Register Today! DC CFAR Virtual Citywide Seminar in recognition of World AIDS Day "HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Context of COVID-19" |
Please join us for a virtual DC CFAR Citywide Seminar in recognition of World AIDS Day hosted by the Global Scientific Interest Group on Friday, December 3 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET. The seminar will feature a presentation from Dr. Heena Brahmbhatt, Senior HIV Advisor, USAID on "HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of COVID-19: addressing ongoing and emerging syndemics through integrated and sustainable responses to promote health equity". Following the talk, a panel of discussants including Ms. Rosa Mahlasera, Ambassador, EGPAF, and the Global SIG leadership Dr. Deanna Kerrigan (GW), Dr. Natella Rakhmanina (Children's) and Ms. Khadijah Abdullah (RAHMA) will provide their insights.
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New Publication from DC CFAR Pilot Award Recipients on Barriers to Provision of Equitable PrEP Services |
Click here to read the article.
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Upcoming NIH Application Deadlines: Request DC CFAR Services |
Are you preparing an NIH application? The DC CFAR's five Cores are available to provide the following services to support your applications:
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New Publication from DC CFAR Investigators on Providers' PrEP-Related Clinical Judgments |
The authors assessed providers' social biases by experimentally manipulating a patient's race and risk behaviors in a fictitious medical record and examining differences in judgments related to PrEP across patient types.
Click here to read the article.
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Register to Join the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core Virtual Lab Open House: Lynch Lab |
Please join the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core for a Virtual Lab Open House on Thursday, November 18 from 1:00 - 2:00pm. The aim of the open house is to provide CFAR members from across disciplines an in-depth look at lab services available to them. This event will feature a presentation from DC CFAR HIV Cure Scientific Working Group Co-lead Dr. Rebecca Lynch (GW) on the Digital PCR Instrument' aka 'Lynch Lab'. For more information on the Lynch lab, click here.
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CPC Community Spotlight of the Month: Ms. Martha Sichone-Cameron, Executive Director for The International Community of Women Living with HIV – North America
Martha is originally from Zambia, Africa where she was born and raised. She is the Executive Director for the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) North America, and has served on the board ICW Global. Most recently Martha worked as the Director of Prevention for Women’s Collective (TWC), a leading community health and human service agency in Washington, DC; TWC provides prevention, care, and support services and advocates for the health and human rights of girls and women.
Click here to read Martha's full profile.
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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.
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November 15-19, 2021
November 18, 2021
November 18-21, 2021
San Juan, PR
December 2-3, 2021
December 3, 2021
December 6-9, 2021
February 12 -16, 2022
February 24-25, 2022
July 29- August 2, 2022
Abstracts submissions open on November 16.
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FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
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Gilead is currently recruiting a Sr. Research Scientist for a position for their HIV research team with the goal to develop novel therapeutics that will induce sustained HIV control in the absence of ART. For more information see the job posting here.
The Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery is providing pilot funding to conduct NIH Stage I-III intervention research that will strengthen the context-specific role mastery of informal caregivers of persons living with a dementing illness. Projects with an HIV focus will be competitive.
LOIs are due December 3rd.
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) released three notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) related to HIV and aging. Applications for the three NOFOs are due January 25, 2022.
Application materials for the HPTN Scholars Program are now available for early-career minority investigators wishing to collaborate with HPTN scientists to develop and implement our HIV prevention research agenda. Initial drafts proposals are due December 10.
Two New Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities at UMD
The CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS) released an RFA for funding up to $15K Direct Costs for 1 year. Applications are due December 1.
The Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) is requesting abstracts for a new Supplement on “Ageing with HIV” to be published in October 2022. Abstracts are due December 1.
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-22-106
Posting Date: October 20, 2021
Closing Date: January 7, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-22-105
Posting Date: October 18, 2021
Closing Date: January 7, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-21-352
Posting Date: October 5, 2021
Closing Date: September 7, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-22-040
Posting Date: September 8, 2021
Closing Date: February 15, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-CA-21-056
Posting Date: August 25, 2021
Closing Date: December 15, 2021
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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