College of Medicine

Professor Ivan Balan, Ph.D., was given the Supplement Award from The National Institute on Drug Abuse for his currently active R34 grant titled “Integration of Electronic SBI(RT) into an HIV Testing Program to Reduce Substance Use and HIV risk Behavior among MSM in Argentina.” The proposed study seeks to address the disproportionate gap of MSM affected by HIV and substance abuse by developing and piloting an electronic-SBI program tailored for MSM awaiting their HIV test.