Collaborative Research Efforts

Metabolomics and Transcriptomics for Biomarkers

A collaborative biomarkers project to develop a standard sample set to be used in biomarker studies. This has recently been submitted as a proposal for a supplement for the three basic NIMH Centers.

Consortium of NIMH AIDS Center Directors including:

• Drs Justin McArthur and Ned Sacktor at Johns Hopkins University NIMH Center for Novel Therapeutics of HIV-associated Cognitive Disorders (JHU NIMH NeuroAIDS Center)
• Dr Howard Fox at the Scripps NeuroAIDS Preclinical Studies (SNAPS) 
• Dr Scott Letendre at the UCSD HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC)  

Cerebral Spinal Fluid Sampling Study with Antiretroviral Change (CIT)

This trial is currently underway.

• Collaboration with Drs. Ned Sacktor (JHU)and Scott Letendre (HNRC).