Publication by Dr. Lisa Bowleg Selected as the 2021 Lawrence W. Green Paper of the Year |
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Register to Join the Basic Sciences Core's Junior Seminar Series |
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Join the DC CFAR Developmental Core Journal Club Webinar |
Please join us for a DC CFAR Developmental Core Journal Club Webinar on Tuesday, March 22 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET featuring HIV Cure SWG member, Basic Sciences Core Co-Director, and Associate Professor at George Washington University, Dr. Alberto Bosque who will present the following publication for discussion.
Dr. Bosque will provide a 15-20 minute synopsis of the publication. Two respondents from different disciplines will then provide their perspectives for 5-10 minutes. Daisy Le (GW) will respond to this article from a Social and Behavioral Sciences perspective and Adeline Koay (Children's) will respond to this article from a Clinical and Population Sciences perspective. An open discussion will follow the presentations to hopefully discover opportunities for possible collaborations on future research initiatives.
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Dr. Rachel Resop Awarded Fogarty Global Health Research Fellowship on HIV and Global Health |
Join us in congratulating Dr. Rachel Resop, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Alberto Bosque's laboratory, who has recently earned a Fogarty Global Health Research Fellowship from the Fogarty International Center at the NIH and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and will be performing research in Lusaka, Zambia for the next two years.
For her fellowship project, she will be working with a team from UNC and the University Teaching Hospital of Zambia investigating the immunological mechanisms of preterm birth in women living with HIV in Zambia. She plans to leverage the postdoctoral training she received in HIV immunology and virology at George Washington University to transition into global health research during her fellowship. She is grateful to her mentor Dr. Bosque and Dr. Mimi Ghosh of the DC CFAR for their guidance and mentoring during her fellowship application
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DC CFAR Virtual Citywide Seminar in recognition of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day "Next Step in PrEP" |
Please join the Women and HIV Scientific Interest Group (SIG) for a virtual DC CFAR Citywide Seminar in recognition of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The seminar will be held on Thursday, March 10, from 4:00-5:30 pm ET. The seminar will feature presentations on HIV prevention and PrEP use for women by Women and HIV SIG co-lead, Dr. Rachel Scott (GU) and Pilot Award Recipients Dr. Blair Spence (GU) and Dr. Shawnika Hull (Rutgers). Following the presentations, the group will engage in a discussion moderated by Women and HIV SIG community lead, Ms. Martha Cameron (ICWNA). Please register below to join the seminar by Zoom or watch the presentations via Facebook Live through the DC CFAR page.
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CPC Community Spotlight of the Month: Ms. Susan McCarley Shepard,
Deputy Director of Community Relations and Education Services, TERRIFIC, Inc.
Susan McCarley Shepard currently serves TERRIFIC, Inc. as the Deputy Director of Community Relations and Education Services. Ms. Shepard has demonstrated excellent knowledge, skills, and ability in program planning; development; implementation; management; supervision; direct counseling; evaluation; prevention-education training and design; expert training nationally; training of trainers; conference planning; extensive community-relations building and effective outreach. Her expertise is highly recognized and effective in serving diverse special populations, including children/youth, adults, seniors; LGBTQ, chronically ill; HIV infected; homeless persons; substance abusers, and persons with behavioral health challenges.
Click here to read Susan'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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March 9, 2022
March 9-10, 2022
March 10, 2022
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March 11, 2022
March 14, 2022
March 21, 2022
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March 28, 2022
April 20-21, 2022
April 25, 2022
July 11-13, 2022
Washington DC
Abstracts due April 1, 2022
July 28-30, 2022
July 29- August 2, 2022
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
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Merck's Research Laboratories’ Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program aims to be a best-in-industry program for industrial postdoctoral researchers, designed to provide you with an academic focus in a commercial environment. The fellow will focus on examining HIV persistence in tissue with imaging/omics based approaches.
New - WWH is Recruiting a Senior Research Scientist and Data Analyst
Whitman-Walker is recruiting a Senior Research Scientist who will be responsible for developing and overseeing a large and diverse portfolio of externally-funded research studies and a Data Analyst who will be responsible for overseeing the extraction, analysis, and dissemination of clinical data to support grant reporting, quality improvement, and health center operations.
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded organizations may apply for awards of up to $190,000 annually to support innovative interventions to improve health outcomes among people living with HIV. Applications are due March 11.
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will host the Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) from August 15–19, 2022. The goal of the HDRI is to support the research career development of early-career minority health and health disparities research scientists. Applications are due March 14.
The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) Network in collaboration with the NIAID Division of AIDS (DAIDS) has developed a new pathway for the conduct of small experimental trials that aim to advance efforts related to HIV remission and cure utilizing the infrastructure of the ACTG Network. Applications are due April 1st.
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-23-006
Posting Date: February 25, 2022
Closing Date: August 12, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-23-007
Posting Date: February 25, 2022
Closing Date: August 12, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-20-214
Posting Date: August 17, 2020
Closing Date: September 7, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-20-238
Posting Date: August 17, 2020
Closing Date: September 7, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-22-015
Posting Date: February 10, 2022
Closing Date: May 8, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-23-003
Posting Date: February 11, 2022
Closing Date: July 3, 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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