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Adolescent Medicine Trials Network
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We design & conduct research studies exploring new medication or behavioral interventions to help youth take charge of their sexual health.
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🌟 Meet Swetha! 🌟As a Subject Matter Research Consultant with the ATN, Swetha works closely with their location recruitment site in #Florida to share the ATN’s #research and connect young people to education and resources—sharing knowledge builds stronger #communities. 📚 💪
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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While the ATN focuses on #adolescents and young adults in the US, today and every day we stand with communities worldwide 🌍 amid the disruption of #HIV prevention and care services, community-led programs, and punitive laws that make care inaccessible.
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🌟 Meet Zoë! 🌟As a Subject Matter Research Consultant and member of the ATN’s Scientific Leadership Group on Institutions, Organizations, and Policy, Zoë explores how laws and public policies shape the #health and care young people receive. 🏛️💡💡
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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"The ATN has since had funding restored, Agwu said, and is working to rebuild, but has had to overhaul its focus to match the federal government’s priorities. For example, the network can no longer study #transgender #youth, a population at higher risk of #HIV."
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NIH grant cuts have disrupted hundreds of clinical trials, study finds
The second Trump administration has been defined by widespread cuts to federal spending, including at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). | The second Trump administration has been defined by wid...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Join an Adolescent Medicine Trials Network #research study for young people who use #stimulants. Get up to $825 for participating in evidence-based #therapy to help
you re-engage in enjoyable life activities. Find out if you qualify 👉 bit.ly/ATN170 🔗

#sexualhealth #mentalhealth #HIVprevention
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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✨ New Series! ✨ Meet the Subject Matter Research Consultants (SMRCs) w/ the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network — #youth leaders shaping the future of #health #research. 💡 Each story highlights how research & #community come together to make an impact on health, policy, & young people's experiences.
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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At a time when we possess tools to #endtheHIVepidemic, maintaining a stable, well-resourced network like the ATN is essential, not only to achieve epidemic control but to preserve the nation's capacity to respond nimbly, equitably, & effectively to the #health challenges of tomorrow. 🔗 bit.ly/ATNEHE
The Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV Interventions as a Driver of NIH's Mission to End the HIV Epidemic
For more than 2 decades, the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network (ATN) for HIV Interventions has stood at the forefront of advancing HIV science with its unique focus on adolescents and young adults ag...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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What is the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network (ATN) about? Through youth-centered #research & community-driven change, we're leading the way in #HIV prevention & care for youth across the US.

📊 25+ years of groundbreaking research
👥 30,000+ youth participants
🤝 30+ collaborating institutions
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Last week, the Institute on Digital Health and Innovation at Florida State University's College of Nursing hosted its inaugural three-day academic #workshop: From Vision to Impact: A Digital Health Intervention Design Intensive.

#FSU #FSUnursing #digitalhealth #research #healthresearch #mHealth
October 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Meet our new ATN scholars! 🌟 The ATN Scholars Program provides rising #researchers with the skills, knowledge, and network to excel as independent investigators in adolescent #HIVprevention.

