Please note: Registration closes May 2nd, with limited walk-in registrations available. Register now! HIV Care 2019, UNC's annual state-wide HIV … Read More
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Registration Open for HIV Care 2019
UNC at CROI 2019: Recordings Available
Keep tabs on UNC CFAR's presence at the 2019 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, held in Seattle, WA March 4-7. Now updated with … Read More
CFAR-Wide Webinar Series Schedule
Please see below for further details about how to create a SEATC profile and register for each of the CFAR-wide webinars. 2019 Webinar … Read More
UNC CFAR in the News
Eron Moderates New Video Series
Joseph Eron, MD, division chief of infectious diseases and director of UNC CFAR’s Clinical Core, was recently featured on Contagion‘s latest Peer Exchange panel. The four-part discussion, entitled “HIV Screening, Prevention, and Treatment Advances,” is available to the public here. From the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine’s Newsroom article, “This Contagion “Peer Exchange” panel features… Read More
Reducing Stigma and Exploring Resilience Among Young Black Men
In a study published on January 11th, investigators considered of the digital resilience behavior of young, black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). CFAR investigator and assistant professor of health behavior at the Gillings School Kathryn E. Muessig, PhD, participated as senior author to this study, entitled “Stay strong! keep ya head up! move on!… Read More
CFAR-Wide Webinar Series: Brian Mustanski
For our January 2019 webinar, Brian Mustanski, PhD, presented “Don’t assume if you build it they will come: Two hybrid effectiveness-implementation trials of eHealth HIV prevention programs for diverse adolescent and young adult MSM.” In case you missed it, a recording can be viewed here. Next month’s webinar is planned for February 25th at 3:30 ET… Read More
Cohen Steps Down at Division of Infectious Diseases, Appointed to Fogarty Advisory Board
After 30 years of contribution, UNC CFAR Associate Director Myron “Mike” Cohen, MD will step down from his position as Chief of UNC Division of Infectious Diseases. Learn more about Cohen’s influential career, including his recent appointment to the National Institute of Health Fogarty Advisory Board, where he will join other researchers and policymakers providing oversight… Read More
Intervention Improves Adherence, Decreases Mortality
UNC researchers were part of a team that found an integrated intervention increased HIV medication uptake and decreased mortality among people living with HIV who inject drugs at three international sites. Their results were published in The Lancet. The study, HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 074, assessed an integrated intervention combining psychosocial counseling and supported… Read More
