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DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences Core
MatchMaker Program
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From left to right: Dr. Seble Kassaye (Core Director), Dr. Qing Pan (Core Co-Director) & Dr. Marc Siegel (Core Co-Director) | |
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The DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences (CPS) Core would like to announce the reinstatement of the CPS Core MatchMaker (C2M2) program. The program aims to connect HIV investigators to graduate and undergraduate students in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, health data, and medicine sciences to provide support for data-intensive projects. The types of support include data collection, data management, experiment design, analysis, literature reviews, or manuscript preparation. This program can assist investigators with the analysis and presentation of their findings, while providing students with research experiences that will contribute to their future careers. Please share this announcement with any CFAR colleagues who may be interested.
Interested Investigators – Please complete the CPS Core MatchMaker (C2M2) Request Form.
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DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences (CPS) Core and Aging and Comorbidities SIG Virtual Seminar “Models of Care – Successes/Challenges for Academic and Community Partners” Apr 10, 5-6:30PM ET |  | |
Please join us for a virtual seminar hosted by the DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences (CPS) Core and Aging and Comorbidities Scientific Interest Group (SIG) on Wednesday, April 10, from 5:00-6:30 pm ET. This seminar will focus on the successes and challenges of the current care models for geriatric populations living with HIV and integrated models of care that can be incorporated in Washington, DC. The event will feature presentations from the following experts in the field:
- Dr. Eugenia Siegler, MD, Medical Director of the Geriatrics Inpatient Services, and Mason Adams Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
- Dr. Christina Prather, MD, FACP, Director of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at George Washington Medical Faculty Associates and Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
- Dr. Susan Shepard, DHA, MURP, Executive Director of TERRIFIC, Inc. (Temporary Emergency Residential Resource Institute for Families in Crisis) and DC CFAR CPC Member.
Please register at the link below and share the announcement with colleagues who may be interested!
Register Here!
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DC CFAR Investigator, Maranda Ward, Named the 2024 Dorothy Nyswander Health Equity Award at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) | |
DC CFAR Investigator, Dr. Maranda Ward (GW) has been named the recipient of the SOPHE 2024 Dorothy Nyswander Health Equity Award.
This award recognizes an individual or group who embodies and promotes an open society, through research, practice, and/or teaching by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE).
Dr. Ward received this honor during the awards ceremony at SOPHE’s 2024 Annual Conference, Gateway to Health Equity: Global solutions to strengthen health education and promotion capacity, held on March 19-21.
Dr. Ward additionally presented on her HIV prevention research, entitled "In their own words: Patients reclaim power to seek out HIV and COVID prevention." She is the PI for “Two in One: HIV + COVID Screening and Testing Model,” a project funded by an independent educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Ward!
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Meet the Investigators: DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Co-Director, Nina Yamanis, PhD, MPH |  | |
Thespina (Nina) Yamanis, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs at American University, School of International Service. As a Co-Director of the DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Core, DC CFAR academic lead for the MACC Latinx Working Group, and the incoming CFAR Adelante Scientific Officer, Dr. Yamanis hopes to incorporate more community-led and community-engaged approaches into HIV research. Dr. Yamanis’s current HIV-related work focuses on two different communities: her R21 in Tanzania focuses on a pilot social network intervention to reduce HIV and IPV among adolescent girls, and her work in Washington, DC focuses on the impact of immigration status on Latino/x men who have sex with men (MSM) and Latina/x transgender women.
Through her various projects, Dr. Yamanis has recognized that community organizations have the expertise to identify the needs of the communities that they serve, and she believes that her job as a researcher is to follow their lead. In her words, “The community holds us accountable; they see the problems daily.” Researchers can benefit from listening and following up on the priorities identified by community organizations. “Trust [between community organizations and researchers] is required to make a change, but change is possible when both sides are willing to put in the effort.”
Read Dr. Yamanis' full investigator profile at our website, linked here
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MACC Nursing Initiative Conference, May 3, 2024: ESI Workshop Registration Due Apr 1 & Conference Registration due Apr 24 |  | |
Nurse researchers and researchers at DC CFAR schools of nursing are invited to join the Mid-Atlantic Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Consortium (MACC) Nursing Initiative inaugural meeting, The Role of Nursing Science to End the HIV Epidemic. This interactive in-person event will be held Friday, May 3, 2024 at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD. Experienced and more junior researchers alike are all welcome. Transportation to/from DC will be covered for most registrants, register here. A poster session will also be held and all registrants are eligible to participate, apply here.
