Alicia Diggs has been living with HIV for 20 of her 49 years, and she's made good use of every year. Not only is she an author, a PhD, and a fierce … Read More
UNC Center for AIDS Research
It's about a real-life response to AIDS - a fierce commitment to creating and translating knowledge that advances the fight against HIV & AIDS
ALICIA DIGGS NAMED ONE OF PLUS+ MAGAZINE’S 25 AMAZING PEOPLE OF THE YEAR (WHO ARE ALSO LIVING WITH HIV)
Browne Lab Earns NIH Grant to Study Cannabis Effects on HIV Reservoir
"Ed Browne, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, is the principal investigator of a $4-million, 5-year study of the role of cannabis use in HIV … Read More
UNC HIV Cure Center Awarded $26.2 million over the next 5 Years
"The National Institutes of Health will award $53 million annually to 10 research organizations over the next five years to continue working toward … Read More
UNC CFAR In the News
Study Compares Mortality Among People Entering HIV Care with General US Population
“HIV-related mortality has decreased since 1996 due to improving treatments and evolving care guidelines, but the extent to which persons entering HIV care have a higher risk for death over the following years, compared with peers in the general population, has been unclear. Joseph Eron, MD, the Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine… Read More
Joseph Eron named to endowed chair
UNC School of Medicine Dean Wesley Burks named Infectious Diseases Chief Joseph Eron, Jr., MD, the Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine on March 10, 2021. The honor acknowledges his decades-long commitment to infectious diseases along with his work this past year during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are honored to work with Dr.… Read More
Michael Hudgens Appointed Associate Chair of Biostatistics
Michael Hudgens, UNC CFAR Biostatistics Core Director, is the new Associate Chair of the Biostatistics Department! Dr. Hudgens joins Lisa LaVange, Department Chair, and brings many years of experience to UNC’s top-ranked biostatistics department. Hudgens has co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in statistical journals such as Biometrics, Biometrika, JASA and JRSS-B as well as biomedical… Read More
Nature Highlights UNC HIV Research in ‘Best of’ List from 2020
UNC HIV researchers were featured in a recent Nature article titled, “Viruses, microscopy and fast radio bursts: 10 remarkable discoveries from 2020.” A study on HIV latency reversal from J. Victor Garcia, PhD, David Margolis, MD, and team (with Qura Therapeutics and Emory University) is listed as one of the 10 most remarkable discoveries of… Read More
