Three faculty members awarded $3 million NIMH grant for HIV prevention in Africa

Fred Ssewamala, PhD, William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School and director of the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD); Proscovia Nabunya, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School and co-director of ICHAD; and Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD, professor of medicine and associate director for global health and dissemination at WashU Medicine, have been awarded a $3 million research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to address economic and social barriers associated with access and use of an oral medication to prevent HIV infection.