On Friday, Nov. 30, the UNC Center for AIDS Research and UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases hosted the 20th annual World AIDS … Read More
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World AIDS Day Symposium Recording
Developmental Core Awardee Conducts New Study
One of our very own developmental core awardees, Rainier Masa, is conducting a new study on building the emotional and social skills of young people … Read More
Developmental RFP Application Now Available
The application for the 2019-2020 Developmental RFP is now open! Applications are due December 10, 2018. To learn more, click the RFP tab on the … Read More
UNC CFAR in the News
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
PrEP Open House
NCATEC will be hosting “PrEP Open House: What Doctors Need to Know; What Patients Need to Ask” on Friday June 29 from 2pm to 3:30pm in the first floor auditorium of the Bioinformatics Building (130 Mason Farm Road) on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. Public parking is available across the street. This training will address… Read More
Ryan White Remembered
April 8 marks the 28 year anniversary of Ryan White’s death. Before HIV transmission was well understood, factor 8, a protein important to blood clotting, was often pooled from hundreds of untested blood donations. This exposed hemophilia patients like Ryan White to HIV; in an article for PBS Newshour, Dr. Howard Markel recalls that “virtually… Read More
Myron Cohen Interviewed for The Body
Myles Helfand interviewed Associate CFAR Director Myron Cohen in a series for The Body. In a short video interview with The Body, an HIV/AIDS-specific service of Remedy Health Media, Dr. Myron Cohen, MD, Associate CFAR Director & International Core Associate Director, shares a personal anecdote about a patient whose wellbeing was rapidly transformed with the… Read More
Research Assistant Earns Impact Award
Each department may nominate three current masters or doctoral students or recent graduates per year for the Impact and Horizon Award. Their research should have direct impact on North Carolina. Impact Award On Thursday, April 5, Thibaut Davy-Méndez will receive one of the 2018 UNC Graduate Education Advancement Board Impact Award for his work related… Read More
