A consortium of researchers will share a $10 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to study the effects of alcohol on HIV, according to a Boston University statement. Investigators from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, the Boston Medical Center, the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Pittsburgh along with the Uganda Russia Boston Alcohol Network for Alcohol Research Collaboration on HIV/AIDS will try to answer questions about how alcohol use affects HIV and how treatments beyond antiretrovirals might alleviate alcohol-related troubles.