Georgetown Investigators and DC CFAR Members Receive NIH Administrative Supplement on Novel Immunotherapeutics and HIV |
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Please join us in congratulating Georgetown University Investigators and DC CFAR Members Dr. Chul Kim (Lead) and Basic Sciences Associate Core Director Dr. Marta Catalfamo (Co-lead), with Dr. Jaeil Ahn (Statistician), Dr. Margaret Holmes (Pathologist), Oversight Committee member Dr. Princy Kumar and doctoral student Ms. Maryam Abdussamad who recently received an Administrative Supplement from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The supplement is focused on stimulating research in Immunotherapy and Tumor Microenvironment in HIV/AIDS Cancer Patients at NCI-designated Cancer Centers and is entitled "Evaluation of the tumor immune microenvironment in HIV-infected patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for development of novel immunotherapeutics (immuno/microenvironment)." The study aims to understand and examine the immune tumor microenvironment and its implication in novel immunotherapy for HIV associated NSCLC. This project builds on the work from Dr. Kim's previous DC CFAR Pilot Award. |
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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 Women and HIV SIG December Meeting |
The DC CFAR Women and HIV SIG would like to invite you to join the next virtual meeting on Wednesday, December 7, from 2:00-3:00 PM. The meeting will feature a presentation by DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Core Director Dr. Deanna Kerrigan (GW) focused on her research in HIV prevention, stigma, and PrEP among women. We invite interested DC CFAR investigators to the SIG for the opportunity to share your research findings and foster new collaborations. If you would like to receive additional information and join the meeting, please contact Vivian Kirkham at vkirkham@gwu.edu.
Register to Join the DC CFAR CPS Core Conversations: ID Week HIV Snapshot
Please join the DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences (CPS) Core Conversations on Wednesday, November 30, from 5:00-6:00 pm ET. The event will feature presentations from CPS Core Director Dr. Seble Kassaye, CPS Core Associate Director Dr. Marc Siegel, and DC CFAR Investigator Dr. Blair Spence. The speakers will provide highlights from IDWeek 2022 and an overview of HIV topics covered. Time will be reserved for questions and discussion. Please register here.
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Announcing Mr. George Kerr III as the DC CFAR Community Coordinator |
Please join us in welcoming Mr. George Kerr III to the DC CFAR staff as the new Community Coordinator. Mr. Kerr is the elected Chair of the DC CFAR Community Partnership Council (CPC) and now joins the DC CFAR Administrative Core on a part-time basis. As the Community Coordinator, Mr. Kerr will foster community engagement in research and promote the participation of CPC members in activities across the DC CFAR and the CFAR network.
Click here to learn more about the DC CFAR CPC.
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Join the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core for a Virtual Lab Open House: Overview of Flow Cytometry |
Please join the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core for a Virtual Lab Open House on Thursday, November 17 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET. The aim of the open house is to provide CFAR members from across disciplines an in-depth look at lab services available to them. The seminar will focus on an overview of flow cytometry cores across CFAR-affiliated institutions.
This event will feature presentations from George Washington University Flow Cytometry Facility Manager, Dr. Gregory Cresswell, Georgetown University Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Director, Dr. Karen Creswell, and Howard University Research Scientist and DC CFAR Investigator, Dr. Namita Kumari. For more information on flow cytometry, click here. Register below to join the seminar.
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New Publication on HIV Prevention Services and Primary Care Providers |
DC CFAR and Georgetown University Investigators Drs. Blair Spence, Katherine Michel, Lakshmi Goparaju and Seble Kassaye published an article in the Journal of Medicine October 2022 entitled " UnPrEPed for HIV prevention services: Hesitancy among US primary care providers". The study reviewed the provision of HIV prevention services by primary care providers and potential provider-level barriers to implementation of preventative services.
Click here to read the article.
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REMINDER: The 13th Annual International Conference on Stigma will be held as a hybrid conference from Tuesday, November 15, 2022 – Friday, November 18, 2022. Visit the DC CFAR's virtual booth and click here for more information.
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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November 15-18, 2022
DC CFAR Cure SWG Seminar Featuring Dr. Gregory Del Prete
November 16, 2022
November 17, 2022
November 17, 2022
November 30, 2022
December 5, 2022
December 6-8, 2022
December 7, 2022
December 13-16, 2022
February 17-18, 2023
February 19-22, 2023
Seattle, Washington
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
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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.
AIDSVu released updated interactive maps and data visualizing the HIV epidemic at the state- and county- levels for 2020. This year’s maps serve as a snapshot of the HIV epidemic during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted resources, HIV testing, HIV new diagnoses, and data collection over the last two years.
The GW is hiring a part-time PrEP navigator for more information on the position including responsibilities and qualifications see the job posting here.
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.
The PHACS released a call for Early Career Investigators who are interested in maternal/child, adolescent, or young adult HIV research. For more information on eligibility requirements, key dates, and application format requirements, please click here.
The DC CFAR is recruiting for the Center Associate position, this person will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating project communications, research activities, and scientific services provided across eight partner institutions in Washington, DC. For more information see the job posting here. |
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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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: RFA-MH-22-281
Posting Date: July 12, 2022
Closing Date: December 5, 2022
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.
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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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