Duke CFAR Support for Investigators
A primary focus of the CFAR mission is developing the next generation of scientific leaders in HIV/AIDS research through focused mentoring, career development, sponsoring HIV/AIDS-related training and education, and funding support to early career investigators. Recruitment and retention of the most promising HIV/AIDS investigators is central to meeting the CFAR mission and promoting development of sustainable multidisciplinary HIV/AIDS research programs at Duke.
Faculty Recruitment and Retention
Since 2015 CFAR has participated in recruitment or retention of 30 investigators through faculty development or pilot awards. Recruitments spanned across Duke Schools of Medicine and Nursing, with the CFAR collaborating with numerous Departments and Institutes include Medicine, Pediatrics, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radiation Oncology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Integrative Immunobiology, Surgery, and the Duke Global Health Institute and the Duke Human Vaccine Institute.
