The CFAR sponsors HIV/AIDS-related training and education as well as providing opportunities for career development including partnering with HIV research transdisciplinary programs across Duke to coordinate activities and enrich the programs and resources based on the needs of the trainees. The CFAR organizes programs and events for dissemination of research (CFAR Retreat), support and mentorship for innovative pilot awards to foster independence. Many NIH funded programs contribute to the overall capacity of the Duke CFAR to invest in training the next generation of investigators. These programs include:
- Quantitative methods related to HIV/AIDS
- Training PhD and MD fellows in HIV/AIDS research NIH T32, Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS (IRTPA)
- International training programs and capacity building (Immunology Core, SBS Core, QS Core, Clinical Core)
- Training and mentoring the next generation of HIV/AIDS scientists through the DHVI Training and Mentoring program (DTMP).
- Evidence2Practice (E2P) is an CFAR-led outreach initiative aims at promoting careers in HIV research to students at historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and other minority-serving institutions. The initiative is sponsored by the CFAR Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Pathway Initiative (CDEIPI)
- Training surgeons in immunobiology inclusive of HIV/AIDS research projects, Advanced Immunobiology Training Program (AITP)
- Structural Biology, training HIV structural biologists through Dr. Priyamvada Acharya’s NIH Center for HIV Structural Biology (DCHSB).
- Immunology for Quants (I4Q) Seminars