Dr. Manya Magnus receives NIH R01 Award as an MPI for an RCT of Client-Centered Care Coordination (C4) to Improve PrEP Use in Black MSM. | |
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Magnus (GW; center left) on her receipt of a new R01 award as an MPI with colleagues Dr. Darren Whitfield (Contact PI; Left) from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Dr. LaRon E. Nelson (MPI; center right) from Yale University. Congratulations also to Dr. DeMarc Hickson (site PI; right) as the study will be implemented at two sites including Us Helping Us, People Into Living. The R01 was awarded by the National Institutes for Mental Health (NIMH). Manya Magnus, PhD, MPH, is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at GW and Co-Director of the DC CFAR.
The grant is entitled, "A randomized clinical trial of client-centered care coordination to improve pre-exposure prophylaxis use for Black men who have sex with men." This study will further the research done in HPTN 073 within the GW HIV Prevention Trials Network Clinical Research site, which is a collaboration between the GW SPH, the GW MFA under the leadership of Dr. Marc Siegel (Co-Director, CPS Core), and along with other faculty, GW students, staff, and community.
Aims of this randomized trial are to characterize the associations between client centered care coordination (C4) and PrEP uptake and adherence among Black men who have sex with men, and to describe the acceptability and feasibility of C4 implementation in community settings in Washington DC and New York.
Read more regarding the award here.
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WORLD HIV/AIDS DAY 2023: REMEMBER & COMMIT | |
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World AIDS Day 2023 is this Friday and this year's theme selected for the U.S. is "Remember and Commit”. Each year on the 1st of December, events, and activities are held in support of persons and communities affected by HIV. A selection of events in observance of World AIDS Day are listed below - click on the links to learn more.
Thursday, November 30
Friday, December 1
Saturday, December 2
Monday, December 4
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Academic Community Partnerships Panel by the MACC Latinx Working Group, Latinx SIG, and La Cliníca del Pueblo - Dec 1, 2023, 3-5 PM EST (Hybrid) |  | |
Please join the MACC Latina/o/x Scientific Working Group, the DC CFAR Latina/o/x Scientific Interest Group, and La Clínica del Pueblo for a hybrid panel meeting on Academic-Community Partnerships!
This meeting will discuss the launch of the “Academic-Community Partnership Guide,” a living document created by the Social & Behavioral Sciences Core & the Community Partnership Council, DC Center for AIDS Research. This guide is in both English and Spanish and available on the DC CFAR website here. Next, we will hear from the Whitman Walker Institute regarding the importance and necessity for community-based organizations to be involved with academic research. Lastly, we will then hear from our keynote speaker, Dr. Ronald Brooks from Bienestar Human Services regarding and their academic-community partnership model.
We hope that you can join us for this event, being held on 35th Anniversary of World AIDS Day. This year’s theme is “Remember and Commit,” and we hope that you will be able to join us in honoring those who have paved the way to ending the HIV epidemic in Latinx communities, and beyond!
Join virtually via Zoom here.
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PEPFAR In Limbo: World AIDS Day Panel by the SBS Core and Global SIG at American University, Nov 30, 12:15PM EST |  | |
In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, please join the DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Core and Global Scientific Interest Group on Thursday, November 30, from 12:15-1:30 pm ET for an in-person event entitled "PEPFAR-in-limbo: What does the future hold for NIH-supported collaborative HIV research, implementation science, and new discoveries to end HIV as a public health threat by 2030."
The event will be held in the Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service, American University (4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016) and will feature presentations from the following speakers:
- Shannon Hader, MD, MPH, Dean, School of International Service, American University and DC CFAR AU Institutional Representative
- Peter Kilmarx, MD, Acting Director, Fogarty International Center and Acting Associate Director, International Research, National Institutes of Health
- Godfrey Woelk, Director, Global Implementation Research, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Please use the link here to register by November 27, 2023.
If you have any questions regarding the event, please email Wendy Davis, at wendywdavis@gwu.edu
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DC CFAR Developmental Core Journal Club Webinar on Tuesday, December 5, 12:00-1:00PM EST |  | |
Please join us for a DC CFAR Developmental Core Journal Club Webinar on Tuesday, December 5 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET featuring Dr. Haijun Gao (left), Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Howard University College of Medicine, who will present the following publication for discussion:
Saha B, Salemi M, Williams GL, Oh S, Paffett ML, Phinney B, Mandell MA. Interactomic analysis reveals a homeostatic role for the HIV restriction factor TRIM5a in mitophagy. Cell Rep. 2022 May 10;39(6):110797. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110797.
Dr. Gao 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. Jowanna Malone (middle) (WW) will respond to this article from a Social and Behavioral Sciences perspective and Dr. Nickie Andescavage (right) (CN) 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 across disciplines on future research initiatives.
We invite investigators and community partners to join this discussion. If you are interested in learning more about these sessions, please see our previous recordings now available in the DC CFAR's website here.
