Two Miami-Area Universities Receive NIH Grants To Study HIV/AIDS, Other Health Issues Among Hispanics

Published: January 3, 2008, 2:29 pm

NIH's National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities recently awarded five-year grants totaling $13.5 million to two Miami-area universities to research Hispanic health issues -- including HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections and substance abuse -- the Miami Herald reports.Florida International University plans to use its $6.5 million grant to expand its Center for Research on U.S. Latinos, HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, also known as CRUSADA. Some of the funding will be used to expand CRUSADA's "You Gotta Know, Hay Que Saber" program, which aims to increase knowledge of HIV/AIDS among young people. FIU also plans to develop tactics for Hispanic women to persuade their partners to use condoms.The University of Miami will use its $7 million grant to expand its Center of Excellence for Hispanic Health Disparities Research, also known as El Centro. Nilda Peragallo, dean of UM's School of Nursing and Health Studies, said the school will study HIV/AIDS rates among Hispanic

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