UNC CFAR World AIDS Day Symposium
2024-12-06 08:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)

CFAR-Wide ESI Cure Webinar
2024-11-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-12 12:00 - 13:00
Please contact UNC CFAR (unccfar@med.unc.edu) for details.

CFAR - Wide Webinar Series
2024-10-28 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-09-23 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-04-22 15:30 - 16:30 | Zoom

28th Annual National CFAR Meeting
2024-10-28 - 2024-10-30 | New York City, Marriot Marquis, New York City

25th International AIDS Conference
2024-07-22 - 2024-07-26 | Munich, Munich, Germany

CUE - HIV Scientific Working Group Meeting
2024-05-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom

CURE ESI Webinar Series
2024-05-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Subscribe to UNC CFAR’s listserv for more information on CURE ESI webinars.

23rd Annual World AIDS Day Symposium
2021-12-03 09:15 - 12:35
World AIDS Day, started in 1988, is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, increase awareness, combat stigma, and improve education. The World AIDS Day Symposium features presentations by UNC faculty members, expert research and medical professionals, and panel discussions. The event is sponsored by the UNC Center for AIDS Research and the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. Click here to view and share the event on Facebook! We are using the Friday Morning Conference Zoom link for this event.

Watch Now: IDWeek Featured Session “All Policy Is Health Policy” with Dr. Ada Adimora
2020-11-05
Join the other 12,000+ IDWeek attendees who enjoyed the powerful talk from Adaora Adimora, M.D., MPH, on “All Policy Is Health Policy: Pathways to HIV (and COVID-19).” Dr. Adimora is a Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and the presenter of the 2020 IDSA Edward H. Kass Lecture.
Dr. Adimora’s lecture is available to view here.

UNC to host 2019 National CFAR Meeting
2019-11-05 - 2019-11-09
Save the date
Starting November 5, UNC CFAR will be hosting the 23rd Annual National CFAR Meeting. Constituents from all nineteen Centers for AIDS Research will be invited to participate in this four day event. Included in the schedule will be the Annual National CFAR Scientific Symposium on November 7th.
Registration, a complete schedule, and accommodations information will be posted soon.
Please contact Prema Menezes with any questions.

WATCH: WORLD AIDS DAY SYMPOSIUM
2019-10-25
Our 19th annual World AIDS Day Symposium featured six talks about adolescents and HIV domestically and abroad.
If you missed any or all of these presentations, visit our archive.
Watch the morning session focused on HIV and adolescents in the United States.
Check out the afternoon session featuring talks about HIV and adolescents abroad.

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
2019-09-17
Due to the success of antiretroviral therapies and public health initiatives, people with HIV are living longer than ever before. The life expectancy of a virally-suppressed person with HIV is increasingly similar to that of the general population.1,2 Nearly half of the 1.1 million Americans living with HIV are 50 years of age or older,3 and soon, older adults will make up an even greater proportion of the HIV-positive population.4 With this success comes new challenges in HIV care, as older adults are at an increased risk of developing comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers, as well as complex needs related to elder care.5
Established in 2018, the HIV, Aging, and Comorbidities Scientific Interest Group (HAC-SIG) at UNC emerged in response to the growing need for research on the unique challenges of aging for people living with HIV. The HAC-SIG is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of HIV researchers and healthcare providers who are committed to improving health outcomes among older adults living with HIV. HAC-SIG discusses the latest research in HIV and aging, brainstorms innovative intervention and treatment approaches, and fosters collaboration among investigators who are pursuing research in this area.

To learn more about HAC-SIG, contact Dr. Michelle Floris-Moore (michelle_floris-moore@med.unc.edu) and Dr. Prema Menezes (prema_menezes@med.unc.edu).

May 6: HIV Care 2019. Register now!
2019-05-06
Please note: Registration closes May 2nd, with limited walk-in registrations available. Register now!
HIV Care 2019, UNC’s annual state-wide HIV symposium, is scheduled for Monday May 6, at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. From the Greensboro AHEC’s event page,
The purpose of this symposium is to provide health care providers with an update on the care and treatment of HIV infected patients who are now living longer lives. Specifically, topics included will address: special health issues for women, STDs and syphilis, rapid ART, oral health, retention models, resistance and comorbidities, resilience, risk reduction strategies and new emerging therapies. There will be a separate and second track for case managers, allied health professionals, psychologists and substance abuse counselors who care for HIV infected patients.
This event is sponsored by the Greensboro AHEC and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The UNC CFAR is delighted to be working in partnership with the UNC School of Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, and NC AIDS Training and Education Center to make this event possible.

