The Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research & Prevention (SCHARP) is part of the program of Population Sciences within Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VIDI) of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. SCHARP provides statistical collaboration and data management support to infectious disease researchers around the world and conducts a complementary program of statistical methodology, and mathematical modeling research. SCHARP also collects, manages, and analyzes data from clinical trials and epidemiological studies dedicated to the elimination of infectious disease as a threat to human health.
Formerly known as HIVNET, SCHARP has been in existence since 1994. We currently serve as the Statistical and Data Management Center for the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), and the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN). The HVTN, HPTN, and MTN are part of the Division of AIDS (DAIDS) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). SCHARP also collaborates with other organizations, including the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI), the Partnership for AIDS Vaccine Evaluation (PAVE), and the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT).
SCHARP conducts clinical trials in over 19 countries around the globe, including several Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean countries, India, Russia, China, Thailand, Brazil, and Peru.
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