Special Issue of AJPH on HIV, Substance Use, and Trauma featuring DC CFAR Investigators Dr. Lisa Bowleg and Dr. Tamara Taggart |
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lisa Bowleg (Co-Director, DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Core) and Dr. Tamara Taggart (DC CFAR pilot award recipient) for their scholarly leadership of a special issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) entitled " HIV, Substance Use, and Trauma: Mentoring to Dismantle Structural Racism." Dr. Bowleg (GW) is the AJPH Associate Editor and Dr. Taggart (GW) is the Special Issue Guest Editor.
According to the APHA news release, "For decades, the ways in which multilevel racism, stigma and discrimination affect the health of Black Americans has been under-examined. To confront this gap in academic work, the AJPH in collaboration with the UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program (HA-STTP) have produced a series of studies that outline the separate links between trauma, substance use and HIV."
Dr. Bowleg and Dr. Taggart are also first authors on the following publications in the special issue.
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Intergenerational Trauma and Structural Racism: New Mentorship Approaches to HIV and Substance Use Prevention and Treatment; Lisa Bowleg PhD, MA, and Stewart Landers JD, MCP
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Advancing Public Health and Social Equity Through Research, Training, and Action; Tamara Taggart PhD, MPH, Sabrina L. Smiley PhD, MPH, MCHES, and Tiarney D. Ritchwood PhD
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Activity Space Assessments to Investigate Neighborhood Exposure to Racism-Related Stress and Related Substance Use Among Young Black Men: Connecticut, 2019; Tamara Taggart PhD, MPH, Yusuf Ransome DrPH, MPH, Ashley Andreou MPH, Insang Song MA, Trace Kershaw PhD, and Norweeta Milburn PhD
Click here to read the special issue.
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!
June is Pride Month in recognition and celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. If you are interested in HIV prevention, treatment, and care in this community, we invite you to join the DC CFAR Sexual and Gender Minorities Scientific Interest Group by contacting Allison O’Rourke. Please see upcoming events in DC on the Capital Pride Alliance website here. We invite members of the DC CFAR community to send information about any additional events and activities to CFARinDC@gmail.com. |
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DC CFAR Clinical & Population Sciences (CPS) Core
Conversation with the HIV Cure SWG
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Please join us for the upcoming DC CFAR CPS Core Conversation with the HIV Cure SWG on Wednesday, June 28, from 5:00-6:00 pm ET.
This meeting will feature DC CFAR HIV Cure SWG Lead Dr. Rebecca Lynch, co-Lead Dr. Alberto Bosque, and member Dr. Natalia Soriano-Sarabia. Their presentation titled "HIV Cure Basic Science at the DC CFAR: fostering collaborations for translational research" will focus on their current HIV cure research and potential areas of collaboration. Time will be reserved for questions and discussion. Please register at the link below.
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Announcing New DC CFAR Center Associate, Cristian Mendoza Gomez |
Please join us in welcoming Cristian Mendoza Gomez who has joined the DC CFAR Administrative Core as the new Center Associate. In this role, they will support various programming, communication, and evaluation activities of the DC CFAR. Cristian will succeed Lorena Segarra as the editor of this Weekly Update e-newsletter and will support various DC CFAR Scientific Working Groups and Interest Groups. Cristian is a recent graduate of American University and received a B.S. in Public Health and Sociology. They were a CFAR Scholar in the DC CDEIPI program and worked with Dr. Nina Yamanis (AU) to assess how COVID-19 era policies could be used to maintain Latinx populations connected to HIV prevention and treatment services. |
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DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core for a Virtual Lab Open House on the Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Lab |
Please join the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core for a Virtual Lab Open House on Friday, June 23, 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 at the CFAR-affiliated institutions. This seminar will focus on the Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) laboratory at George Washington University (GWU).
This event will feature Dr. Jeanne Jordan, Professor of Epidemiology at GWU, and Dr. Kamwing Jair, Research Scientist and NGS Specialist at GWU. Dr. Jordan will explain the structure, cost, facility, and instrumentation of the NGS service center and Dr. Jair will present the available services and ongoing projects. For more information on the NGS lab, click here.
