The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
The goal of this funding opportunity announcement is to generate brain region and cell-type specific microglial protein profiles in the context of HIV and SUD, then use those molecular profiles and interaction networks to establish mechanisms of how HIV-harboring microglia may contribute specifically to neuropathologies encountered with comorbid HIV and SUD.