Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Core Research: Prevention Intervention Meeting Them at the Gate (PIMTAG)
Funded By:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Project Period:  2009 – 2014
Principal Investigator:  Ronald L. Braithwaite, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator:  Elleen M. Yancey, PhD
Prevention Intervention Meeting Them at the Gate is the core research project of the MSM Prevention Research Center.
This project is a behavior modification intervention for adult African American men with a history of substance abuse and risky sexual behavior. It is designed to reduce high risk HIV and STD related behaviors. A jail based intervention for rapid release for African American men.

Atlanta Violence Prevention Capacity Building Project (ACBP)
Funded By: Administration for Children and Families
Project Period: 2008 - 2010
Principal Investigator: James P. Griffin, PhD
The purpose of the project is to facilitate capacity among violence prevention partners to address violence prevention needs of selected community-based organizations (CBOs) and to improve CBOs' ability to provide science-based violence prevention interventions at the community level.  Major project goals are to evaluate the effectiveness of a leadership and change agent curriculum for high school youth aimed at disseminating science-based violence prevention strategies among decision makers.

Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) – Community Engagement and Research Program (CERP)
Funded By:  National Institutes of Health, National Clinical Research Resources
Project Period:  2007 – 2012
Principal Investigator:  Daniel S. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
The Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Atlanta-CTSI) is led by Emory University, along with partners Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. ACTSI is one of 46 medical research institutions working together as a national consortium to improve the way biomedical research is conducted across the country.  ACTSI's Community Engagement & Research Program promotes effective community intervention trials and recruits participants for transformative clinical studies.

Emory Center for Injury Control)
Funded By:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Project Period:  2009 - 2010
Principal Investigator: James P. Griffin, PhD
This collaborative project (with Emory University) builds translational research and practice capability toward unintentional and intentional injury including violence prevention.  The major project goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of four pilot research projects.

REACH U.S. (Racial and Ethnic Approached to Community Health/SUCCEED Southeastern Center US Collaborative CEED)
Funded By:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Project Period:  2007 – 2012
Principal Investigator:  Daniel S. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
MSM PRC is an established Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities (CEED) known as the Southeastern US Collaborative CEED, or “SUCCEED.” SUCCEED seeks to eliminate disparities in breast and cervical cancer among African American women. The project provides training and technical assistance to agencies and organizations throughout the region in evidence-based strategies to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among African-Americans and also provides training and technical assistance in community coalition-building, using the Community Organization and Development for Health Promotion model.