Cross-network activities

Cross-network activities currently fall into several categories: 

• Behavioral Science to ensure tha tthe networks benefit from state-of-the-science methods and procedures that optimize adherence to product and risk reduction counseling, minimize the risk of confounding user and product failures, and that the best quality behavioral science is integrated into clinical trials.
• Community Involvement to facilitate effective community engagement in the research process and provide community input at the cross-network leadership level.
• Data Management such as the harmonization of data collection processes and coordination of site infrastructure changes.
• Evaluation Metrics including the development and application of consistent standards of performance evaluation.
• Laboratory Processing including specimen collection and processing, laboratory training, repository utilization, quality assurance and proficiency testing.
• Legacy Project to increase engagement and collaborative efforts among the populations most impacted, researchers and their institutions to address historic inequities in its effort to overcome the demographic and socio-economic disparities that threaten all DAIDS-funded research.
• Research Site Management and Clinical Trials Logistics issue identification and resolution.
• Scientific Leadership to advance optimal collaborative clinical trials research activities within the networks and drive collaborative efforts among the Networks and other research partners.
• Training Development and Distribution including the development and distribution of training modules that apply across organizations and communicating training opportunities to site and network staff.