Research Projects
Dr. Rotheram’s work has been lauded with high honors. Her proposed and current work is recognized by funding through grants. Over the course of her career she has been awarded 60 grants as a primary researcher. Half of these awards have come from the National Institutes of Health. Science published an analysis NIH grants in 2001 and revealed that Dr. Rotheram was the second most funded multi-grant recipient in 2000 and was the only woman in the top ten.
Below is a list of the grant awards to Dr. Rotheram to date.
| PROJECT | FUNDING AGENCY | TIMEFRAME | GRANT AMOUNT |
| The Global Partnership for AIDS Behavioral Research: South Africa and the U.S. | National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | 9/5/2013-8/31/2018 | $2,370,000 |
| Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | 2/14/2012-1/31/2017 | $9,850,000 |
| Partnership for Community Wellness: Psychosocial and Behavioral Summer Camp Program | Unihealth Foundation | 7/1/2013-6/30/2015 | $550,000 |
| Mentor Mothers for Neighborhood Well-being | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | 1/1/2012-12/31/2014 | $800,000 |
| The District of Columbia Developmental Center for AIDS Research | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease | 8/9/2012-5/31/2014 | $150,000 |
| Structural Pathways for South African Men to Reduce Substance Abuse & HIV | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | 4/1/2011-3/31/2014 | $560,000 |
| Creating Evidence-Based Practice Interventions that Communities Can Adapt to Improve the Well-being of Children and Families | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 9/1/2012-8/31/2013 | $400,000 |
| The UCLA Family Commons/RFK Community Schools: Life Skills Coaching for Students & Families | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 8/15/2011-8/14/2013 | $750,000 |
| Neighborhood Alcohol & HIV Prevention in South African Townships | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | 9/30/2007-6/30/2013 | $3,800,000 |
| Partnership for Community Wellness: School-Based Obesity Prevention for Families at RFK Community Schools | Unihealth Foundation | 7/1/2011-6/30/2013 | $550,000 |
| Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning and Implementation for Metropolitan Statistical Areas Most Affected by HIV/AIDS | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease | 9/1/2011-5/31/2013 | $150,000 |
| Mentor Mothers: A Sustainable Family Intervention in South African Townships | National Institute of Mental Health | 9/19/2006-8/31/2012 | $3,530,000 |
| The Intersection of Cutting-Edge Social, Behavioral and Biomedical Strategies for HIV Prevention | National Institute of Mental Health | 7/15/2007-5/31/2012 | $360,000 |
| Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | 2/12/2007-1/31/2012 | $11,170,000 |
| Website for UCLA CHIPTS | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 12/1/2010-11/30/2011 | $6,000 |
| Creating a Network of Family Coaching Clinics Using a New Model of Family-Centered Preventive Behavior | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 11/15/2008-11/14/2011 | $2,050,000 |
| Family-to-Family: Psychoeducation to Improve Children’s Outcomes in HIV+ Families | National Institute of Nursing Research | 9/23/2005–6/30/2011 | $2,910,000 |
| Prevention Efforts Targeted at HIV+ Populations/Rapid Response | CA/HHS/Department of Health Services | 7/1/2008-6/30/2011 | $2,030,000 |
| Partnership for Community Wellness | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 12/1/2010-5/31/2011 | $100,000 |
| Mentor Mothers for Diabetes Management in South African Townships | American Academy of Family Physicians | 02/01/2009-01/31/2011 | $100,000 |
| NIMH Collaboration HIV?STD Intervention Trial in China | National Institute of Mental Health | 9/23/2004-8/31/2009 | $4,320,000 |
| Mothers Living with HIV and their Adolescent Children | National Institute of Mental Health | 9/12/2003–6/30/2008 | $7,000,000 |
