DC Health Releases 2022 Annual HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report |
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The DC Department of Health HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Administration (HAHSTA) recently released the 2022 Annual HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Surveillance Report for the District. The report which includes data through December 2021 provides critical updates on progress toward the District's ending the HIV epidemic plan. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services and care is also assessed through the report. Highlights from this year's surveillance update include:
- Currently, 11,904 DC residents, or 1.8% of the population are living with HIV.
- There were 230 newly diagnosed HIV cases representing an 83% decrease from 2007.
- There were zero children born with HIV in 2021.
- More than half of the population living with HIV in the district are older than 50 years old.
Click here to read the full report.
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Join the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core Virtual Open House Seminar Featuring Dr. Amol Kulkarni |
Please join the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core for a Virtual Lab Open House on Friday, February 24 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET. The aim of the open house is to provide CFAR members from across disciplines an in-depth look at lab services available at the CFAR-affiliated institutions.
This event will feature a presentation by Dr. Amol Kulkarni. Dr. Kulkarni is an Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy at Howard University. He is a synthetic medicinal chemist, and his research is focused on preclinical drug discovery in the field of virology and immunology. Dr. Kulkarni will discuss his approach to new discovery for HIV and HIV-associated comorbidities.
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New R21 Awarded to DC CFAR Investigator Dr. Nicole Angotti (American University) and MPI Colleague Dr. F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) |
This project will explore how an intergenerational intervention could improve approaches to the management of HIV and related co-morbidities among older adults living with HIV in rural South Africa by employing youth in their communities to offer multi-dimensional support, thereby addressing the lack of HIV care and treatment interventions targeting the rapidly growing older population.
Click here for more information.
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New Publication on Intersecting Impacts of Housing and Mass Incarceration |
Click here to read the article.
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DC CFAR Investigators Participating at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) |
We are pleased to share the DC CFAR Investigators who will be presenting at the upcoming virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) on February 19-22. Please click here to see the list of presenters and the titles of their presentations.
This year's opening session will be live-streamed and available to the public on Sunday, February 19, from 5:00 PM to 7:20 PM PT. The session will feature Dr. Anthony Fauci, who will speak on a 30-Year Chronicle of HIV/AIDS Research Progress. The link will be posted on the CROI website.
Are you presenting but your name is not on this list? Please send the name of the presenting author, the title of the accepted abstract and whether it will be an oral abstract session or a poster presentation to cfarindc@gmail.com.
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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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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.
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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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February 17-18, 2023
February 19-22, 2023
Seattle, Washington
February 24, 2023
February 27, 2023
March 19-21, 2023
April 11-12, 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada
May 11-13, 2023
July 10-21, 2023
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
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The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) announced the availability of administrative supplements to support research testing gender terminology (e.g., woman, man, nonbinary) for measuring current gender identity as part of the two-step method of data collection (sex assigned at birth and current gender identity). The application's due date is February 28, 2023.
This NPN Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims is to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation strategies to increase PrEP use among Black women in women’s health clinics. Applications are due March 20, 2023.
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-21-070
Posting Date: November 13, 2020
Closing Date: March 17, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-22-262
Posting Date: January 31, 2023
Closing Date: May 7, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-073
Posting Date: January 10, 2023
Closing Date: February 12, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-060
Posting Date: January 11, 2023
Closing Date: May 9, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-062
Posting Date: January 11, 2023
Closing Date: May 9, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-061
Posting Date: January 11, 2023
Closing Date: May 9, 2023
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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