Happy Holidays from the DC CFAR!
Look for the Weekly Update to return in January 2023
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DC CFAR Hosts Mid-Atlantic CFAR Consortium (MACC) Latina/x/o Working Group Meeting |
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The Mid-Atlantic CFAR Consortium (MACC) Latina/o/x Working Group Meeting was held at George Washington University on December 7th. The group brings together researchers, health departments, and community partners dedicated to working collaboratively on shared concerns regarding the HIV epidemic among Latinos in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US including Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and DC.
The goals of this in-person meeting were to reinvigorate the working group and catalyze new collaborations by bringing together stakeholders to identify new scientific research objectives and collaborations, and to move forward a series of foundational publications. The meeting featured investigators from the following CFARs: DC, Hopkins, Penn, Harvard, UNC and Miami.
The meeting was kicked off by welcoming remarks from DC CFAR's Director Dr. Alan Greenberg followed by a presentation from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core Associate Director Dr. Nina Yamanis with CDEIPI Scholar Cristian Mendoza Gomez. Dr. Yamanis and Mr. Mendoza Gomez shared findings from key stakeholder interviews on pandemic-era challenges and opportunities, as well as future policy recommendations for meeting HIV prevention/care needs for Latinos in the Mid-Atlantic region. Dr. Amanda Castel, Lead of the DC CFAR Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group, and Dr. Sheree Schwartz, Co-Director of the MACC+ Implementation Science Hub, facilitated an interactive training on using implementation science approaches towards ending the HIV epidemic for Latinos. Keynote speaker Dr. Ana Martinez-Donate of Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health, presented "CRISOL: A Capacity Building Initiative To Address Syndemic Health Issues Affecting Latinos in Philadelphia". Lastly, Mr. Angel Luiz Ortiz-Ricard of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presented CDC Priorities for ending the HIV epidemic among Latinos. This meeting was supported by an NIH CFAR Administrative Supplement awarded to Dr. Yamanis in 2022. |
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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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Join the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core Seminar Series featuring Dr. Xiong Jiang |
Please join the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core for another installment of the Seminar Series on Friday, January 13 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST. This series highlights published works from basic sciences investigators in the DC CFAR who have made an impact on the field of HIV. This virtual event will feature a presentation from Dr. Xiong Jiang (GU) on his recent publication titled "Cingulate transcranial direct current stimulation in adults with HIV.” Please find the publication here.
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New R01 Awarded to DC CFAR Investigator Dr. Rachel Robinson (American University) and MPI Colleagues on Synergistic Epidemics Among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Nigeria |
This project aims to inform the development of interventions for HIV-associated noncommunicable diseases globally by examining syndemic factors (stigma, depression, material insecurity, polysubstance use, intimate partner violence, and police and other violence) in a population of sexual and gender minorities in Nigeria.
Click here for more information.
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New Publication on Substance Use and HIV Care Among Female Sex Workers in the Dominican Republic |
DC CFAR Investigator Dr. Yan Wang (GW), Senior Research Scientist Ms. Wendy Davis (GW) and SBS Core Director Dr. Deanna Kerrigan (GW) published an article in the Journal of AIDS and Behavior in December 2022 entitled " Substance Use and Depression Impede ART Adherence Among Female Sex Workers Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic". This study builds from Dr. Kerrigan's R01 and Dr. Wang's Pilot Award entitled "Substance use, mental health problems, and HIV outcomes among female sex workers". The authors determined the importance and need for integrated substance use and HIV care interventions in order to promote ART adherence and viral suppression among female sex workers.
Click here to read the article.
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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.
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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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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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January 11, 2023
January 13, 2023
January 23, 2023
February 17-18, 2023
February 19-22, 2023
Seattle, Washington
April 11-12, 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada
Abstracts due February 6, 2023
May 11-13, 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 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released the draft recommendation statement on PrEP for HIV Prevention and has been posted for public comment through January 17, 2023. For more details, click here.
The postdoctoral fellow will be appointed to the Drug Dependence Epidemiology Training Program (DDET) T32 in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This fellow will primarily work with Dr. Sean T. Allen on studies related to the implementation of harm reduction interventions and the prevention of injection drug use-associated morbidity and mortality across diverse geographies and contexts.
The laboratory of Dr. Mirko Paiardini at the Emory National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, GA is looking to fill two postdoc positions. The Paiardini lab is dedicated to investigating cellular and anatomical niches of viral persistence, working to inform immunotherapy-based strategies to facilitate HIV control following ART cessation. Fellows will have the opportunity to collaborate with and be mentored by a diverse array of academic and industry leaders in HIV immunology.
The NIH-funded Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) and Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs) AGING Initiative is launching the Clinical Scholars Program intended to catalyze an expansion of interdisciplinary research relevant to the science of Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCCs). Applications are due January 6.
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 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.
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-014
Posting Date: December 16, 2022
Closing Date: August 9, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-013
Posting Date: December 16, 2022
Closing Date: August 9, 2023
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
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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