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Share Your Abstract Title for the 24th International AIDS Conference |
Please let us know if you have had an abstract accepted for a poster or oral presentation for the upcoming 24th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2022). We would like to share this good news with your fellow DC CFAR investigators, including those who will also participate in AIDS 2022. Please send the name of the presenting author, the title of the accepted abstract and whether it will be an oral abstract session or a poster presentation to cfarindc@gmail.com
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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.
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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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WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES |
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June 22, 2023
June 23, 2023
June 26, 2023
June 27, 2023
June 28, 2023
June 28, 2023
June 28-29, 2023
June 29, 2023
June 29, 2023
July 10-21, 2023
July 11, 2023
July 23-26, 2023
Brisbane, Australia
July 22, 2023
Brisbane, Australia
July 31-August 4, 2023
Boulder, Colorado
August 7-11, 2023
Bethesda, Maryland
August 15, 2023
August 20-23, 2024
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES
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American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (RWJF), the Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities (CLaRO) and the APHA
Latino Caucus for Public Health, intends to publish a supplemental issue on emerging issues in
Hispanic/Latino health research. Abstracts must be submitted to AJPH in Microsoft Word by July 14, 2023 via Luisa.Borrell@sph.cuny.edu.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is issuing a NOSI focused on implementation research, for applications designed in partnership with domestic and global service providers to advance HIV prevention and treatment goals (domestically) or targets (globally).
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is issuing a NOSI focused on understanding and addressing the impact of mental health comorbidities, including mental health disorders, violence, and trauma, on HIV prevention and treatment outcomes.
Join on July 10-11 a grant writing workshop hosted by the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Howard University. This free in-person workshop is for faculty, postdocs, and research development professionals interested in pursuing NIH funding for their research.
Avant-Garde and Avenir Awards
These NIDA HIV research programs award funds to investigators planning high-impact research projects focused on the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among people who use drugs. Avant is for groundbreaking researchers at all levels of their careers and Avenir focuses on early-stage investigators. Applications period July 15-August 15, 2023. |
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOUCES
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The Divisions of Infectious Diseases (ID) and Geriatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have an immediate opening for a mid-career (i.e., Associate Professor, M.D. or M.D./Ph.D.) physician-
scientist to join our faculty as a member of our growing HIV and Aging Research Program. Candidates should have a track record of successfully securing funds to support their research. Salaries
and benefits packages are highly competitive. Minoritized persons/women/individuals with disabilities/protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Candidates should submit a letter of interest and CV to: mary.smith@vumc.org.
Neighborhood Health is looking for a Ryan White Program Manager & QI Specialist. To view the full job description, view the job posting here.
Whitman-Walker Health is looking to hire a Research Specialist at their Federally Qualified Health Center. Please see the job posting linked here.
Please see the attached listing to see the various staff positions available at HIPS. HIPS mission statement is "HIPS advances the health rights and dignity, of people and communities impacted by sex work and drug use by providing non-judgmental harm reduction services, advocacy, and community engagement led by those with lived experience." Please see the listing for more information.
Please see the linked, open-access, issue from the AJPH focusing on structural racism and intergenerational trauma as well as disproportionate rates of HIV and substance abuse.
National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is observed on June 27th each year to emphasize and encourage HIV testing. Please see the attached blog post by HIV.gov regarding HIV testing resources.
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-194
Posting Date: June 14, 2023
Closing Date: September 16, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-206
Posting Date: June 2, 2023
Closing Date: September 13, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-190
Posting Date: May 10, 2023
Closing Date: December 20, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-191
Posting Date: May 10, 2023
Closing Date: December 8, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-169
Posting Date: April 21, 2023
Closing Date: August 2, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-23-026
Posting Date: April 21, 2023
Closing Date: August 2, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-23-023
Posting Date: April 14, 2023
Closing Date: August 2, 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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