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December 8, 2022
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FEATURED NEWS
Meet the Investigators: DC CFAR Institutional Representative for Whitman Walker - Dr. Jonathon Rendina
Dr. Jonathon Rendina, Senior Director of Research at the Whitman-Walker (WW) Institute and an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at George Washington University, serves as Institutional Representative for WW on the DC CFAR's Executive Committee. Dr. Rendina’s research focuses on intersectional stigma and health inequities in communities heavily impacted by HIV. He also uses remote and in-person cohorts to examine various endpoints in stigma and health outcomes. Dr. Rendina was recently awarded several new NIH awards, including the LITE-2 Award and a grant for the development of a new community-based facility to support HIV research. Dr. Rendina aims to break down the barriers between academic and community-led research through the sharing of research spaces, engaging fellow community institutions, and fostering collaborations across institutions.

Click here to read Dr. Rendina's full profile.
MPX RESOURCES
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.
NEWS FROM THE DC CFAR
New Publication from the DC Cohort on Housing Instability and HIV Care
Rachel Harp and Morgan Byrne with Anne Monroe and Amanda Castel published an article in the Journal of AIDS Care November 2022 entitled "Housing, HIV outcomes, and related comorbidities in persons living with HIV in Washington, DC".This article uses DC Cohort data to report the association between housing instability, substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and sexually transmitted infections with HIV care

Please click here to read the article.
New Publication from DC CFAR SBS Core Co-Director Dr. David Huebner
DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Core Co-Director Dr. David Huebner (GW) and colleagues, published an article in the Journal of AIDS and Behavior November 2022 entitled "Effects of a Parent-Focused HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Men Who have Sex with Men: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial".The article describes the Parents and Adolescents Talking about Healthy Sexuality (PATHS) study and how it demonstrated positive effects on parent behaviors supportive of young men who have sex with men sexual health.

Please click here to read the article.
New Publication on Psychosocial Determinants of PrEP Uptake Among Cisgender Women
Dr. Shawnika Hull (Rutgers) and DC CFAR Women and HIV SIG Co-lead Dr. Rachel Scott (GU), published an article in the Journal of Health Communication November 2022 entitled "Understanding Psychosocial Determinants of PrEP Uptake Among Cisgender Women Experiencing Heightened HIV Risk: Implications for Multi-Level Communication Intervention".The study examines PrEP awareness among women and reviews interventions to support women's HIV prevention.

Please click here to read the article.
Join us! DC CFAR Global Scientific Interest Group
The DC CFAR Global SIG would like to invite you to join us for a virtual seminar entitled “Progress on the Global HIV Response” on Thursday, December 15 from 10:00 to 11:00 AM ET. The meeting will feature a presentation by Lycias Zembe, PhD, an Advisor at UNAIDS in the HIV Prevention Coalition and Adolescent Health in the Division of Science and Services. Dr. Zembe’s presentation will include an overview of the state of the epidemic, an update on the HIV prevention response and priorities, and new developments for addressing key issues for men and HIV.

We invite interested DC CFAR investigators to the SIG for the opportunity to hear from featured presentations and foster new collaborations. If you would like to receive additional information and join the meeting, please contact Vivian Kirkham at vkirkham@gwu.edu.
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
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.
COVID-19 UPDATES
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.
WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCES
FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
Now accepting applications for this training program designed to assist investigators interested in conducting HIV-related research with U.S. ethnic minority communities to strengthen the investigators’ programs of research and obtain NIH funding. Currently, there are two tracks (funded by NIDA and NIAID) offering a broad range of research interests.

The person in this role will lead efforts and supervise staff in community outreach, engagement, enrollment, and retention to ensure diverse representation of community members and interests within research at Whitman-Walker Institute.

Job Postings for the GWU Center for Community Health in the Caribbean and Latin America
The newly established Gill-Lebovic Center for Community Health in the Caribbean and Latin America at the George Washington University-Milken Institute School of Public Health is hiring an Assistant Center Director and a Program Manager. For more information see the job posting linked above.

The 2023 HIV-Aging Research Consortium Pilot Funding supports pilot studies on HIV and Aging for
early-stage investigators. Concept proposals are due January 13, 2023. See more details in the flyer here.

The RETI is offering training and small grant awards to conduct a mentored research project focused on HIV and drug abuse to early-stage investigators. Deadline February 15, 2023.

The NIH Admin Supplement program for Research on Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations i accepting submissions until Jan 31, 2023, to support up to $100K in total costs (direct + indirect).

Are you interested in performing clinical research as an investigator? Please join the Bootcamp for New Investigators, a series of 4, two-hour workshops that will discuss how to operationalize biological clinical trials at GW and CNH. There will be an emphasis on available programs, templates, and resources.

The MMRTP is accepting applications until January 23, 2023, for selected scholars to have access to webinars, and resources, come to an in-person retreat to discuss their research project and are matched with mixed methods expert consultants.
NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HD-24-006
Posting Date: November 22, 2022
Closing Date: March 29, 2023

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-024
Posting Date: August 25, 2022
Closing Date: May 1, 2023

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-002
Posting Date: November 15, 2022
Closing Date: March 23, 2023

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-004
Posting Date: November 3, 2022
Closing Date: March 15, 2023

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-003
Posting Date: November 3, 2022
Closing Date: March 16, 2023

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-22-252
Posting Date: October 28, 2022
Closing Date: January 7, 2023

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DK-20-022
Posting Date: October 21, 2022
Closing Date: March 15, 2023

Click here for additional funding opportunities available from the National Institutes of Health.
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.