TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2023 FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. (PST) Louis J Picker, M.D. Professor and Associate Director Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute at Oregon Health & Science University “Identification of Cellular Immune Vulnerabilities of AIDS Causing Lentiviruses in Rhesus Macaques”
Yale University scholar, Dr. Ijeoma Opara will present "Approaching Substance Use Prevention by Harnessing Black Girls’ Strengths" Approaching Substance Use Prevention by Harnessing Black Girls’ Strengths Yale University scholar Ijeoma Opara will delve into substance use prevention tailored to the unique challenges faced by Black girls, harnessing their inherent strengths to achieve success. Many Black […]
PILOT PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES HIV Research The UCLA-CDU CFAR and the UCLA AIDS Institute are accepting applications for pilot projects to fund HIV-related research with an emphasis on supporting new investigators and established investigators who are new to HIV research. Each application should involve an experienced HIV researcher, for the purpose of guidance and building a […]
The UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) will be holding a two-day workshop for investigators at the CTSI partnered institutions (Cedars-Sinai, CDU, Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA, and UCLA) to learn about how to prepare successful R grant applications. CTSI R Workshop Announcement 2023121
Pregnancy, HIV/Hepatitis B and the IMPAACT Network: Leveraging Clinical Trial Repositories to Answer Key Questions for Persons Living with HIV and HBV Thursday, November 2, 2023 11:00 am-12:00 pm PST Speakers: Debika Bhattacharya, MD, MSc Clinical Professor, Division of ID Associate Director, ID Fellowship Training Program, UCLA Co-Director, NODES Program, VAGLAHS Co-Director, Viral Hepatitis Program, […]
The Symposium will feature three sessions on the following topics, as well as two networking lunches and an NIH Research Priorities and Listening Session: Reproductive Health and HIV: From Policy to Practice Speakers include: Judy Levinson, Elizabeth Lowenthal, and a patient perspective Antiretroviral Therapy and Metabolism in the Era of INSTIs: Sex and Gender […]
December 6-7, 2023 Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens St., San Francisco, CA The goal of the Inter-CFAR Women and HIV Symposium is to identify gaps in knowledge in HIV and women’s research and develop strategies that will move the field forward. In order to accomplish this […]
“uTECH- Machine Learning for HIV Prevention Among Substance Using GBMSM” Speaker: Ian Holloway, PhD, LCSW Thursday, January 11, 2024, 11:00 am-12:00 pm PST
Christopher William Peterson, PhD Assistant Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center "Bridging the Gap: Cell and Gene Therapies for Latent HIV Infection and Other Low-Antigen Diseases" Over the past decade, Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cells have emerged as a potent therapy for B cell malignancies. Applying analogous antigen-specific approaches for diseases […]
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024 11:00am – 12:00pm Dr. Joseph Matovu Senior Research Associate at Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda Assoc. Professor at Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda “Social network-based, peer-led HIV self-testing as a strategy to improve HIV testing uptake and linkage to HIV care among men in fishing […]
The 3rd National Ending the HIV Epidemic Partnerships for Research Meeting hosted by UCLA CHIPTS and the UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) will take place on April 15-16, 2024, in-person at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. This meeting will convene the CFAR/ARC Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) supplement project teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and […]
We would like to invite you to attend our next CFAR- Wide Webinar, featuring Dr. Michael Saag with UAB CFAR. Title: CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS) - Update and Opportunities Date : Monday, April 22nd, @ 3:30pm - 4:30pm EST Registration is required for this event, please see the zoom registration link here: […]