CNICS Virtual Annual Meeting: March 3
2019-03-03 13:00 - 17:00
Join Virtually:
The CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems is making it possible for anyone to join their annual meeting this year through Zoom. The meeting is planned for Sunday, March 3 from 1PM to 5PM Pacific Standard Time (4PM to 8PM EST).
Listen in and learn more about the network using the log-in information below:
Zoom Link | Phone: (646) 558-8656 | Meeting ID: 786 866 532

World AIDS Day Symposium Recording
2018-11-30
On Friday, Nov. 30, the UNC Center for AIDS Research and UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases hosted the 20th annual World AIDS Day symposium. Did you miss the World AIDS Day Symposium presentations? Click here to watch the recording of the morning session (HIV and Health in the Community) and here to watch the afternoon session (Multicultural Approaches for Engagement with Community)!

Fourth International Workshop on the Microbiome in HIV
2018-10-16 - 2018-10-17
The fourth International Workshop on the Microbiome in HIV will take place on October 16-17, 2018, in Rockville, MD.
The 4th International Workshop on the Microbiome in HIV
The understanding of the human microbiome continues to grow rapidly; however information on the role of HIV infection on changes in the microbiome, and the role of the microbiome in HIV transmission, prevention, pathogenesis and treatment is still limited. While research in this area may be presented at major conferences, there is often limited time for in-depth discussion and debate among cross-disciplinary experts on new data and their implications. The aim of this workshop is to provide increased opportunities for discussion and exchange of knowledge following formal presentation of the latest research.
This 2 day event will have invited lectures by key research leaders from both the broader Microbiome field, as well as HIV/Microbiome investigators, oral abstract presentations and poster presentations. The conference will be unique in its approach, as it will engage basic scientists and clinicians from the HIV field and leading scientists involved in microbiome research.
Event Details
Registration is free. There will also be a Young Investigator Scholarship program to support travel, to encourage participation of emerging investigators.
The program including the speakers can be found at the event website.
We hope that you would distribute this to your CFAR membership. For specific questions, please contact the Organizing Secretariat Kun-Chieh Wu.

Fall Networking Event
2018-10-10 - 2018-10-30
You are invited to the UNC CFAR’s Social and Behavioral Sciences Core’s 2018 Fall Networking Event. Please RSVP here by Oct. 30.

Strategies for an HIV Cure
2018-10-10 - 2018-10-12
The fourth biennial Strategies for an HIV Cure meeting will take place on the NIH Main Campus between Wednesday, October 10, and Friday, October 12, 2018.
This is a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) program-driven meeting with the goal of fostering communication and collaboration among researchers funded by NIAID HIV cure-related programs and grants and with the community at large. The meeting also serves as the venue for this year’s annual joint meeting of the Martin Delaney Collaboratories.
Poster abstracts are highly encouraged, oral presentations will be by invitation only. The meeting is open to the public, and registration is free.

For More Information
The website for the 2018 meeting, which will provide further details on the agenda and meeting logistics, is still under development. For more information on the previous meeting in 2016, please see https://respond.niaid.nih.gov/conferences/hivcuremeeting2016.
For questions, please contact NIAIDHIVCureMeeting@niaid.nih.gov.

PrEP Open House
2018-06-29 14:00 - 15:30
NCATEC will be hosting “PrEP Open House: What Doctors Need to Know; What Patients Need to Ask” on Friday June 29 from 2pm to 3:30pm in the first floor auditorium of the Bioinformatics Building (130 Mason Farm Road) on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. Public parking is available across the street.
This training will address clinical PrEP basics for those interested in prescribing this one-pill-a-day regimen for the prevention of HIV. The presentation will also cover questions that consumers would want to ask themselves about their readiness to take PrEP and whether or not PrEP is right for them. The training center will review its online PrEP resources for providers and consumers and review PrEP materials available in English and Spanish.
Please register early as we expect a strong interest in this training.

Research Assistant Earns Impact Award
2018-04-05
Thibaut Davy-Méndez, photo by Amy Stern
Each department may nominate three current masters or doctoral students or recent graduates per year for the Impact and Horizon Award. Their research should have direct impact on North Carolina.
Impact Award
On Thursday, April 5, Thibaut Davy-Méndez will receive one of the 2018 UNC Graduate Education Advancement Board Impact Award for his work related to antiretroviral therapy resistance. Of particular import was his contributions to a study whose findings were presented at the 2017 Conference Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI): resistance to newer classes of antiretroviral drugs was significantly lower than older classes of drugs. These findings, Davy-Méndez believes, will help UNC HIV care providers inform their clinical practice.
CFAR Connection
A Research Assistant with the UNC CFAR Clinical Core, Davy-Méndez credits the support of his mentors Joe Eron, MD, and Sonia Napravnik, PhD.

