Interviews from CFAR Small Grant in South Africa lend insight into disclosure challenges for pregnant women with HIV
In 2015, Dr. Melissa Watt received a small grant from the Duke Center for AIDS Research to explore HIV care engagement for women initiating ART during pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa. This research, conducted in collaboration with researchers at the University of Cape Town, helped lay the foundation for the team’s current work in Tanzania and Dr.
Meet the Co-Chair: Georgia Tomaras, Ph.D.
HIVR4P 2018 Co-chair Georgia Tomaras of Duke University Medical Center is immersed in efforts to identify immune correlates of protection for preventive vaccines and identify mechanisms for inhibiting pathogens such as HIV. As Duke’s director of research, she also works to equip early career scientists to work across multiple disciplines including vaccine immunology, clinical research, engineering, biostatistics/bioinformatics and global health.