Skip to main content

New Once Weekly HIV Oral Regimen Shows Strong Results after 48 Weeks

January 22, 2026
A phase 2 study, published in Annals of Internal Medicine and led by Joe Eron, MD, Director of the CFAR Clinical Core, found that a new once-weekly oral HIV treatment regimen achieved virologic suppression through 48 weeks. The study evaluated the efficacy and safety of once-weekly oral islatravir plus lenacapavir...

ACTG Launches IPACE-HIV to Study Frailty Intervention

January 15, 2026
The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) has begun the IPACE-HIV study (Improving Physical Ability and Cellular Senescence Elimination in HIV). IPACE-HIV aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of dasatinib and quercetin, medications that can help with reversing symptoms of frailty, in people living with HIV (PLWH), as well...

Landmark Findings from Study on a Tailored Implementation Approach Improves HIV Intervention for People Who Inject Drugs in Vietnam

January 8, 2026
UNC CFAR SBIS Core Director Vivian Go and Developmental Core Co-Director Bill Miller recently published the findings from their hybrid type 3 implementation-effectiveness, cluster-randomized trial in ten provinces in Vietnam. This study, conducted with a team from UNC Vietnam, Hanoi Medical University, and the Vietnam Ministry of Health, aimed to...

ID STEP Grant Award Will Build North Carolina’s Pipeline of Infectious Disease Specialists

December 18, 2025
Congratulations to the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases for being awarded an ID STEP (Infectious Disease Structured Training and Engagement Program) grant. This grant will be used to develop a program for medical students to expand equitable access to infectious disease expertise for folks living in North...

M-HIRST Grant Renewal Demonstrates Growth and Leadership

November 20, 2025
The UNC CFAR congratulates the Malawi HIV Implementation Research Scientist Training (M-HIRST) program, which was competitively renewed with partners at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS). This program is funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The M-HIRST program will continue to strengthen...

CFAR Member Sarah Rutstein Receives Multi-Year NIH Grant to Study Field-Based HIV Care Delivery in North Carolina

November 5, 2025
The UNC Center for AIDS Research congratulates Sarah Rutstein, MD, PhD, a CFAR member and implementation scientist with the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, on receiving a multi-year NIH R34 grant to study field-based HIV care delivery for people with HIV (PWH) in North Carolina who are currently...

Thursday October 30 – David Wohl, MD will present “How Internists Will End The U.S. HIV Epidemic.”

October 29, 2025
Please join us for Medicine Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 30, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., either in person or virtually! David Wohl, MD, will present“How Internists Will End the U.S. HIV Epidemic.” Attend in person in the Old Clinic Building Auditorium, 4th Floor, or join us virtually via...

Exploring the Links Between Global Health and Local Action

October 28, 2025
“We at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases are a large community of multi-disciplinary investigators,” said Sonia Napravnik, PhD, during her welcome message. “And essentially, we all focus on improving health globally and locally, here in North Carolina and across the US.”   During University Research Week, the UNC...

Join Us for the Fall 2025 CFAR Networking Event: Human-Centered Design Tools for HIV Research

October 16, 2025
The Social, Behavioral, and Implementation Science (SBIS) Core of the UNC Center for AIDS Research invites you to our Fall 2025 Networking Event, featuring a special interactive workshop led by Liz Chen, PhD, MPH.  Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025  Time: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Location: Room 3166, Mary Ellen...

Celebrating Leadership and Dedication: Ning Fu, Assistant Director of Finance

October 9, 2025
The UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is proud to spotlight Ning Fu, a Chapel Hill native and lifelong Tar Heel, who recently received the Dean’s Performance Award for her exceptional contributions to UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and research operations across the university, including her support for CFAR.  Since...

Honoring Dr. Carol Golin

October 2, 2025
After a remarkable career spanning decades of work in clinical medicine, public health, and HIV research, Dr. Carol Golin is retiring from her formal roles at UNC. As Director of the Social and Behavioral Research Core at the UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), and a professor in both the...

Dr. Ed Browne Receives Two NIH Grants to Advance HIV Cure Research

September 25, 2025
Dr. Edward Browne, a member of the CFAR’s Advanced Technology Laboratory Core, associate professor of medicine, and leader of the Browne Lab within the UNC HIV CURE Center, has recently secured two significant NIH grant awards to explore innovative approaches to combat the latent HIV reservoir. These awards will fund...