Table 2 Summary timeline of key BEAT-HIV community engagement group events
1989: Community Advisory Boards became a requirement for federally funded HIV research trial networks and their participating clinical trial sites |
1990: Philadelphia FIGHT is established in Philadelphia, PA |
1995: Collaboration between Philadelphia FIGHT and Wistar Institute begins |
2011: U.S. National Institutes of Health starts Martin Delaney Collaboratory program towards an HIV-1 cure |
2013: U.S. National Institutes of Health mandates inclusion of community engagement in Martin Delaney Collaboratory-funded HIV cure research efforts |
2016: BEAT-HIV Delaney Collaboratory focused on basic and clinical/biomedical objectives is created (funded in 2016–2021 cycle) |
2016: BEAT-HIV Community Advisory Board is created at the Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA |
2019: BEAT-HIV cure-directed research education video series premieres in Philadelphia (The Philadelphia Story) |
2019: BEAT-HIV Delaney Collaboratory adds Social Sciences and Ethics Working Group |
2019: BEAT-HIV implements Community Advisory Board-led Survey of HIV Clinic Patients in Philadelphia, PA |
2019–2022: BEAT-HIV implements investigator-led home-based viral load acceptability study |
2019–2023: BEAT-HIV implements Community Advisory Board-led Participant Experience Study (social sciences project) |
2020: BEAT-HIV Community Engagement Group publishes position paper on analytical treatment interruptions |
2020: U.S. National Institutes of Health mandates inclusion of community engagement coordinator in addition to CAB in new cycle of Martin Delaney Collaboratory-funded HIV cure research efforts |
2021: BEAT-HIV Delaney Collaboratory is renewed (funded in 2021–2026 cycle) |