{"id":18297,"date":"2025-04-03T09:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/?p=18297"},"modified":"2025-04-03T09:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:14:49","slug":"the-15th-national-scientific-meeting-of-the-cfar-social-and-behavioral-sciences-research-network-discuss-ending-the-hiv-epidemic-the-role-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/2025\/04\/the-15th-national-scientific-meeting-of-the-cfar-social-and-behavioral-sciences-research-network-discuss-ending-the-hiv-epidemic-the-role-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"The 15th National Scientific Meeting of the CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network discuss \u201cEnding the HIV Epidemic: The Role of Social and Behavioral Sciences\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a015th National Scientific Meeting\u00a0of the\u00a0CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network (SBSRN), titled\u00a0Ending the HIV Epidemic: The Role of Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/i>, was co-hosted by\u00a0UNC CFAR & Penn CFAR\u00a0and sponsored by the\u00a0National Institutes of Health.\u00a0The event brought together researchers, advocates, and community leaders to discuss critical issues in HIV research and engagement.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The\u00a0National CFAR CAB Coalition (N3C)\u00a0actively participated in the\u00a02025 SBSRN meeting\u00a0and its\u00a0pre-meeting mentoring day\u00a0for early-stage investigators (ESI), held in Bethesda, MD, from\u00a0February 26-28, 2025. Their participation highlighted a commitment to fostering best practices in community and scientific engagement, ensuring that research efforts were inclusive and responsive to emerging needs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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N3C played a key role in shaping the meeting\u2019s theme, topics, and speaker selections to ensure meaningful discussions on\u00a0community engagement in HIV research.\u00a0At the\u00a0Pre-Meeting SBSRN Mentoring Day,\u00a0N3C members provided guidance to early-stage investigators, reviewed their studies, and led the\u00a0Engaging Communities in HIV Research\u00a0panel discussion. N3C involvement continued at the\u00a0Scientific Symposium,\u00a0with participation in a panel on\u00a0Community Perspectives on HIV Research Priorities.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On the final day, the N3C facilitated a special discussion group on\u00a0HIV Priorities for Communities, focusing on strategies to enhance community-scientific partnerships and the dissemination of best practices. Throughout the event, N3C emphasized the importance of authentic community engagement, integrating modern and grassroots approaches to adapt research methods to evolving needs. They underscored the necessity of language justice, sustaining partnerships, and innovative engagement strategies to support affected communities effectively. N3C contributions to 2025 SBSRN highlighted the evolving nature of HIV research and the critical role of community voices in shaping public health efforts.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The\u00a015th National Scientific Meeting\u00a0of the\u00a0CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network (SBSRN), titled\u00a0Ending the HIV Epidemic: The Role of Social and Behavioral Sciences, was co-hosted by\u00a0UNC CFAR & Penn CFAR\u00a0and sponsored by the\u00a0National Institutes of Health.\u00a0The event brought together researchers, advocates, and community leaders to discuss critical issues in HIV research and engagement.\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0National CFAR … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120087,"featured_media":18299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/SBSRN-2025-Group.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/SBSRN-2025-Group-300x143.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/SBSRN-2025-Group.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/SBSRN-2025-Group.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/SBSRN-2025-Group-150x150.jpg","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120087"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18301,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297\/revisions\/18301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}