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The Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and UNC Global Women’s Health have announced the first two PhD graduates from the UNC-UNZA-Wits Partnership for HIV and Women’s Reproductive Health Training Program. This program, led by co-principal investigators Dr. Carla Chibwesha, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and Dr....

Researchers Dr. Vivian Go and Dr. Bill Miller from the UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) are conducting multiple clinical trials in Vietnam to prevent HIV spread and support people living with HIV. Dr. Go, a professor in health behavior, and Dr. Miller, a professor in epidemiology, focus on HIV...

Hallie Stallings, a junior majoring in public policy with minors in education and African Studies, took one of her most memorable courses last spring, Public Health 420: The HIV/AIDS Course, taught by Dr. Ronald Strauss, Director of Office of Community Engagement within the UNC CFAR. The course explored HIV/AIDS from...

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...

  Join the Duke CFAR for the Launch of the Inter-CFAR Health Equity Working Group on November 7th, 2024, at 11:00am ET! Duke invites you to the launch of their new initiative aimed at connecting HIV-focused investigators dedicated to reducing inequities across HIV prevention, care, and treatment.   Event Details:...

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...

UNC CFAR Developmental awardee Katryna McCoy has been focusing her research on interventions for HIV disparities in North Carolina. HIV transmission is notably higher among racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S., with Black communities disproportionately affected. Despite comprising only 12 percent of the population, Black individuals represented 37 percent of...

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...

The UNC CFAR Traditional Developmental Award RFP guidance for proposals should be used unless otherwise noted in this CFAR Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) Request for Proposals for Collaborative Clinical-Social Science Secondary Data Analyses (SDA) Awards The University of North Carolina Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) is soliciting proposals for...

The below Traditional Developmental Award funding opportunity is an open solicitation for proposals on any HIV-related topic in alignment with NIH funding priorities. In addition, the Developmental Core periodically posts Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs) in UNC CFAR priority areas. A CFAR NOSI for a Secondary Data Analysis of specific...