Join the DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Core Mixer at Howard University! |
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Please join the DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Core Mixer on Friday, March 24th from 12:00-2:00 PM at the Howard University School of Social Work’s ground floor lounge (601 Howard Place, NW Washington, DC 20059). Please note that registration is required, space is limited and lunch will be served. Representatives from the DC CFAR will provide an overview of opportunities for researchers engaged in or interested in pursuing HIV-related research with a special emphasis on the social and behavioral sciences including topics such as the social determinants of health and community-based and led research. Additional details including the agenda are forthcoming.
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DC Cohort Releases Spring/Summer 2023 Newsletter |
The DC Cohort team is pleased to share their Spring/Summer 2023 DC Cohort newsletter. In this edition, they highlight the research of University of Virginia (UVA) senior, Billy Huger, who completed a summer-long research project with the DC Cohort on HIV-associated lipodystrophy (HAL) where he looked into the causes of HAL (e.g., antiretroviral therapies associated with HAL); physical and mental impacts; and potential treatments. His findings were presented at the DC Cohort quarterly CAB meeting on September 28, 2022. In addition, they outlined planned initiatives for the next five years and provided information on their COVID-19, PositiveLinks, and Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) sub-studies.
To read the Spring/Summer 2023 edition of the DC Cohort newsletter, click here, and to learn more about the DC Cohort Longitudinal HIV Study, click here.
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DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences Core Seminar Featuring Dr. Rachel Denyer |
Please join us for the upcoming DC CFAR CPS Core Conversation on Wednesday, March 22, from 5:00-6:00 pm ET. This meeting will feature Dr. Rachel Denyer, a Physician in the Infectious Disease Division at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Her talk will focus on "Understanding hepatitis B viremia and reactivation in persons with HIV in the DC Cohort: challenges and opportunities." Time will be reserved for questions and discussion. Please register at the link below.
All seminars are held on the 4th Wednesday of the Month from 5:00-6:00 pm ET on Zoom. Please find the list of upcoming speakers and topics and click the link to register.
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New Publication on "Parental Sexuality Disclosure, Discrimination, and Depression Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women" |
Dr. Rodman Turpin (George Mason), DC CFAR Investigator Dr. Derek Dangerfield II (GW), and Executive Committee Member Dr. DeMarc Hickson (UHU) with colleagues published an article in the Journal of Health Promotion & Maintenance Family and Community Health February 2023 entitled " Parental Sexuality Disclosure, Discrimination, and Depression Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women". The authors conducted a secondary analysis using the MARI Study to identify the relationship between discrimination and depression modified by the level of disclosure of sexuality to parents among Black sexual minority men and transgender women in Jackson, Mississippi, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Click here to read the full article.
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Register Today! DC CFAR Developmental Core Journal Club Webinar |
Please join us for a DC CFAR Developmental Core Journal Club Webinar on Thursday, March 30 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET featuring Associate Professor Dr. Derek Dangerfield II from the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University, who will present the following publication for discussion:
Dr. Dangerfield will provide a 15-20 minute synopsis of the publication. Two respondents from different disciplines will then provide their perspectives for 5-10 minutes. Dr. Alexander Zestos (AU) will respond to this article from a Basic Sciences perspective and Dr. Jose Lucar (GW) will respond to this article from a Clinical and Population Sciences perspective. An open discussion will follow the presentations to hopefully discover opportunities for possible collaborations on future research initiatives.
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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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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.
On March 31st join the WH National Mpox Workshop Participation in the Mpox Research Gathering. The Mpox Research Gathering discussion will be based on content presented in the recorded presentations and will be facilitated using a series of discussion questions developed collaboratively with members of the research and advocacy community.
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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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March 19-21, 2023
March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023
March 24, 2023
March 30, 2023
April 3, 2023
April 6, 2023
April 11-12, 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada
April 13, 2023
April 24-28, 2023
April 24, 2023
May 11-13, 2023
June 3-7, 2023
Washington, DC
July 10-21, 2023
July 23-26, 2023
Brisbane, Australia
July 22, 2023
Brisbane, Australia
August 7-11, 2023
Bethesda, Maryland
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
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The Frontiers in Reproductive Health Journal is accepting abstracts for a special issue on The Impact of Emerging Infections on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health. This collection will bring together articles that highlight the social and clinical epidemiology of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases like SARS-CoV-2, Mpox, and Ebola on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Submissions are due March 31st.
The Journal of International AIDS Society (JIAS) is accepting abstracts proposing research articles for a supplement titled "Implementation research and the HIV response: Taking stock and charting the way forward". The deadline is May 15.
Available job opportunities at National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention can be accessed through this link.
NIH OAR is seeking exceptional candidates with diverse skill sets to provide direction on the planning, development, and implementation of NIH HIV research.
The Latino Scholars for HIV/AIDS Research Education (SHARE) 2023 summer program is now open.
This program is an innovative 10-week summer mentored internship and learning experience for eligible undergraduate students from Hispanic/Latino communities. Based in Washington, DC at the George Washington University, this program aims to support Hispanic/Latino undergraduates interested in pursuing further studies and careers in HIV/AIDS and substance abuse-related research.
The Sarafianos Lab at Emory University is hiring a Virologist to coordinate BSL2, BSL2+, and BSL3 lab research on HIV, SARS-CoV-2, Mpox, HBV, and Nipah virus.
This NPN Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims is to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation strategies to increase PrEP use among Black women in women’s health clinics. Applications are due March 20, 2023.
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Funding Opportunity Number: NOT-MD-23-007
Posting Date: March 13, 2023
Closing Date: June 24, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-125
Posting Date: March 10, 2023
Closing Date: August 15, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-001
Posting Date: March 10, 2023
Closing Date: August 8, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-001
Posting Date: February 28, 2023
Closing Date: August 10, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-009
Posting Date: February 23, 2023
Closing Date: August 10, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-008
Posting Date: February 23, 2023
Closing Date: August 10, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-22-262
Posting Date: January 31, 2023
Closing Date: May 7, 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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