| Prevention Efforts Targeted at HIV+ Populations | CA/HHS/department of Health Services | 7/1/2005-6/30/2008 | $1,665,000 |
| Family Empowerment: Adapting Successful Disclosure Strategies for HIV+ Patients (Subaward) | Science2Market LLC | 8/1/2006-12/31/2007 | $72,000 |
| Training and Technical Assistance for Teens Linked to Care | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | 8/31/2004–6/30/2007 | $960,000 |
| HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services | National Institute of Mental Health | 4/15/2002–12/31/2006 | $10,010,000 |
| Technology, Translation, and Transfer of Effective HIV Prevention Behavioral Interventions | CDC | 9/30/2003–9/29/2006 | $620,000 |
| Health Related Interventions for Persons Living with HIV (Competing Renewal) | National Institute of Mental Health | 8/1/2003–7/31/2006 | $2,670,000 |
| Adaptation of a Cognitive Behavioral Support Program for HIV+ Women in South Africa (Futterman, D., Principal Investigator of core program) | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | 2004–2006 | $560,000 |
| Evaluation, Technical Assistance, and Coordination of Four Coordinated HIV/STD/TB & Substance Abuse Prevention Networks in Los Angeles County | Los Angeles County Department of Health Services | 2002–2005 | $1,131,800 |
| Vocational Training & HIV Prevention Among Street Youth in Uganda | World AIDS Foundation | 2003–2004 | $90,000 |
| Healthwhys Collaboration with Juma Ventures | California Endowment | 2003–2004 | $50,000 |
| Popular Opinion Leader HIV Intervention Among Migrant Chinese Laborers | NIMH | 1999–2004 | 5,382,669 |
| Adolescent Trajectories for Homelessness & Risk for HIV | NIMH | 1999–2004 | $2,803,118 |
| Supplement to AIDS International Training and Research Program: Chennai, India; Fogarty International Center Grant (Detels, R., Principal Investigator of training program) | NIH | 2000–2003 | $225,000 |
| Supplement to Methodologies for Popular Opinion Leaders Intervention; Fogarty International Center Grant | NIH | 2000–2003 | $42,669 |
| Health Related Interventions for Persons Living with HIV | NIMH | 1998–2003 | $3,189,625 |
| Supplement to International Training Grant in Epidemiology Related to AIDS (Detels, R., Principal Investigator of training program) | Fogarty International Center, NIH | 1998-2003 | $271,940 minority supplement |
| Impact of AIDS on Adolescents’ Transition to Adulthood | NIMH | 2000–2002 | $2,554,989 |
| Provider Level Intervention for People Living with HIV. Within UCLA California AIDS Research Center (Mitsuyasu, R., Principal Investigator) | Universitywide AIDS Research Program | 1999–2002 | $361,711 |
| Interventions for Substance Using Youth Living with HIV | NIDA | 1998–2002 | $2,865,039 |
| CHIPTS | NIMH | 1997–2002 | $2,878,783 |
| Health Related Interventions for Persons Living with HIV | NIMH | 2000–2001 | $117,482 supplement for evaluating empowerment interventions for HIV prevention in India |
| Promoting Successful HIV Interventions in India | World AIDS Foundation | 1999–2001 | $100,000 |
| Effective Early Childhood Mental Health Programs | Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health | 1999–2000 | $117,306 |
| LA Pilot – Community Health Tracking Study | City of Los Angeles, AIDS Coordinator Office | 1999–2000 | $90,909 |
| Impact of AIDS on Adolescents’ Developmental Transitions to Adulthood | William T. Grant Foundation | 1999–2000 | $379,382 |
| Supplement to International Training Grant in Epidemiology Related to AIDS (Detels, R., Principal Investigator of training program) | Fogarty International Center, NIH | 1999–2000 | $46,296 |
| Translation of an Effective HIV Intervention for Runaway and Homeless Youth | CDC | 1998–2000 | $561,851 |
| Grief Interventions for People Living with AIDS, Adolescents, and their Guardians | NIMH | 1997–2000 | $3,100,000 |
| CHIPTS | NIMH | 1997–1999 | $145,643 post-doctoral minority supplement |
| Cooperative Agreement for Multi-site Study of Mental Health Service | NIMH | 1994–1999 | $8,326,563 |
