CFAR Members win School of Medicine Faculty Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Dorothy Dow and Dr. Wilton Williams for being selected as recipients of this year’s School of Medicine faculty awards!
CFAR Members win School of Medicine Faculty Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Dorothy Dow and Dr. Wilton Williams for being selected as recipients of this year’s School of Medicine faculty awards!
Administrative Supplements to Support the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.
The Duke CFAR is eligible to submit a total of FIVE applications for Topics 1-5 (see below). Please let us know asap if you are interested in submitting an application in response to this administrative supplement opportunity. NIH due date is April 4, 2022. Please see this PDF for the full announce
PrEP in 2022: What's New in the Guidelines? A webinar by Christopher Hurt, MD, FIDSA
This one-hour webinar will cover key changes in the management of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the United States, following the issuance of the most recent CDC/USPHS PrEP Guideline update in December 2021. Participants will learn about the evidence base behind the changes and where to find resources to help support the implementation of updated recommendations. The speaker, Dr. Christopher Hurt from the UNC School of Medicine, has been working to help providers implement PrEP in North Carolina since 2014 and is an expert on PrEP service delivery.
Research@Pickett Community Outreach and Engagement Voucher Program
The Research @Pickett Community Outreach and Engagement Voucher is a funding source designed to build capacity for research projects to maximize their impact.
Funding Highlight: Duke CFAR awards two CFAR Microgrants to Drs. Schenita Randolph, Brandon Knettel, and Susan Reif
The Duke CFAR recently awarded two Microgrant Awards. These one-year awards for up to $20,000 are intended to facilitate HIV/AIDS research by providing modest, but essential, resources that are not readily available from other sources. The Microgrant program is designed to support new NIH grant applications that will increase the HIV/AIDS funded research base at Duke.
Early Career Investigator Resources from the NIH Office of AIDS Research
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new resource for Early Career Investigators from the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) intended to centralize relevant information for investigators and provide easy access to grant opportunities, basic information, and other resources, such as training and capacity building programs.
Global Equity During Pandemics: Lessons from HIV and COVID for Designing a New Paradigm
Ongoing global Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutic inequities threaten to prolong and exacerbate the pandemic for all countries. As advocates, academics, and policymakers alike call for the U.S. and other wealthy nations to share these lifesaving resources with the world, it is prudent to consider the lessons learned from the HIV pandemic that can be translated into this current moment.