SBSRN Networking Event
2017-12-05 08:00 - 17:00
Carol Golin, MD, Core Director, and Breana Castonguay, MPH, Core Manager, address the group on behalf of the SBSRN Core
On December 5, the UNC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Core, in conjunction with the CODE office, hosted their fall networking event, focused specifically on the science of community engagement.
A wide range of CFAR investigators, community stakeholders, and clinicians attended the event, hosted each semester to provide a forum for multidisciplinary researchers to meet and network with each other. Breana Castonguay, Core Manager, organized and planned the event.
Attendees learned key strategies of effective dissemination used in various public health projects via guided table discussions. This was followed by unstructured networking time, during which people were able to discuss topics of interest and connect to new individuals on a personal and professional level.
Danielle Haley, presenter at the event, shared that the event was a “fantastic opportunity to meet and exchange best practices for collaborating with community members to disseminate study findings.” Haley looks forward to “transferring these ideas to my own work and to forging new partnerships initiated by the Event.”
The core launched their first app to provide information about upcoming events and gather helpful data from those interested in the core’s efforts. This marks an exciting new venture into social media outreach for the SBSRN core.
Participants were delighted to have both structured and free time to mingle and share ideas with people working in the field of HIV/AIDS research and community engagement.
Kate Macqueen and Emily Namey from FHI 360 discuss art and theatre with their small group.
Bruce Curran, Adjunct Professor of Journalism at UNC, reflected that the “discussion reinforced my long-held belief that our messages are most effective when we talk not just about the facts of what we do but include the passion of why we do it”.
Topics covered at the event included:
Art and Theater – Kate MacQueen, UNC CFAR & FHI 360, and Emily Namey, FHI 360
Social Media and Journalism – Seth Noar, UNC School of Journalism & Laura Oleniacz, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Virtual Dissemination – Kemi Amola and Danielle Haley, HPTN 064 The Women’s HIV Seroincidence Study (ISIS)
Photovoice Forum and Fashion Show – Alex Lightfoot, UNC School of Public Health & the Center for Health Promotion and Diseases Prevention (CDC), and Allison Matthews, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and UNC Department of Social Medicine
Global Dissemination – Wendee Wechsberg, RTI International

Register for World AIDS Day Symposium
2017-10-27
Register now for our World AIDS Day Symposium! And check out the agenda!

Video: CFAR Cores Present at Friday Conference
2017-09-22
The directors of the UNC CFAR’s Biostatistics, Developmental, and Social and Behavioral Science Research Cores presented during Friday Morning Conference on Sept. 22. Watch their presentations here.

FHI 360 / CFAR Brown Bag Event
2016-10-14
CFAR Director Dr. Ronald Swanstrom welcomes everyone to the event!
On October 14th, senior researchers from FHI 360 and the UNC CFAR gathered for a brown bag lunch event to explore ways that the two organizations can expand their collaborations and offer support to each other in their HIV research and clinical efforts.
Katie Mollan explains the services offered by the CFAR Biostatistics Core.
Kate MacQueen, Senior Scientist at FHI 360 and Core Director of the CFAR Developmental Core, shared that the idea for the event grew out of conversations with Ron Swanstrom on how “we could foster more engagement between FHI 360 scientists and UNC CFAR leadership”. MacQueen commented, “At FHI 360 we have a long-standing tradition of brown bag lunches to communicate with each other about our work as well as to introduce established and potential partners to our in-house colleagues. This seemed a perfect mechanism to showcase what the UNC CFAR has to offer FHI 360 researchers engaged in HIV work or interested in pursuing such work.”
Ron Swanstrom, CFAR Director, welcomed the group to start the meeting. Kate MacQueen discussed the funding opportunities and support for researchers offered by the Developmental Core. Marcia Hobbs (pictured below), VIM Core Co-Director, discussed STI testing capacity. Jeff Stringer, CFAR International Core Director, shared about the CFAR’s commitment to women’s reproductive health locally and globally. Carol Golin, Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Core Director, discussed the social and behavioral instrument database, a valuable tool produced by the core. Katie Mollan (pictured above), Biostatistics Core Manager and Cam Bay, Statistician, offered information about the statistical consulting services the core provides.
Marcia Hobbs addresses the group about the VIM core and STI testing capacity at the UNC CFAR.
MacQueen noted that they had a “great turnout for lunch” and “the people who attended were very engaged, asking a lot of questions”. The feedback she received from her FHI 360 colleagues is that “they discovered a lot about the UNC CFAR resources and gained a much better appreciation for how the CFAR can support their work”.
Plans are in the works to invite FHI 360 HIV researchers and program managers to UNC to describe their work and brainstorm about opportunities for scientific collaboration between the two organizations. Stay tuned!
