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Legacy Project Update

Legacy Project Update. Damon L. Humes, MHS Legacy Project Director January 19, 2012. Introduction: Office of HIV/AIDS Network Coordination (HANC).

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Legacy Project Update

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  1. Legacy Project Update Damon L. Humes, MHS Legacy Project Director January 19, 2012

  2. Introduction: Office of HIV/AIDS Network Coordination (HANC) HANC is a project that works with the six NIAID HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks funded by the Division of AIDS (DAIDS) of NIH with the intent of creating a more integrated collaboration and flexible research structure.

  3. Introduction: The Legacy Project Mission: The Legacy Project’s mission is to build trust and collaboration among researchers, research institutions and historically underrepresented communities most impacted by the domestic HIV epidemic; to enhance cultural competence; and to initiate scientific investigation to increase clinical research participation. Focus Areas: • Research • Capacity Building & Technical Assistance • Engagement & Collaboration

  4. Legacy Project Long Term Impact • Community Engagement • Science that identifies impact of historic disparities on research • Increased cultural responsiveness to target populations • Improve scientific literacy in the most impacted communities • Informed communities

  5. Guiding the Legacy Project to Success • Advisory Group • Women’s HIV Research Collaborative • Working Group • Membership • Engagement and Collaboration • Research/Evaluation • Capacity Building & Technical Assistance

  6. Programs & Initiative Creating Awareness Through Art (CATA) National House/Ball Mobilization Project HPBR Capacity Building for Minority Organizations Legacy Expanded HIV Testing Initiative (LETI) Latino Community Consultations • Be the Generation Bridge • Native Americans Engaged in HIV Clinical Research (NAEHCR) • Women’s HIV Research Collaborative • HBCU (collaboration with Lincoln University)

  7. For more information, email bethegeneration@nih.gov or go to: www.bethegeneration.nih.gov

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