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The UNC CVI is proud to announce the recipient of our 2021 Developmental Research Program. Taylor B. Poston, PhD, MPH, a postdoctoral trainee in the lab of Toni Darville, MD, was selected for a second year of funding for his project, “Boosting Natural CD4 T Cell Immunity to Chlamydia with Novel...

The UNC CVI is proud to announce the recipient of our 2020 Developmental Research Program. Funds from the Developmental Research Program are available for post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty investigators interested in STD research to generate preliminary data that could be applied towards future competitive federal funding. Taylor B. Poston,...

Chlamydia is the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world. There is no vaccine to prevent infection. However, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in partnership with colleagues at other sites in the US, Europe and Australia, will receive up to $10.7 million over...

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced awards to establish four Cooperative Research Centers (CRCs) focused on developing vaccines to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The grants, totaling $41.6 million over five years, will support collaborative, multidisciplinary research on...