The Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) is a cooperative agreement among 15 clinical sites, investigators, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  The ATN was established in March of 2001 to develop and implement a wide array of interventions aimed at improving the health and reducing the HIV risk of American adolescents. Its mission includes community-based primary prevention as well as clinical management of HIV-infected adolescents. Our lab participates in several studies sponsored by the ATN:

ATN 079: Contextual Influences on Success in Achieving Structural Change

This study assesses community and coalition factors associated with achieving structural changes in support of adolescent HIV risk reduction in the 13 coalitions funded as part of the ATN Connect-to- Protect protocols.
ATN 040, 041, 041B: Connect-to-Protect

These inter-related projects are aimed at creating HIV prevention coalitions in 13 sites to pursue structural changes to reduce HIV infection among high-risk adolescents and to implement evidence-based HIV prevention programming in their communities.

ATN Protocol 093: Evaluation of SMILE in CARING for YOUTH: CDC-ATN/NICHD HIV Testing and Linkage-to-Care Collaboration

This project focuses on determining effective strategies to link HIV positive adolescents to care.

ATN Protocol 096: Identifying Undiagnosed Asymptomatic HIV Infection in Hispanic/Latino Adolescents and Young Adults

This project assesses the merits of two community strategies for identifying high-risk Latino youth who are HIV infected and who are unaware of their status.

The ATN is funded by a grant the National Institutes of Health through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with supplemental funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Mental Health, and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.