Please join the DC CFAR for Wednesday Conversations with the Clinical and Population Sciences (CPS) Core on September 22 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm via Zoom. The session will feature a presentation from CPS Core Co-Director Dr. Sam Simmens (GW) who will discuss best practices for statistical analyses in research proposals. Register below to receive log-in details.

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Please join us in congratulating DC CFAR Pilot Award Recipient Dr. Xionghao Lin (HU) who received a grant from the Howard University Research Centers in Minority Institutions' (RCMI) Investigator Development Core. The grant will support his proposed project entitled "Prevent HIV-1 Rebound Using a Novel Tat-Mediated Transcription Selectived Inhibitor".

Additionally, Dr. Lin received an Excellent Shotgun Communication Prize at the 7th International Caparica Conference on Analytical Proteomics held on July 12-15, 2021. Dr. Lin's presentation entitled "Quantitative Phosphoproteome Analyses Identified NPM1 as a Potential Host Target for HIV-1 Transcription Inhibition" was part of the Shotgun Presentations session. Dr. Lin was recognized for his research on discovering host targets and small molecules to prevent HIV-1 transactivation induced by Tat protein. Both of these awards builds from his spring 2019 pilot award on "Small Molecule Inhibitors of Tat Dependent HIV-1 Transcription".

DC CFAR Pilot Award Recipient Dr. Ana María del Río-González (GW) and SBS Core Co-Director Dr. Maria Cecilia Zea (GW) and colleagues published an article in LGBT Health July 2021 entitled "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts and Suicide Morbidity Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in Colombia". The authors examined the association between sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with lifetime suicide morbidity among different groups, and found that ever experiencing these change efforts was associated with increased suicide risk, providing evidence of the detrimental impact of the so-called "conversion therapy".

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Please join us in congratulating the Executive Director of Community Education Group (CEG) and DC CFAR Community Partnership Council Member Ms. A. Toni Young on CEG's recent receipt of a $3.5M CDC award to increase COVID-19 vaccination and testing in West Virginia. The initiative will also enable CEG to address the HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Substance Use Disorder syndemics in West Virginia. The mission of CEG is to "eliminate disparities in health outcomes and improve public health in disadvantaged populations and under-served communities".

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