Duke CFAR Newsletter - March 12, 2025
In this newsletter:
News from the CFAR
Upcoming Events
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Envisioning the Future for a Celebrated Global AIDS Program (DGHI Article)
- With the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) facing an uncertain future, DGHI researchers offer five recommendations to streamline the celebrated program's operations and realign its strategy for a new era in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Health Policy 101 primers from KFF
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New primers on public health, LGTBQ+ health policy, health care costs and affordability and polling are now available, extending this mini “textbook” to 16 chapters, which also include Medicaid, Medicare, the ACA, women’s health, and Congress, the executive branch and health policy. KFF’s health policy research staff has also included historical context and links throughout each chapter to information on related issues, as well as the policy challenges ahead.
Community Engaged Research Toolbox from UCSF Prevention Science, including Community Engaged Research Authorship Guidelines
- This document offers guidance for how community co-authors without scientific writing expertise can meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommended criteria.
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A note from the Duke CFAR Community Engagement team: Engaging community members or collaborators from non-academic or international settings as co-authors on academic papers can be challenging. They may have different priorities for sharing information, distinct target audiences, or limited time and experience with scientific writing. Our team is available for consultation on this topic, including how to structure writing meetings, discussing authorship order, and developing dissemination strategies that align with both researchers’ and community members’ needs.
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Resource for communicating about proposed NIH F&A rate cap
As many of us have reflected over the past few weeks, it feels important now more than ever to be building connection with our community and talking about the work we do as scientists. We developed an infographic to help communicate with our community partners and the public about the impact of proposed cuts to NIH funding for facilities and administrative (F&A) costs. This resource is designed to make the issue more accessible and emphasize why continued attention is needed.
You may have seen a Research Costs Explainer in the Duke Daily that includes facts and responses to common questions about F&A costs. The article contains a Duke-branded version of the infographic including a shareable PDF version. We are also sharing the un-branded version in a few different formats, including an editable Canva template, to meet different distribution needs. We are sharing with our CFAR network to use and distribute as helpful, such as:
- Sharing with community partners
- Printing and posting in clinic settings
- Sharing with friends and family
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For more information on the topic, see this video on Understanding the Real Costs of Research and materials from AAMC.
Please find approved guidance from Duke Government Relations and legal counsel for advocacy.
From Duke Government Relations: Guide to Advocacy
Employees (faculty and staff) should only use personal e-mail, social media, or other online accounts (and not duke.edu accounts or other Duke electronic resources) to communicate with state and federal policymakers about legislation and legislative proposals or to circulate or distribute petitions and similar material. All Duke employees who are identified (by themselves or with others) using their Duke titles or affiliations must indicate that their comments are purely personal and not made on Duke’s behalf. A disclaimer should be added, noting that “titles and affiliations are provided for identification purposes only and that any views expressed by the individual are theirs alone and do not reflect the views of Duke University or any of its constituent institutions.”
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UNC CFAR Networking Event - Managing Global & Local Research Careers
Friday, March 14, 2025 | 9:15-11am ET | UNC Bioinformatics Room 1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC
Please join the UNC CFAR SBIS Core for their Spring 2025 Networking Event, “Managing Global and Local Research Careers.” The event will be this Friday, March 14, 2025, from 9:15 to 11:00 am EDT in Room 1131 of the UNC Bioinformatics Building.
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HANC Webinar - The Impact of Aging on Mucosal Immunity and Susceptibility to HIV in the Female Genital Tract
Friday, March 14, 2025 | 1pm ET | Webinar
In this webinar, Dr. Marta Rodriguez-Garcia will discuss her research on understanding the early events of mucosal HIV acquisition in the female genital tract and how innate immune protection changes with age. Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia will discuss how protection changes across the lifespan, what causes these changes and what that means for women who come into contact with the HIV virus at different stages of life.
Dr. Marta Rodriguez-Garcia obtained her MD from the University of Granada and PhD from the University of Barcelona (Spain). She completed her medical residency in Clinical Immunology and then moved to the USA for postdoctoral training, first at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, and then at Dartmouth to focus her research on reproductive immunology and HIV infection. She joined Tufts University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Immunology and recently moved to Wayne State University as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and a member of the C.S Mott Center for Human Growth and Development. She recently became a Burroughs Welcome Fund Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases (PATH) awardee.
Her research, funded by NIH and the Burroughs Welcome Fund, focuses on understanding the early events of mucosal HIV acquisition in the female genital tract and how innate immune protection changes with age.
Register for the webinar.
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ID Grand Rounds - Decentralized care for people who use drugs: Approaches to enhance medical outreach for HIV prevention and OUD treatment
Monday, March 17, 2025 | 4pm ET | Hanes House Room 131 & Zoom
Presenter: Dr. Jacqueline Hodges
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
"Decentralized care for people who use drugs: Approaches to enhance medical outreach for HIV prevention and OUD treatment"
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CFAR-wide Seminar - HIV and Cardiovascular Disease: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 | 4-5pm ET |Microsoft Teams
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CFAR-wide Webinar - Introducing the Midwest CFAR
Monday, March 24, 2025 | 3:30-4:30pm ET | Zoom
Please join us for our next CFAR-wide webinar, Introducing the Midwest CFAR.
Speaker: Elvin Geng
Registration is required.
Register for the webinar.
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The Stigma-Free Standard: Trialing a Universal Approach to Stigma Reduction
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 |4-5pm ET | Zoom
If we are to mitigate the negative effects of stigma within healthcare systems, we need cross-cutting interventions that move beyond addressing stigma toward a specific identity, condition, or practice. This presentation explores the development of a novel stigma reduction intervention, The Stigma-Free Standard, which aims to take a universal approach to stigma reduction within healthcare systems.
Presenters: Dr. Carla Treloar & Dr. Elena Cama
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