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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Cook County Health
Grantee: Cook County Health
Grantor: Northwestern University
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: Northwestern CORE Clinical Research Site: Trans-omics for HIV/AIDS Research
Grant Amount: $260,000.00
Grant Period: 4/1/2025 - 3/31/2026
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: NA
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) is the Longest Running Observational Study of men at risk for or living with HIV conducted by sites located in Baltimore, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles, establish in 1983 by the NIH. The Northwestern CORE Clinical Research Site started enrolling men of color in January 2002 to augment research efforts. In 2019, the MACS study and Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), merged to form the MACS-WIHS Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS), a prospective cohort study designed to investigate a spectrum of questions relating to the basic science, clinical science, and epidemiology of HIV infection in the US, with a focus on comorbidities among men and women living with HIV or at risk. The study will continue to follow current participants enrolled at 13 MACS/WIHS clinical research sites (CRS) in addition to recruiting new participants with characteristics that reflect the US population living with HIV or at risks. Participants are scheduled bi-annually study visits and invited to participate in a range of protocols for data collection.
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