#HIVresearch #HIV #research #science #scholars #ATNresearch #mentorship #adolescenthealth
MEET OUR NEW ATN SCHOLARS. The ATN Scholars Program provides under-represented scientists with the skills, knowledge, and network to excel as independent investigators in adolescent HIV prevention. April Bell, PhD, MPH University of California, San Francisco Dr. Bell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (FCM) in the School of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Prior to joining FCM, she was a postdoctoral scholar with the Preterm Birth Initiative at UCSF. She obtained her PhD in Epidemiology from the Indiana University School of Public Health at Bloomington. She received her MPH with a dual concentration in Epidemiology and Social & Behavioral Sciences from the Indiana University School of Medicine and her BA in Human Biology from Stanford University. Dr. Bell's research is focused on decreasing reproductive health inequities among women and youth by addressing the impacts of societal and structural biases on adverse birth outcomes, sexually transmitted infections, HIV acquisition, abortion access, and unintended pregnancy. Having worked extensively in both the US and across sub-Saharan Africa, she is interested in using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, including digital storytelling, to bridge the expanse between US and African settings. Kevon-Mark Jackman, DrPH, MPH Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & Bloomberg School of Public Health Dr. Kevon-Mark Jackman is an Epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, specializing in adolescent and young adult medicine. With a DrPH and MPH his work bridges health disparities, digital health innovations, and HIV/STI prevention. He leads research funded by AHRQ and NIH, with a focus on digital health and vulnerable populations.  Juan Pablo Zapata, PhD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Dr. Juan Pablo Zapata is a Clinical Psychologist and Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University (NU), where he also serves as Associate Director of the Lab for Scalable Mental Health. Before joining the NU faculty, he completed a T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in HIV translational and implementation science, where he developed expertise in adapting interventions for diverse populations and settings. His current research centers on scalable interventions that can be delivered digitally or by lay providers. For example, he is adapting Keep It Up! (KIU!), one of the first digital HIV prevention programs recognized by the CDC as “best evidence” into a single-session format to expand its reach, given the barriers associated with multi-session programs. He is also adapting a lay-provider–delivered single-session intervention to support adherence among youth living with HIV, reflecting the bidirectional relationship between mental health and HIV. Dr. Zapata recently joined the LYPS ATN study, where he will contribute his expertise in developing scalable digital interventions and serve on the ATN Bioethics Subcommittee.
October 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Did you miss Dr. Hosek & Dr. Hightow-Weidman's presentation about the ATN for the 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research livestream event? Check out all 24 hours of presentations from around the globe here: www.youtube.com/@HIVAIDSarou...

#SaveHIVresearch #HIVresearch #HIV #HIVprevention #sexualhealth
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Over the past four decades, HIV research has saved tens of millions of lives through discoveries in HIV treatment and prevention, with the US federal government playing a foundational role in that suc...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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On 9/6 starting at 11am ET, join scientists, researchers, & advocates around the world spotlighting what decades of #HIV #research have achieved—and what we stand to lose. ⏰ 24 HOURS TO SAVE AIDS RESEARCH. 🔗 Tune in: saveaidsresearch.org

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September 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The Adolescent Medicine Trials Network is back! ✅ Since 2001, we've been the only US research network dedicated solely to HIV prevention & care for young people—thanks to the persistence of our community, we were able to work with NIH to reinstate funding so we can continue this vital mission. 💪❤️
The ATN is back! Federal funding for our research has been reinstated. Read our message to the community and catch up on what’s changed within our groundbreaking projects. Since 2001, the ATN has been the only research network in the U.S. devoted solely to HIV prevention and care for youth. With funding reinstated, we now continue that vital mission. To every community member, researcher, and healthcare provider who fought tirelessly to appeal the termination of the ATN—your persistence has saved lives and livelihoods. Thank you. To the young people and families who have trusted us with their participation in our studies—you are the heart of everything we do. The ATN has worked with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to maintain our commitment to our core mission of advancing research that improves the health of youth populations most impacted by HIV. What’s Updated in the ATN? We've widened the eligibility criteria for most of our studies to reach more young people who need our support. We’ve reshaped our scientific leadership groups. Check out our studies!
August 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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NEW publication from ATN 143: COMPARE, which tested the efficacy of two apps to increase HIV testing and PrEP use among young sexual minority men.

#ATNresearch #HIVresearch #HIVtesting #PrEP #HIVprevention #digitalhealth #adolescenthealth
The Effects of MyChoices and LYNX Mobile Apps on HIV Testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use by Young US Sexual Minority Men: Results From a National Randomized Controlled Trial - PubMed
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03965221; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03965221.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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New publication about PrEPared, Protected, emPowered (P3)! P3 engagement (dollars accrued in the app) was strongly related to lower odds of #PrEP nonadherence. More: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39804696/

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Studying the Digital Intervention Engagement-Mediated Relationship Between Intrapersonal Measures and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Secondary Analysis of a Ra...
ClinicalTrials.gov; NCT03320512; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03320512.
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January 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM