The 23rd Annual National Center for AIDS Research Meeting will be hosted by UNC CFAR in Chapel Hill, NC Date: November 5 - 8, 2019 Click Here for … Read More
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2019 National CFAR Conference
UNC Gillings School launches Zambia Hub
UNC Gillings School launches Zambia Hub The students, faculty and staff of the UNC Gillings School work in more than 60 countries to address urgent … Read More
NC, SC Join Forces to Combat HIV
NC, SC Join Forces to Combat HIV Epidemic Both state health departments and HIV researchers at flagship universities announced the new “Carolinas … Read More
UNC CFAR in the News
Adimora Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine and professor of epidemiology with the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), widely considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.… Read More
UNC Awarded $19.4 million to Continue National Effort to Combat HIV Comorbidities
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive $19.4 million over the next seven years to continue their research on chronic illnesses that often accompany HIV infection, including cardiovascular and lung diseases, diabetes, and cancers. Almost half of people with HIV in the United States are over the age of 50… Read More
Surprise Finding About HIV Reservoir Could Lead to Better Therapies
Researchers led by Ron Swanstrom, PhD, and colleagues in South Africa, discovered that the latent HIV reservoir that persists during antiretroviral treatment mostly reflects viruses present in the blood at the start of antiretroviral treatment. Read more about this at the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom.
Angela Kashuba selected as next dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Dr. Angela Kashuba, Director of UNC CFARs Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Core, has been selected to serve as the next dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. This appointment is effective October 1st. To read more about her appointment, read this letter from Robert Blouin, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost.
Myron Cohen in The Guardian’s “End to Aids in sight as huge study finds drugs stop HIV transmission”
The UK PARTNER study published its findings on May 2 in the Lancet, concluding that the risk of infection between male partners is zero if the virus is fully suppressed by antiretrovirals. In the Guardian’s coverage of the study, they quote UNC CFARs Myron Cohen’s commentary on barriers to care: “It is not always easy… Read More
