Please join us in congratulating DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Core Director Dr. Lisa Bowleg who received an Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Faculty Scholarship (Research) Award from the George Washington University Faculty Affairs Office. This award is presented to faculty who have made significant original contributions to research and recognizes outstanding research accomplishments. Dr. Bowleg is a professor of applied psychology at GW and a leading scholar of the application of intersectionality to social and behavioral science research.

The DC Cohort team is pleased to share the April 2021 DC Cohort newsletter. In this edition, they highlight the research of Dr. Matt Levy, who examined blood lipid levels among DC Cohort participants who are HIV controllers, and Ms. Jenevieve Opoku, who assessed whether DC Cohort participants were a representative citywide sample of people with HIV in DC. In addition, they outlined planned initiatives for the next five years and provided information on their COVID-19, Molecular Epidemiology, and Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) substudies.

To read the April 2021 edition of the DC Cohort newsletter, click here, and to learn more about the DC Cohort Longitudinal HIV Study, click here.

Please join the DC CFAR for Wednesday Conversations with the Clinical and Population Sciences (CPS) Core on May 26 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm via Zoom. The session entitled "HIV, Microbiome, & Inflammation" will feature a discussion from DC CFAR Investigator Dr. Mimi Ghosh on HIV and inflammation of the female reproductive tract and DC CFAR Pilot Award Recipients Dr. Kate Michel (GU) on the cervicovaginal microbiome in the context of HIV and cervical dysplasia. Register below to receive log-in details.

Click here to register.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned DC CFAR website and Weekly Update newsletter. In addition to featuring a more modern design, the website has been updated to increase functionality and to make it easier to navigate. For example, new buttons on the homepage direct users to the DC CFAR’s essential services in just one click. The enhanced membership directory allows users to sort and view investigator profiles by institution – an important new feature to facilitate multi-institutional communication and collaboration. There are also many new pages and resources to explore, including a dedicated Community Partnership Council (CPC) page, individual Scientific Working Group (SWG) and Scientific Interest Group (SIG) pages, and an interactive calendar of upcoming CFAR events. In addition to the Weekly Update’s new look, it links directly back to the DC CFAR website where readers can access earlier editions of the newsletter and other important information.

We look forward to incorporating additional features over time. For now, we invite you to visit the updated website and welcome your feedback. We hope that it will serve as a valuable resource to investigators in DC and beyond.

The Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Core invites you to participate in its next Virtual Coffee Hour on Tuesday, May 25 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm. Grab a cup of coffee and join via Zoom for a discussion led by Developmental Core Co-Director Dr. Kim Blankenship (AU) and Dr. Ernesto Castaneda (AU). Please join this coffee hour to discuss topics surrounding non-academic writing including:

To join the seminar use the zoom information below.

Zoom Link: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/j/96039412078

Meeting ID: 960 3941 2078

Please RSVP here.