| Secondary Analysis of HIV Prevention with Runaway and Homeless Youth | Universitywide AIDS Research Program (UARP) | 1997–1998 | $59,885 |
| Policies of Community-based Agencies on Care of People Living with AIDS | UARP | 1996–1998 | approx. $120,000 |
| HIV Prevention with Depressed Girls in Therapy. Within Ehrhardt, A. & Stein, Z. (Principal Investigators) | HIV Center for Clinical & Behavioral Studies, NIMH | 1993–1998 resigned Columbia University, 8/1993 | approx. $1,300,000 |
| Interventions for Adolescents whose Parents Live with AIDS | NIMH | 1993–1997 | approx. $3,700,000 |
| HIV Prevention with Depressed Girls in Therapy. Within Ehrhardt, A. & Stein, Z. (Principal Investigators) | HIV Center for Clinical & Behavioral Studies, NIMH | 1993–1997 | $93,700 minority supplement |
| Interventions for Adolescents whose Parents Live with AIDS | NIMH | 1993–1997 | approx. $135,000 technology transfer supplement |
| Secondary Prevention with HIV+ Youth in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City | NIDA | 1992–1997 | approx. $3,200,000 |
| HIV Risk and Coming-out Among Gay and Lesbian Adolescents. Within Ehrhardt, A., & Stein, Z. (Principal Investigators) | HIV Center for Clinical & Behavioral Studies, NIMH | 1992–1997 | $32,000 minority supplement |
| Ethical Issues Surrounding Mandatory HIV Testing | UCLA AIDS Institute | 1996 | $53,644 |
| HIV Risk and Coming-out Among Gay and Lesbian Adolescents. Within Ehrhardt, A., & Stein, Z. (Principal Investigators) | HIV Center for Clinical & Behavioral Studies, NIMH | 1993–1996 resigned Columbia University, 8/1993 | approx. $450,000 |
| Primary Prevention of HIV Among High Risk AdolescentsSpecialized Family Emergency Room Program with Adolescent Female Suicide Attempters | NIMHNIMH | 1991–1996 | approx. $3,070,000 |
| 1990–1994 resigned Columbia University, 8/1993 | $1,338,931 | ||
| Primary Prevention of HIV Among High Risk Adolescents | NIMH | 1991–1994 resigned Columbia University, 8/1993 | $166,000 minority supplement |
| Faculty Scholars AwardPlanning to Live: Treating Suicidal Youth in Community Settings | W.T. Grant FoundationNational Resource Center for Youth, Tulsa, Oklahoma | 1988–1993 no cost supplement, 1993–1994; 1998 | $175,000; $15,000 |
| HIV Prevention Among Runaway and Gay Youths. Within Ehrhardt, A., Spitzer, R., & Stein, Z. (Principal Investigators) | HIV Center for Clinical & Behavioral Studies, NIMH | 1987–1993 | approx. $2,800,000 |
| Planning to Live: Treating Suicidal Youth in Community Settings | National Resource Center for Youth, Tulsa, Oklahoma | 1991–1993 | $45,000 minority supplement |
| Primary Prevention of Suicide Attempts Among Runaways | U.S. Office of Human Development Services | 1987–1990 | $120,000 |
| Primary Prevention of Suicide Attempts Among Runaways | U.S. Office of Human Development Services | 1985–1987 | $375,000 |
| Development of Ethnic Identity During AdolescenceChildren’s Ethnic Socialization: A Cross‑national Study | National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNational Science Foundation | 1985–1987 | $110,000 |
| Development of Ethnic Identity During AdolescenceChildren’s Ethnic Socialization: A Cross‑national Study | National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNational Science Foundation | 1984–1986 | $16,000 |
| Friendships Within and Across Ethnic Groups | A training grant through the Minority Biomedical Research Sciences Program | 1982–1984 | $54,000 |
| PACES: Profiled Assessment of Children’s Ethnic Socialization | California State University, Los Angeles | 1983 | $1,700 |
| Children’s Ethnic Socialization | Society for Research in Child Development | 1983 | $7,000 |
| Child Abuse Identification: Interpersonal Issues Between Social Workers and Clients | National Council on Child Abuse | 1981 | $4,200 |
| Ethnic Attitudes and Behaviors: Variations Among Four Groups | California State University | 1981 | $1,500 |
| Aggressiveness Among Delinquents | Ohio State University | 1977 | $1,700 |