
• Check out this #UCLACTSI and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA seminar on November 6, 2024, at 12:00 PM PT. Our very own Center Director, Dr. Steve Shoptaw will present on “Leveraging Research to Shift Practice, Practitioners, and Community.” Register here: https://uclahs.fyi/ctsi-seminar (View here)
• Check out our latest global health lecture featuring Dr. Dvora Davey that focused on research to address equitable delivery of #HIV and #STI interventions, in pregnant and lactating people, in South Africa. Watch here: https://youtu.be/yiD9Hz8aKw0 (View here)
• Our updated “Recordings” page is now available on our website, watch our most exciting and impactful lectures, workshops, trainings, and discussions relevant to #HIV. Visit the page here for our complete playlists with a brief description: https://chipts.ucla.edu/recordings/ (View here)
• Join us for an upcoming #impsci Beachside Chat on September 11, 2024, at 9AM PT! Hosted by Dr. Alison Hamilton, this Chat will feature an engaging discussion with expert panelists on exemplars of equity-grounded implementation science. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/56hwkju6 (View here)

YouTube:

• Expanding PrEP use in Los Angeles County: 2024 and Beyond (Watch here)
• In Case You Missed It: Key highlights from the 25th International AIDS Conference (Watch here)
• Saturation in Qualitative Methods: Considerations for Implementation Research (Watch here)
• Beachside Chat: Qualitative Research in Implementation Science: Reflections on the Last 5 Years (Watch here)
• Prioritizing Global Health Equity in Research: Lessons from South Africa (Watch here)

We look forward to bringing more relevant, engaging content to the CHIPTS community in 2025.