Award
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 1F31AI198066-01
Mining Social Media for Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Uptake and Persistence
Recipient
Emory University
Award Amount
$50,114.00
Ceiling
$50,114.00
Awarded
April 10, 2026
Identifier
1F31AI198066-01
NIH awarded Emory University approximately $50,114 for a project analyzing social media to understand barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake and persistence, focusing on community collaboration and natural language processing to improve health communication.
Description
This NIH-funded project by Emory University aims to analyze social media data to identify barriers and facilitators to PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) uptake and persistence among populations at risk for HIV in the United States, particularly in the Southeast. The project involves community collaboration, development of a lexicon, and comparison with clinical guidelines to improve health communication and intervention strategies.