DC CFAR Executive Committee Transitions |
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DC CFAR Colleagues - We would like to share information about several DC CFAR Executive Committee transitions that are taking place this week.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Core - Dr. Lisa Bowleg (GW) will continue to help lead the SBS Core as Co-Director after serving for the past four years as SBS Core Director. Dr. Deanna Kerrigan, Chair of the GWSPH Department of Prevention and Community Health, will succeed Dr. Bowleg as SBS Core Director.
Clinical and Population Sciences (CPS) Core - Dr. Marc Siegel, Director of the GW Division of Infectious Diseases, will join the CPS Core leadership as Associate Core Director with Dr. Seble Kassaye (Georgetown) continuing as CPS Core Director.
HIV Cure SWG - Dr. Catherine Bollard (Children's National) will continue as an investigator member of the HIV Cure SWG after serving for three years as SWG Lead. Dr. Rebecca Lynch (GW) will succeed Dr. Bollard as the HIV Cure SWG Lead and Dr. Alberto Bosque will serve as SWG Co-lead.
Please join us in expressing our deepest gratitude to Dr. Bowleg, Dr. Kerrigan, Dr. Siegel, Dr. Bollard, Dr. Lynch, and Dr. Bosque for their willingness to serve in these critical DC CFAR leadership roles, commitment to supporting HIV science in DC, and mentorship in helping to develop the next generation of HIV researchers in DC.
Regards, Alan Greenberg, Director, DC CFAR
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New Publication on Housing Insecurity among People Who Use Drugs in DC |
The study examined the impact of gentrification and show how homeless individuals reported difficulty accessing harm reduction and other health services. The authors acknowledge the members of the SIG and shared how the discussions of the group contributed to the interpretation of the findings.
Click here to read the article.
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Meet the Investigators: DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core Associate Director Dr. Marta Catalfamo |
Dr. Marta Catalfamo, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the School of Medicine at Georgetown University, serves as the Associate Director of the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core and Co-lead of the Aging and Comorbidities Scientific Interest Group. Her current research explores why people with higher levels of immune activation have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Awarded an R01 on the impact of HIV-driven T cell immune activation in angiogenic CD8 T cell function, she continues to investigate the role of T cell activation in endothelial inflammation and cardiovascular risk and disease.
In her role in the DC CFAR, she continually strives to contribute and collaborate with people around a common goal. The DC CFAR gave her the opportunity to train and support early-stage and new investigators, learn from community members, and collaborate with scientists from other areas of research. As a newly tenured professor and co-Director of institutional training grant in Neuro-HIV at Georgetown University, Dr. Catalfamo plans to continue her efforts to end HIV and training next-generation scientists in the field of HIV research.
Click here to read Dr. Catalfamo's full profile.
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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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Dr. Ana María del Río-González is the Recipient of the 2022 NIH Sexual and Gender Minority Early-Stage Investigator Award |
Please join us in congratulating DC CFAR Pilot Award and CFAR Adelante Award Recipient Dr. Ana María del Río-González (GW) who is the recipient of the 2022 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Early-Stage Investigator Award. The program recognizes investigators who have made substantial and outstanding research contributions in areas related to SGM health. Dr. del Río-González's research focuses on HIV prevention among Latina Transgender Women. |
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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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July 11, 2022
July 11, 2022
July 19, 2022
July 28-30, 2022
July 27-28, 2022
July 29- August 2, 2022
August 1, 2022
August 23-26, 2022
September 22, 2022
October 13-14, 2022
November 7-9, 2022
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
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The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) Network would like to increase non-network and international DAIDS Network investigator access to stored specimens available and the purpose of this new opportunity is to encourage the use of pedigreed ACTG specimens to facilitate continued and novel research.
The American University Department of Health Studies is looking for an individual to teach their Queering Health: Introduction to LGBTQI Populations and Health course this Fall.
The World Health Organization released a new online course on Inequality monitoring in HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. See here for more information on the Spanish and English courses.
The Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office of the Secretary (OS), at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is accepting fellows in Policy Research Analysis of Federal HIV Initiatives. Applications are due July 11.
National NeuroHIV Tissue Consortium (NNTC) Clinical Sites and Data Coordinating Center
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have released a pre-solicitation announcement for the full and open competition for multiple contracts to support continued and expanded operations of The National NeuroHIV Tissue Consortium (NNTC) Clinical Sites and Data Coordinating Center. Click here and here for more information.
The CDC's Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) has published a contract solicitation to fund a consortium of institutions to conduct studies to reverse persistent, troubling trends in reported cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). For more information on this opportunity click here. |
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-22-050
Posting Date: June 27, 2022
Closing Date: December 7, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-22-181
Posting Date: June 9, 2022
Closing Date: September 8, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-22-185
Posting Date: May 27, 2022
Closing Date: September 1, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-22-038
Posting Date: May 27, 2022
Closing Date: October 13, 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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