In addition to the conference, there will be a pre-conference Mentorship Day on Thursday May 2, 2024, with attendance by application only. Selected participants will gain mentorship from established nurse researchers, receive professional reviews of specific aims, and benefit from a unique, cross-CFAR mentoring experience. Successful applicants will receive travel and lodging for the entire event. Apply here.
See registration links and due dates to apply below:
Interested in learning more? Please contact Dr. Manya Magnus at manyadm@gwu.edu or 202-994-3024 for more information.
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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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Inter-CFAR MACC School of Nursing (SON) Conference
May 2-3, 2024
Baltimore, MD
ACTHIV 2024: Registration Open
May 2-4, 2024
Atlanta, GA | Hybrid
SYNC 2024: Registration Now Open & Call for Abstracts
May 29-31, 2024
Washington, DC
19th International Conference on HIV Treatment & Prevention Adherence – Continuum 2024
June 9-11, 2024
Puerto Rico
IAS 2024
July 22-26
Munich, Germany
National LGBTQ+ Health Conference
August 15-17, 2024
Atlanta, GA
2024 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
August 20-23, 2024
US Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) 2024: Registration Open
September 12-15, 2024
New Orleans, LA
HIVR4P 2024, the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference (Registration Now Open and Application for Scholarships Available!)
October 6-10, 2024
Lima, Peru | Hybrid
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING, & MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES & SEMINARS | |
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Seeking Input on the Next NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research; RFI due by March 28, 2024
"The NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) as one source of input to inform development of the FY 2026‒2030 NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research. Feedback from all interested constituents—including, but not limited to, researchers, health care professionals, advocates and health advocacy organizations, scientific or professional organizations, public health officials, government agencies, and community members—is a critical part of this process." More information available here.
Visiting Scholars in HIV Implementation Science Program, due March 31, 2024
The application for the Visiting Scholars in HIV Implementation Science Program (previously referred to as the HIV IS Scholars Network) is now open! Application deadline is March 31st. Application can be found here.
Northwestern’s NIBIB-funded Center for Innovation in Point of Care Technologies for HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases (C-THAN); Expression of Interest Due March 31st, 2024
C-THAN is specifically seeking proposals focused on increasing patient access to HIV viral load monitoring which may include the development of novel viral load diagnostics, technology that enables sample collection and/or plasma separation, field testing of assays in development, or implementation studies of current or near commercial tests. For more information and to apply, click here.
CDRF: 2024 CFAR HIV/AIDS Training Fellowship Awards, Seeking Indian National Applicant - Intent to Apply due by March 31st, 2024
CRDF Global is now accepting proposals from Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) to support early-stage investigators from India working in the field of HIV/AIDS research for the 2024 CFAR HIV/AIDS Training Fellowship Awards. This two-year fellowship program aims to promote the training and inclusion of early-stage Indian scientists in HIV-related collaborative research within the CFAR program. Applications should come from CFARs and identify at least one Indian fellowship candidate. The initial intent to apply deadline is March 31, 2024; applications are due by July 31, 2024. For questions, please contact Annie King (aking@crdfglobal.org).
OAR Director’s Seminar on Impactful HIV Research from an Early Career Investigator, Apr 5, 2024 from 1:00-2:30PM ET (Virtual)
Please join the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) for a live, virtual OAR Director’s Seminar to hear Sara Gianella Weibel, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Diego, discuss her impactful contributions as an early career investigator (ECI) in HIV research. Register here.
NEW – “Key Findings from CROI: How they may affect research and practice” presented by Drs. Ken Mayer (HU CFAR) & Patrick Sullivan (Emory CFAR), April 12, 2024 at 12:00PM ET via Zoom
The series is moderated by Patrick Sullivan, Emory CFAR (Emory University Rollins School of Public Health) & Kenneth Mayer, Harvard University CFAR (Fenway Health). More information avaliable here.
Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV, April 24, 2024, 11AM–4PM ET
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of AIDS Research (OAR), along with the NIH institutes, centers, and offices (ICOs) with HIV research programs invite you to attend the Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. OAR looks forward to building on the enthusiasm and feedback from the first two early career investigator (ECI) workshops in 2022 and 2023. OAR’s goal is to continue to provide knowledge, resources, and mentoring to the next generation of HIV investigators. Register here.
