Indiana University Bloomington
Center for Sexual Health Promotion
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Past and Current Funding

Special Highlight: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

The Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University has received a $425,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a study designed to begin filling important gaps in HIV research involving bisexual men. The study, "Sexual Health Among Bisexual Men," is sponsored by the NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) The two year exploratory research project is led by Principal Investigator Dr. Brian Dodge, CSHP, and co-investigators are Barbara Van der Pol, Department of Infectious Disease, IU School of Medicine; Michael Reece, CSHP; J. Dennis Fortenberry, Department of Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine; David Malebranche, Department of General Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine; and Omar Martinez, CSHP. Click here to view an Indiana University press release about the study.

Special Highlight: The Patty Brisben Foundation

The Patty Brisben Foundation has provided over $1.3 million dollars in research funding to the Center since 2004, including a recent grant of $1 million dollars that provides core support for the Center through 2013. The Patty Brisben Foundation is without peer in the world for its philanthropy in the area of women’s sexual health, particularly vulvovaginal health. In addition to their focus on research, the Patty Brisben Foundation is also committed to exploring and developing innovative approaches to the delivery of sexuality education to adults. Click here to view an Indiana University press release about the Patty Brisben Foundation’s latest grant to the Center.

Projects of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion have also been funded by: