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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New Publication from Drs. Xiong Jiang and Princy Kumar |
The authors conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, partial crossover pilot study to investigate the safety, tolerability, and potential efficacy of cingulate transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in people with HIV (PWH). The data suggest that cingulate tDCS is safe and well-tolerated in PWH, and may have the potential to improve cognitive performance and brain function.
Click here to read the full article.
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New DC CFAR Spring 2022 Pilot Award Recipient: Dr. Kellan Baker |
The DC CFAR congratulates Dr. Kellan Baker (Whitman-Walker Institute) who is the recipient of the Spring 2022 Pilot Award. This program provides funds to early-stage and new HIV investigators to assist them in the development of their NIH-funded research careers. Dr. Baker's project will focus on "Developing Best Practices for Integrating HIV Prevention into Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Adults".
To read the study abstract and learn more about the Research Awards Program, please visit the DC CFAR website.
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DC CFAR CPS Core Conversations: Aging and Comorbidities Research among People Living with HIV |
Please join the DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences (CPS) Core Conversation on Wednesday, June 22 from 5:00-6:00 pm ET featuring Dr. Anne Monroe (GW). The title of Dr. Monroe's talk is "Aging and Comorbidities Research among PWH: Findings from the DC Cohort". Please register below to receive the Zoom information for the session.
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DC CFAR Investigators Receive Fulbright Honors |
Please join us in congratulating DC CFAR investigators Dr. Carla Berg and Dr. Sarah Calabrese who were named to the 2022-2023 class of Fulbright Scholars. Dr. Berg's award will focus on cancer prevention in Armenia and Dr. Calabrese's will focus on HIV Stigma in Australia. This prestigious program aims to provide the opportunity for chosen academics to find solutions to challenges and collaborate globally.
For more information click here.
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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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June 22, 2022
June 22 - 23, 2022
June 23, 2022
July 11-13, 2022
Washington DC
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
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
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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.
Whitman-Walker Health PHQ Recruiting Two Positions
The All of Us Research Program (All of Us) within the Office of the Director (OD) encourages eligible grantees of the participating Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) to apply for administrative supplements to support the analysis of currently available data.
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: 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
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-22-186
Posting Date: May 20, 2022
Closing Date: December 7, 2022
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-22-034
Posting Date: May 13, 2022
Closing Date: September 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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