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ARRA Stimulus and GO Grant Recipients

Congratulations to the following Duke CFAR members who were recipients of President Obama's recent ARRA stimulus funding through either the 'Challenge Grant' and 'GO Grant' mechanisms:

Andrew Alspaugh, Daniel Benjamin, Darell Bigner, Cliburn Chan, You-Wen He, Joseph Heitman, Ravi, Jhaveri, David Katz, Garnett Kelsoe, Motonori Kondo, John McCusker, Michael Merson, Terrence Oas, David Pisetsky, Kathleen Sikkema, Joseph St. Geme, Bruce Sullenger, Raphael Valdivia, David Wax, Hunt Williard, and Michelle Winn.

Other Awards to CFAR Members

Kathy Sikkema

1R01-MH078731-01A2

Brief Care-based HIV Prevention for Newly Diagnosed Men

06/08/2009 – 05/31/2011

Brian Pence/Susan Reif

R21-MH082686-01

Collaborative HIV/AIDS Prevention and Mental Health Treatment Project

06/01/2009 – 05/31/2011

Karen O’Donnell/Kathryn Whetten

1R34-MH081764-01A2

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Orphans

08/06/2009 – 07/31/2011

John Crump

Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Programme

Project: Develop a set of ethical guidelines for short term work in global health

Tom Denny

Advanced Liquid Logic

Rapid HIV Point of Care Diagnostic Device for Resource

07/01/2009 – 10/01/2014

Publications

Murdoch DM, Suchard MS, Venter WD, Mhlangu P, Ottinger JS, Feldman C, Van Rie A, Glencross DK, Stevens WS, Weinhold KJ. Polychromatic immunophenotypic characterization of T cell profiles among HIV-infected patients experiencing immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). AIDS Res Ther. 2009 Jul 16;6:16. PDF

Gao F, Scearce RM, Alam SM, Hora B, Xia S, Hohm JE, Parks RJ, Ogburn DF, Tomaras GD, Park E, Lomas WE, Maino VC, Fiscus SA, Cohen MS, Moody MA, Hahn BH, Korber BT, Liao HX, Haynes BF Cross-reactive monoclonal antibodies to multiple HIV-1 subtype and SIVcpz envelope glycoproteins. Virology. 2009 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print] PDF

Bonsignori M, Moody MA, Parks RJ, Holl TM, Kelsoe G, Hicks CB, Vandergrift N, Tomaras GD, Haynes BF. HIV-1 envelope induces memory B cell responses that correlate with plasma antibody levels after envelope gp120 protein vaccination or HIV-1 infection. J Immunol. 2009 Aug 15;183(4):2708-17. Epub 2009 Jul 22. PDF

Levesque MC, Moody MA, Hwang K-K, Marshall DJ, Whitesides JF, et al. Polyclonal B Cell Differentiation and Loss of Gastrointestinal Tract Germinal Centers in the Earliest Stages of HIV-1 Infection. PLoS Med. 6(7): e1000107. PDF

Tribble A, Hamilton C, Crump J, Mgonja A, Mtalo A, Ndanu E, Itemba D, Landman K, Ndosi E, Shao J, Bartlett J, Thielman N. Missed Opportunities for Diagnosis of TB-HIV/AIDS Co-infection in Moshi, Tanzania. Int J TB and Lung Dis, in press.

Bartlett J, Hornberger J, Sherwade A, Bhor, M, Rajagopalan R. Obstacles and proposed solutions to effective antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings. J Int Assoc Physicians in AIDS Care 2009; in press.

Mayhood M, Ostermann J, Crump J, Tribble A, Itemba D, Mgonja A, Mtalo A, Bartlett J, Shao J, Schimana W, Thielman N. Characteristics of HIV voluntary testing and counseling clients before and during care and treatment scale-up in Moshi, Tanzania. J Acquired Immun Defic Syndr 2009; 13:1260-1266.

Bartlett J, Shao J. Success, challenges and limitations of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2009; 9:637-649.

Lofgren S, Morrissey A, Chevalier C, Malabeja A, Edmonds S, Amos B, Sifuna D, Msuya E, von Seidlein L, Schimana W, Stevens W, Bartlett J, Shao J, Crump J. Evaluation of a dried blood spot HIV-1 RNA program for early infant diagnosis and viral load monitoring at rural and remote health care facilities. AIDS 2009; in press.

Shao H, Crump J, Ramadhani H, Uiso L, Ole-Nguyaine S, Moon A, Kiwera R, Shao J, Bartlett J, ThielmanN. Early versus delayed fixed dose combination abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine in patients co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis in Tanzania. AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses 2009; in press.