Sociobehavioral Science Core
About
Submit a Service RequestThe Sociobehavioral Science Core (SBS) Core’s mission is to provide methodological expertise, promote community engagement and collaboration, and offer training in social and behavioral sciences. A central focus of the SBS Core is to ensure that advances in HIV research and care reach all communities affected by the epidemic. To expand the reach, impact, and sustainability of our Center’s HIV prevention and treatment research, the SBS Core also offers investigators access to a Community Advisory Board (CAB). The SBS Core directs our Center’s work focused on communities disproportionately affected by HIV and is the only SD CFAR Core that provides expertise in sociobehavioral aspects of HIV.
To accomplish its mission, the SBS Core is organized into three units – Research Methods, Community Engagement, and Mentoring.
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- RESEARCH METHODS UNIT: Advance rigorous, theory-driven social and behavioral HIV science by providing methodological expertise in population-tailored measurement, qualitative and mixed methods design, and behavioral intervention development.
- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT: Strengthen the engagement of key populations in sociobehavioral HIV research by providing Community Advisory Board consultation, supporting academic-organizational partnerships, and advancing dissemination and translation of HIV research.
- MENTORING UNIT: Mentor and train the next generation of sociobehavioral HIV investigators in research methods and participatory engagement approaches to help end the HIV epidemic.
Services
- Study population recruitment
- Development of scales, surveys, and/or questionnaires
- Grant preparation assistance
- Study implementation planning
- Consultation on study design
- Qualitative data preparation and/or anaylsis
- Interpretation and/or dissemination of findings
- Manuscript assistance
- Community Advisory Board (CAB) guidance
- Mentorship
- Spanish translation (e.g. surveys, interview guides, consent forms, recruitment materials)
- Transcription of audio files
And more!
FAQs
The Sociobehavioral Science Core of the UC San Diego Center for AIDS Research seeks collaboration with:
- Anyone with or affected by HIV needing linkages to HIV- and related care
- Members of community-based, governmental, or non-governmental organizations—that serve people with or affected by HIV and their loved ones—looking for collaborative research
- Early stage HIV researchers or public health scientists seeking general guidance, or established investigators seeking scientific advice and guidance, particularly in HIV-related social, behavioral, or structural factors
Core Faculty
