Project Title:	The Life Skills Educational Project: A Community Approach to Facilitate Transitioning HIV Infected Youth to Adult Services
Principal Investigator/Program Director:	Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
Other Investigators and Departments (or other Universities, if applicable):	Elizabeth Willen, PhD, Ana Garcia, LCSW, Seema Chandra, MD
Community Based Organization-Collaborator (if applicable)	Mother’s Voices. South Florida AIDS Network
Funding Source (e.g., NICHD, NCI, Dept of Education, Children’s Trust):	CHAMP – Anne E. Dyson Foundation
Annual Direct Costs:	$25,000
Annual Facility and Administration Costs (F&A) and Rate, (e.g., 53%, 10%):
Total Project Award (Combined Direct and F&A Costs):
Dates of Award (if pending, indicated Pending):	Ends 6/30/07
Lay Abstract (in space below): Please be concise (space below will word wrap and expand)	Please include: (a) Specific Aims, Objectives, and/or Hypotheses of the study; (b) Participants (disease or disability, age, gender, child, family, etc), (c) Project type (eg., descriptive study, service demonstration project, case study, ethnographic study, clinical trial); (d) Brief description of methods and procedures; and (e) anticipated outcomes/benefits
The objective is to assess if a Life Skills course will aid in the transition of adolescents and young adults with perinatally acquired HIV from pediatric to adult centered medical care. The course will be a one day seminar with sessions on topics such as navigating the healthcare system and personal finances.
Abstracts and/or Publications Resulting from the Project:	Future of Pediatrics Conference 2007