Under the leadership of Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH, the NIH’s National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), has funded the project “Preventing Infant Infections with Implementation Science in… Read More
Gut Microbiome Can Increase Risk, Severity of HIV, EBV Disease
UNC School of Medicine researchers Angela Wahl, PhD, Balfour Sartor MD, J. Victor Garcia, PhD, and colleagues created a germ-free mouse model to evaluate the role of the microbiome in… Read More
UNC CFAR Biostatistics Core Director, Michael Hudgens appointed to lead Gillings School’s Department of Biostatistics
The UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health has appointed Michael Hudgens, PhD., as the chair of the Department of Biostatistics, effective August 1. Dr. Hudgens becomes the seventh chair… Read More
UNC CFAR’s HIV/STD Core Associate Director, De Paris Receives Grant to Study HIV Vaccination in Infant Disease Models
The 7.5-million grant from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will help researchers pinpoint specific factors that lead to a better immune response through HIV vaccination. Kristina… Read More
Highlights from the 2023 HPTN Annual Meeting
UNC CFAR was well presented at the 2023 HPTN Annual Meeting! UNC CFAR’s Associate Director, the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN’s) Principle Investigator Myron Cohen, and UNC CFAR’s Clinical Core Director… Read More
Dennis Research Group Releases New White Paper On Molecular HIV Epidemiology
The Dennis Research Group in the School of Medicine has released a new white paper titled, “Revitalizing Community Engagement in the Public Health Use of Molecular HIV Epidemiology.” The paper is a product of… Read More
Dr. Jeff Stringer Awarded Third Grant from Gates’ Foundation
In 2018, Jeff received the first Fetal Age Machine Learning Initiative (FAMLI) grant, a feasibility investment concerned primarily with automated estimation of gestational age. It focused upon generation of specific ultrasound… Read More
UNC School of Medicine Names 2021-22 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
This story was originally posted on July 5, 2022 on the UNC School Of Medicine Newsroom website, which is linked HERE. Mauro Calabrese, PhD, Nilu Goonetilleke, PhD, and Adam Hantman,… Read More
Dr. Adaora Adimora On How HIV Impacts Women and Minorities
For National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, AIDSVu spoke with Dr. Adaora Adimora about increasing the rate of PrEP use among women and minorities impacted by HIV. Adaora Adimora,… Read More
Chi Named Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Vice Chair for Research and Innovation
This story was originally published March 8, 2022 here. Benjamin Chi, MD, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at… Read More
