The Operations Research Collaboration for Alcohol Abuse and AIDS: ORCAAA

New York University School Of Medicine, New York NY

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Abstract

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this proposal is to develop an Implementation Science Resource Core to support the research efforts of several CHAART consortia, building upon existing infrastructure within these consortia. The current proposal would create the infrastructure to close the loop of the research cycle for NIAAA-funded research. ORCAAA (The Operations Research Collaboration for Alcohol Abuse and AIDS) would be a resource core using implementation science to inform decisions important to investigators, public health authorities, and clinician/patient dyads. In particular, ORCAAA will create 3 different PODS (Portals Of Decision Support) that will function as catalysts of collaboration, providing CHAART investigators with tailored decision support in order assure that research will be harnessed most effectively to improve population health. In particular the ORCAAA resource core will implement the following aims: Aim 1: Facilitate implementation of CHAART HIV/AIDS interventions targeting highest risk populations; Aim 2: Increase capacity for implementation science to impact CHAART study design; Aim 3: Increase capacity for evaluating effect of CHAART alcohol interventions on HIV progression