Register here for the Journal Club session to receive the Zoom information.
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Manya Magnus (GW) and HPTN 083 Team Published in Lancet HIV | |
Dr. Manya Magnus and the HPTN 083 team just co-authored their first unblinded study in Lancet HIV.
The article, titled “Efficacy and safety of long-acting cabotegravir compared with daily oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate plus emtricitabine to prevent HIV infection in cisgender men and transgender women who have sex with men 1 year after study unblinding: a secondary analysis of the phase 2b and 3 HPTN 083 randomised controlled trial”, outlines a phase 2b and 3 controlled trial of the injectable cabotegravir in comparison with daily oral tenofovir.
The GW HIV Prevention Trials Network Clinical Research Site (GW HPTN CRS) (CRS Leader: Dr. Marc Siegel) within the DC Clinical Trials Unit (CTU Leaders/PIs: Dr. Manya Magnus, Dr. Sarah Henn, and Dr. Marc Siegel) was a site for the registrational study of long acting injectable cabotegravir as pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP), which was ultimately FDA approved as PrEP in 2021.
The GW HPTN CRS is a collaboration between the GW SPH, the GW MFA, and the DC community; it includes faculty Dr. Irene Kuo and Dr. Jeanne Jordan along with Dr. Siegel and Magnus, staff from the GW MFA and GW SPH, and a number of MPH and PhD students and graduates of the GW SPH. You can find their full findings at the link here.
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Share Your Abstract Title for the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2024 with the DC CFAR | |
Please let us know if you have had an abstract accepted for a poster, oral presentation, or received a young investigator award for the upcoming Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2024. We would like to share this good news with your fellow DC CFAR investigators, including those who will also participate in CROI 2024.
Please send the name of the award recipient, or for abstracts, the name of the presenting author, the title, whether it will be an oral or poster presentation, and the date and session of your presentation to cfarindc@gmail.com. Please send this information by December 4, 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact Cristian Mendoza Gomez, Center Associate, at cristian.mendozagomez@gwu.edu
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Whitman-Walker Institute Investigators, Dr. Jowanna Malone and Dr. Rodrigo Aguayo-Romero, receive
NIH-CFAR Administrative Supplement
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We are pleased to announce that Whitman-Walker (WW) investigators Dr. Jowanna Malone (she/her/hers) [left] and Dr. Rodrigo Aguayo-Romero (they/them/elle) [right] have been awarded a 2023 NIH CFAR supplement to conduct an HIV research needs assessment in Wards 7 & 8 in Southeast DC.
This research will help define topics and strategies that are responsive to local community needs and address HIV inequities in transgender people of color, cisgender heterosexual Black women, people who use drugs, and adolescents and young adults aged 13-24. This initiative is synergistic with the opening of the new WW Max Robinson Center in Ward 8 which will include a translational HIV research space to increase the capacity to provide access to cutting-edge research opportunities to local communities.
Read more about this supplement and their project here.
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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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4th Annual Ending the HIV Epidemic Conference: Registration Now Open
December 1, 2023
SYNC 2024: Registration Now Open & Call for Abstracts
May 29-31, 2024
Washington, DC
CROI: Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2024 (Abstract Submission here)
March 3-6, 2024
Denver, CO
Save the Date – National 2024 Ryan White Conference on HIV & Treatment (AIDSWatch)
March 17-19, 2024
Washington, DC
NEW - IAS 2024 – Registration Now Open
July 22-26
Munich, Germany
NEW – National LGBTQ+ Health Conference
August 15-17, 2024
Atalanta, GA
2024 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
August 20-23, 2024
For more DC CFAR events please see the calendar here.
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FUNDING, TRAINING, & MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES/SEMINARS | |
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DC CFAR Virtual Writing Retreat (Every 3rd Friday of the Month, 12-2:00PM EST via Zoom);
"Whether a report, journal article, grant application, or other document, we often struggle with carving out space in our busy calendars for uninterrupted work. Bring a writing project and join us monthly! Have questions? Reach out to Wendy Davis (wendywdavis@gwu.edu) or Allison O’Rourke (orourkea@gwu.edu)" Register here to receive Zoom information.
NEW – DC CFAR Aging & Co-Morbidities Scientific Interest Group Open Meeting – REPRIEVE Trial
Please join the Aging and Co-morbidies SIG on December 13th, from 5-6PM EST via Zoom for a presentation from Lynsay Ehui (WW) on the REPRIEVE Trial. This meeting is being held on Zoom.
NEW – Skills for Health and Research Professionals (SHARP) Training - Scholarship Application
Our SHARP Program consists of short, intensive boot camps led by field experts to teach in-demand research skills and methods to investigators at all career levels and from any organization. Scholarship awards cover at least 50% of the registration fee, increasing the accessibility and participation of early-stage researchers and professionals in learning in-demand field methods.
