Announcement of a Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Cooperative Agreement on the Interaction of HIV Infection and Alcohol Abuse on Central Nervous System Morbidity (U01)

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Announcement of a Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Cooperative Agreement on the Interaction of HIV Infection and Alcohol Abuse on Central Nervous System Morbidity (U01): -The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites a competing renewal of a cooperative agreement application to evaluate the cumulative and progressive effects on the brain of combined HIV infection and alcohol abuse in vivo using advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques. The investigator will work collaboratively under the cooperative agreement with NIAAA over a five -year period to conduct investigations of the separate and interactive effects of chronic alcohol use and HIV infection on neurocognitive function and brain structural and functional integrity. The long-term goal is to understand the mechanisms of the brain structural and cognitive decline in heavy drinking HIV-infected individuals in order to develop better treatments for these cognitive and neurological deficits. -FY2007 total anticipated amount to be awarded: $1.2 million. -The anticipated total number of awards is one.