UNC Center for AIDS Research

Last month, Elsevier Press reviewed the research impact of universities and institutions in HIV research worldwide. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is ranked number four. The report also highlights the strong international collaboration in HIV/AIDS research. Read more about this at Elsevier.

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

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

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.