Save the Date: DC CFAR Global SIG Virtual Seminar on
“Keeping Global Health in Focus: Updates from IAS”
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Please join the DC CFAR Global Scientific Interest Group (SIG) for a virtual seminar entitled “Keeping Global Health in Focus: Updates from IAS” on Wednesday, September 14, from 9:30 am to 11:00 am ET. The event will feature presentations from DC CFAR Investigators who participated in the 2022 International AIDS Conference including DC CFAR Pilot Award Recipient Dr. Yan Wang, and Global SIG Academic Leads Drs. Natella Rakhmanina and Julie Pulerwitz. Ms. Khadijah Abdullah, Global SIG Community Lead will moderate the discussion. The presenters will provide an overview of their studies and participate in a panel discussion connecting global topics from IAS to the DC CFAR community. Additional details are forthcoming.
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Below you will find several resources of interest developed and gathered by DC CFAR partner institutions and community-based organizations. We encourage you to send information that may be of interest to our DC CFAR community to CFARinDC@gmail.com.
Town Hall on Monkeypox hosted by AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC, and The AIDS Institute at the 2022 United States Conference on HIV/AIDS. This event will be livestreamed on Facebook on October 10th.
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Join the DC CFAR Sexual and Gender Minority and Latina/x/o SIGs Virtual Seminar on Research Gaps and the Monkeypox (MPX) Outbreak |
Please join the DC CFAR Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM) and Latina/x/o Scientific Interest Groups (SIGs) on Wednesday, September 7 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm ET for a virtual seminar on Research Gaps and the Monkeypox (MPX) Outbreak. Mr. Greg Millet, Vice President, and Director, Public Policy at amfAR and a member of the DC CFAR Scientific Advisory Committee will provide a presentation entitled "Defining a Research Agenda During a Viral Storm: Research Gaps and the Monkeypox Outbreak". Mr. Millet's talk will be followed by brief presentations from the perspectives of the disciplines below, Dr. Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Prevention and Community Health at GW, and Ms. Martha Sichone Cameron, Executive Director, International Community of Women Living with HIV (North America) will moderate the discussion.
- Basic Sciences - Dr. Qiyi Tang, Professor, Department of Microbiology at Howard University
- Clinical and Population Sciences - Dr. Marc Siegel, Associate Professor of Medicine and Division Director, Infectious Diseases at GW
- Social and Behavioral Sciences - Dr. David Huebner, Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health at GW
Register here to receive log-in details. We hope you will join us for this exciting virtual event!
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DC CFAR Investigator Dr. Ana María del Río-González is Presenting at the NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Investigator Awards Program |
On September 15, 2022, from 1:00 - 3:00 pm ET join the 2022 NIH Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM) Research Investigator Awards Program via WebEx Events. This annual event recognizes one distinguished investigator and two early-stage investigators for exemplary and substantial research contributions to the field of SGM health. This year features DC CFAR Investigator and 2022 Early-Stage Investigator Award Recipient Dr. Ana María del Río-González on "A Costly Haven: An Intersectionality-informed Exploration of Resilience and the Quest for Wellbeing among Latina Immigrant Transgender Women in the DC Metropolitan Area".
For more information on this virtual event, click here.
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New Publication from Pilot Award Recipient Dr. Thomas Heinbockel |
Click here to read the full article.
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Announcing the Fall 2022 DC CFAR Traditional Pilot Awards Cycle and Virtual Grant Writing Workshop |
The DC CFAR is pleased to announce the next round of soliciting research proposals through our Pilot Awards Program. The goal of the Traditional Pilot Awards is to provide pilot research funds to early stage and new HIV/AIDS investigators to collect preliminary data that will enable them to then compete successfully for NIH funding in HIV/AIDS as principal investigators. Please see the RFA for specific eligibility requirements.
The Developmental Core is also hosting a one-day virtual grant writing workshop on Friday, September 16, from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. The Grant Training Center has designed a comprehensive day that will include activities and discussions around grant writing concepts, developing an application, writing specific aims, the review process, resubmissions, and more. Click here to view the agenda. We encourage potential applicants to participate in this important workshop.
For complete details about these funding opportunities, please visit our website. Please click here to register for the Virtual Grant Writing Workshop.
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Do you have an event you would like to see included in the next edition of the Community Spotlight? We invite any news or updates from the DC CFAR community and encourage you to send information that may be of interest to CFARinDC@gmail.com. |
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DC CFAR partner institutions and community-based organizations have developed numerous excellent COVID-19 resources. We've included a collection of these here, along with a number of other opportunities for your reference. We will continue to update these resources in the days ahead and we encourage you to send information that may be of interest to our DC CFAR community to CFARinDC@gmail.com.
Two in One HIV + COVID Screening & Testing Model
Calling all PCPs! Are you an MD, DO, PA, RN, or NP? Do you practice in a U.S. primary care setting? Are you seeing patients who identify as a racial, ethnic, gender or sexual minority? If so, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences invites you to share your story about screening and testing for HIV and COVID. We are hosting focus groups from Sept to Nov 2022 and compensate you for your time. Share your story
COVID, Racial Trauma, and Sexual and Gender Minorities in the US: New Evidence from the National Couples’ Health and Time Study Webinar on Wed. Aug. 31 at 1 pm. Click here for more information. |
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September 2, 2022
September 7, 2022
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September 7, 2022
September 8-9, 2022
September 12, 2022
September 14, 2022
September 15, 2022
September 22, 2022
September 22, 2022
October 6, 2022
Miami, FL
October 7, 2022
October 8-11, 2022
San Juan, PR
October 13-14, 2022
October 24-26, 2022
November 7-9, 2022
November 15-18, 2022
Abstracts due September 30th
November 14, 2022
December 13-16, 2022
February 19-22, 2023
Seattle, Washington
Abstracts due September 20, 2022
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
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This HIV prevention study at Whitman Walker Health is currently recruiting. For more information please click here.
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS), in partnership with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), announces a call for applications for the 3rd cohort of the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) fellowships. APTI Fellows are trained and supported to become scientific leaders who can advocate for increased research and innovation projects in Africa.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse released the Racial Equity Initiative to organize the Institute’s efforts to eliminate racism in NIDA’s workplace, scientific workforce, and research portfolio. Including a number of funding opportunities here.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) released a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to identify new opportunities for cure interventions administered during active HIV infection at or near the start of antiretroviral therapy (ART) or as a potential replacement for conventional ART, with the ultimate goal of achieving a sustained ART-free HIV remission.
The Inter-CFAR Implementation Science Working Group and the Mid-Atlantic CFAR Implementation Science Hub are welcoming applications for an NIH-funded training opportunity in implementation science (IS) for early stage investigators (ESIs) engaging in HIV-related research. Applications are due September 11.
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-024
Posting Date: August 25, 2022
Closing Date: May 1, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-20-259
Posting Date: August 14, 2020
Closing Date: October 15, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-22-223
Posting Date: August 9, 2022
Closing Date: December 7, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-22-222
Posting Date: August 4, 2022
Closing Date: December 7, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HD-23-013
Posting Date: July 22, 2022
Closing Date: December 6, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-22-191
Posting Date: July 20, 2022
Closing Date: November 18, 2022
Click here for additional funding opportunities available from the National Institutes of Health.
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The DC CFAR is an NIH funded program (P30AI117970), which is supported by the following NIH Co-Funding and Participating Institutes and Centers: NIAID, NCI, NICHD, NIDCR, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, NIA, NIDDK, NINR, NIMHD, FIC, and OAR. The content isthe responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. |
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