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Dr. Becky White, an infectious disease physician, has been awarded $677,000 by the NIH to adapt a program called FIT4PrEP, aimed at providing HIV prevention through pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to individuals released from prison, particularly African American women. The initiative will leverage the infrastructure of the N.C. FIT model, which...

    The UNC CFAR would like to invite you to the 26th annual World AIDS Day Symposium. Please see the details, speakers, and agenda below. The Symposium will start with breakfast available at 8:30am and will have refreshments during the 10:45am break. Speakers and Agenda: 9:15am – 9:30am Welcome...

As the UNC CFAR prepares for our competitive renewal, there are name changes that have happened within our cores. In the past few years, the NIH has increased support for research that enhances the implementation science knowledge base needed for Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative. Due to this, the...

Dr. Benjamin Chi, a UNC CFAR Associate Director for the International Core, has successfully renewed his K24 mentoring grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for a second five-year cycle. This NIH K24 award supports the mentorship of early-stage investigators in patient-oriented research, focusing on HIV...

During the IAS AIDS conference held in Munich in July, UNC had over 15 faculty members and trainees attend to showcase the important work that is being done on HIV/AIDS within our university. Here are some of the highlights from our UNC team in Munich: Recent research has provided new...

Early-stage investigator Mathhew Painschab, MD has received a NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (DP-1) for his proposal titled “Innovations in diagnosis for lymphadenopathy across HIV Centers of Excellence in Malawi”. The DP-1 supports research from creative early-stage investigators who propose highly innovative, pioneering studies with potential to open new areas of...

Dr. Adaora Adimora was a distinguished physician-scientist who made exceptional contributions to the fields of HIV epidemiology and clinical care. To continue her legacy of work, ViiV Healthcare will fund two yearly fellowships, co-directed by Myron Cohen, MD, UNC CFAR’s associate director and director of the UNC Institute for Global Health...

  UNC CFAR’s Office of Community Engagement manager, Alicia Diggs, MPH, has been featured on the cover of POZ magazine and interviewed on her participation in the REPRIEVE Study. The Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE) was a randomized trial studying the heart health of participants living...

Michelle Floris-Moore, MD, MS delivered the Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture, on 20th June 2024, in honor of the late Ada Adimora, MD, MPH. Dr. Floris-Moore started by sharing insights into why Dr. Adimora  dedicated her career to addressing HIV disparities. Dr. Adimora was motivated by her early exposure to the disparities...

Recently, UNC Research sat down with UNC CFAR Social and Behavorial Core Co-Director Dr. Vivian Go, PhD, and UNC CFAR Developmental Core Co-Director Dr. Bill Miller, MD, PhD. They are leading several clinical trials in Vietnam aimed at preventing HIV transmission and providing comprehensive support for individuals affected by the...

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNC LCCC) researchers have developed a groundbreaking mouse model for Kaposi sarcoma, a cancer prevalent among HIV-positive individuals. This model promises to facilitate the development of novel drugs for the disease, offering hope for improved treatment options. Published in Cell Host & Microbe, the study...

Guochun Jiang, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics and member of the UNC HIV Cure Center, received an R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for his project “Defining the HIV reservoir and latency mechanism in human brain myeloid cells” which is funded for five years and...