Post-Doctoral (T32) Training Program in Ending the HIV Epidemic – Application Open at Emory University - Full applications are due May 3, 2024.
Emory Training Program in Translational Research to End the HIV Epidemic is now accepting applications to fill postdoctoral slots for January and July 2024. Interested and eligible candidates must complete an online interest form on or before April 12, 2024 to be connected to one of the Program Directors, Drs. Ann Chahroudi, Colleen Kelley, or Patrick Sullivan, to discuss their application. The program will offer a continuous rolling application and deadlines will vary depending on the intended start date. More information here.
The Dr. Dawn K. Smith HIV Prevention Clinical Fellowship, Applications due May 15, 2024
The Dr. Dawn K. Smith HIV Prevention Clinical Fellowship will provide comprehensive training to non-infectious disease clinicians in fields such as emergency medicine, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pharmacy practice, primary care and others to increase PrEP awareness and utilization in under-resourced communities and in populations with higher HIV transmission rates. For more information, and application details, use the link here.
Gilead’s Research Scholars Program, Applications due July 8, 2024
Gilead’s Research Scholars Program supports independent basic and clinical research in the field of HIV throughout the US. Each of our successful applicants selected by an independent external committee of experts is provided with $180,000 USD paid as two annual installments to their institution. All information about the program can be found here.
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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NEW – Tailoring HIV Curative Strategies to the Participant (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-24-011
Posting Date: March 21, 2024
Opening Date: June 30, 2024
Close Date: July 31, 2024
HIV Cure-Related Research in Diverse Populations
Funding Opportunity Number: NOT-AI-23-046
Posting Date: June 23, 2023
Opening Date: September 07, 2023
Close Date: May 08, 2026
HIV/AIDS Scholars Using Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Models Program (K01 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-225
Posting Date: June 27, 2023
Opening Date: August 07, 2023
Close Date: Various – See announcement
Addressing the Impact of Syndemics on the Health of People with HIV and Diseases and Conditions within the Missions of NIDDK and NHLBI (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DK-25-001
Posting Date: November 30, 2023
Opening Date: February 20, 2024
Close Date: Various – See announcement
Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-112
Posting Date: January 31, 2023
Opening Date: February 24, 2023
Close Date: Various – See announcement
Engaging Survivors of Sexual Violence and Trafficking in HIV and Substance Use Disorder Services (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-25-018
Posting Date: August 21, 2023
Opening Date: July 5, 2024
Close Date: August 2024
Addressing HIV in Highest Risk Sexual and Gender Minorities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-25-001
Posting Date: July 31, 2023
Opening Date: July 14, 2024
Close Date: August 14, 2024
Addressing HIV in highest risk sexual and gender minorities (R34 Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-OD-23-018
Posting Date: July 31, 2023
Opening Date: July 14, 2024
Close Date: August 14, 2024
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NIAID New Innovators Awards (DP2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity Number: NOT-AI-23-046
Posting Date: June 3, 2023
Opening Date: September 13, 2023
Close Date: Various - See announcement
Opportunities for HIV Cure Strategies at the Time of ART Initiation (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-297
Posting Date: September 19, 2023
Opening Date: December 07, 2023
Close Date: Various – See announcement
Resources Access for Preclinical Integrated Drug Development (RAPIDD) Program (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-22-185
Posting Date: May 27, 2022
Opening Date: December 07, 2023
Close Date: Various – See announcement
NIAID New Innovators Awards (DP2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-198
Posting Date: June 02, 2023
Opening Date: September 13, 2023
Close Date: Various – See announcement
Innovations to Optimize HIV Prevention and Care Continuum Outcomes (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-061
Posting Date: January 11, 2023
Opening Date: April 09, 2023
Close Date: January 10, 2026
Formative and Pilot Intervention Research to Optimize HIV Prevention and Care Continuum Outcomes (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-060
Posting Date: January 11, 2023
Opening Date: April 09, 2023
Close Date: January 10, 2026
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Implementation Science to Advance the United States HIV Prevention and Treatment Goals and the Global HIV Prevention and Treatment Targets
Funding Opportunity Number: NOT-MH-23-275
Posting Date: June 5, 2023
Opening Date: September 07, 2023
Close Date: September 08, 2026
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on HIV-associated Malignancies
Funding Opportunity Number: NOT-CA-23-070
Posting Date: June 5, 2023
Opening Date: September 07, 2023
Close Date: September 08, 2026
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Click here for additional funding opportunities available from the National Institutes of Health. | |
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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