NEW – "Point-of-care methods to monitor and intervene on adherence to HIV prevention and treatment" – Inter-CFAR Antiretrovirals for Prevention Working Group, Dec 4, 2023 at 12PM EST, via Zoom
The Inter-CFAR Antiretrovirals for Prevention Working Group invites you to participate in its upcoming webinar entitled, "Point-of-care methods to monitor and intervene on adherence to HIV prevention and treatment" featuring Dr. Monica Ghandi, Director of the UCSF-Bay Area Center for AIDS Research;
Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine;
and Medical Director, “Ward 86” HIV Clinic, San Francisco General Hospital.
SYNC 2024: Registration Now Open & Call for Abstracts
SYNChronicity (SYNC) 2024, the national conference for HIV, HCV, STIs, Harm Reduction, and LGBTQ Health will take place in Washington DC, May 29-31, 2024. SYNC 2024 will focus on SYNCing to end the epidemics by driving discussion and strategy development around the innovation and implementation necessary to make an impact. For conference details and information on submitting an abstract (abstracts are due January 31, 2024) please visit SYNC2024.org.
HPTN Scholars Program (2024-2025 Cohort)
"The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) is proud to offer two scholarship programs for early-career investigators funded through a supplement from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The HPTN Scholars Program now includes two components: a domestic (U.S.) program and an international program. Both programs seek to increase opportunities for scientists from groups under-represented in HIV prevention research." More information available here.
HIV Vaccine Trials Network: Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP)
"Seeking African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Islander medical students interested in HIV vaccine research. The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) is now accepting applications for Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) Scholar Grants to attract Black, Indigenous and other People of Color (BIPOC) medical students who want to make a difference in their communities and contribute to the development of an effective HIV vaccine." Applications due January 2, 2024. See more information here.
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, NEWS, AND RESOURCES
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NEW – Vanderbilt recruiting HIV researchers to join faculty
The Tennessee CFAR is recruiting for two faculty positions in HIV research. 1) Faculty Position in HIV Social and Behavioral Science and 2) Faculty Position in HIV and Aging Research. Please click the respective links for more details.
NEW - CDC Opening, Senior Service Fellow (Epidemiologist) in the Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (DHANES)
“As a member of DHANES’ Analysis Branch, the Service Fellow will conduct analyses with NHANES data (for example, analysis of infectious disease or chronic disease outcomes). In collaboration with other researchers within and outside of NCHS, the fellow will plan and implement high-quality research on health topics after selecting appropriate statistical and epidemiologic methods. The fellow will prepare comprehensive reports of study results for NCHS and scientific publication and present research activities at professional conferences and meetings. In addition, the fellow will contribute to the division by conducting ad hoc analyses, participating in workgroups, answering public inquiries, and other tasks as needed.”
Program Manager Position at Massachusetts General Hospital
"A clinical investigator within the Division of General Internal Medicine seeks a part-time
Program Manager (20 hrs. per week) to direct and oversee the work of a major NIH funded
clinical trial aimed at overcoming health disparities in Latinos with HIV through an innovative
psychosocial intervention. The PM will work directly with the PI (Julie Levison, MD)."
Full description and criteria here.
Hablamos de TI Study (Now Recruiting Providers and Patient Interviews)
Owen Smith, RN PhD Candidate from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is recruiting medical/psychosocial service providers working with Latino immigrant men living with HIV (LIMWH) and LIMWH themselves to participate in his dissertation study: Hablemos de TI. The Hablemos de TI study is focused on understanding the perspectives of LIMWH regarding their experiences with interpersonal trauma, emotional support, and engagement in HIV care. Interviews with providers and LIMWH will be conducted in either Spanish or English, will last approximately 1 hour, and can be conducted by phone or Zoom. Participants will be compensated for their time with a gift card. Interested providers can fill out the interest survey at: https://redcap.link/cv4nvocz . Interest survey link (in Spanish) to be shared with LIMWH clients: https://redcap.link/hkscgs1d For more information, contact, Owen Smith at: osmith7@jhmi.edu.
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NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Engineering and Preclinical Development of Biological Products that Eliminate HIV-infected Cells (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-23-060
Posting Date: October 25, 2023
Opening Date: February 13, 2024
Close Date: March 14, 2024
Minority HIV Research Initiative (MARI): Epidemiologic, Behavioral, and Implementation Science Research in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities Disproportionately Affected by HIV and Build Research Capacity Among Historically Underrepresented Researchers
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-PS-24-063
Posting Date: Oct 11, 2023
Opening Date: Nov 15, 2023
Close Date: Jan 16, 2024
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 Research Education Program Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-282
Posting Date: November 03, 2023
Opening Date: December 26, 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 7, 2023
Close Date: Various – See announcement
Opportunities for HIV Cure Strategies at the Time of ART Initiation (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-23-296
Posting Date: September 19, 2023
Opening Date: December 7, 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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