HOPE Funding Acknowledgement

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Funding statement:  The HOPE study was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), through grant R01HD101351 to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health  The study was also supported through the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study 2020 award P01HD103133 to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Acknowledgements:

We thank the participants for their participation in HOPE, and the individuals and institutions involved in the conduct of HOPE. The study was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), through award R01HD101351 to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Principal Investigators: Paige Williams, Ellen Chadwick, Deborah Kacanek, Kathleen Powis; Protocol Co-Chairs: Deborah Kacanek, Kathleen Powis, Lynn Yee). Data management services were provided by Frontier Science (Data Management Center Director: Suzanne Siminski), and regulatory services and logistical support were provided by Westat, Inc (Project Director: Tracy Wolbach). The study was also supported through the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) 2020 award P01HD103133.The team is grateful to George Seage III (deceased), one of the original Principal Investigators of HOPE and PHACS.

The following institutions, clinical site investigators and staff participated in conducting HOPE in 2024, in alphabetical order: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago: Jennifer Jao, Rasima Cehic, Lisa Mash; Baylor College of Medicine: Mary Paul, Alejandra Martinez, Lynnette Harris; BronxCare Health System:  Murli Purswani, Martha Cavallo, Mahboobullah Mirza Baig, Alma Villegas-Schwalenberg; Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center: Lisa-Gaye Robinson, Kierra Archer, Alan Bernegger, Patricia Garvie; Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California: Toni Frederick, Mariam Davtyan, Cristina Hernandez; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: Katherine Knapp, Chloe Zorbino, Jamie Russell, Megan McWain; SUNY Downstate Medical Center: Stephan Kohlhoff, Ava Dennie, Kamille Best, Jean Kaye, Kamille Best; Tulane University School of Medicine: Margarita Silio, Josephine Jesusa, Medea Gabriel, Patricia Sirois; University of Alabama, Birmingham: Cecelia Hutto, Paige Hickman, Julie Huldtquist, Dan Marullo; University of Colorado, Denver: Elizabeth McFarland, Carrie Chambers, Samantha Gallegos; University of Florida, Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education and Service: Mobeen Rathore, Rekha PerumalBabu, Amna Riaz, Saniyyah Mahmoudi ; University of Miami: Gwendolyn Scott, Rana Chakraborty, Lorena Bracho, Grace Alvarez; University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Medical Science Campus: Zoe M. Rodriguez, Lizmarie Torres, Nydia Scalley.

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