CFAR Spotlight
HIV Clinical Trials Unit selected to join the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN)
Receive $4.8M 3-year grant
CFAR congratulates our clinical trials unit for their recent inclusion in the HPTN.
Funded by the Division of AIDS in the NIAID, the HPTN is an international, collaborative clinical trials group with the purpose of developing and testing non-vaccine interventions designed to prevent HIV transmission.
This is an outstanding accomplishment for CFAR Investigators who will conduct their research at the Ponce de Leon Center of Grady Hospital and the Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center.
The HPTN Principal Investigators are CFAR faculty:
Jeffrey Lennox, MD
Carlos del Rio, MD
Paula Frew, PhD
David Malebranche, MD
Gina Wingood, ScD
For more information, please read the full press release.
CFAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- By The Numbers
| $59M: | Amount of Emory University HIV/AIDS Funding |
|---|---|
| 6,522: | Number of people with HIV treated in Emory CFAR clinics |
| 120: | CFAR investigators |
| 1,480: | Vaccine Dinner Club members |
| 627: | CFAR AIDS Soiree members |
| 20: | CFARs in the US |
| 10: | Countries in which the Emory CFAR has collaborations |
UPCOMING DEADLINES
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(*abstracts, registration, grants/scholarships, etc)
SCHOLARSHIPS
| Title: | Schinazi International Exchange Program (SIEP) |
| App Due: | Open Ended |
GRANTS
| Title: | Novel Lentiviral Models of HIV Neuropathogenesis (R21) |
| App Due: | Oct 16, 2009 (Cycle III) |
| Title: | Dissecting the Early HIV Immune Response: A Systems Biology Approach (P01) |
| LOI Due: | November 2, 2009 |
| App Due: | December 1, 2009 |
CONFERENCES
| Title: | 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference |
| Conference Dates: | August 23-26, 2009 |
| Title: | 7th International Retroviral NC Symposium |
| Conference Dates: | September 14-16, 2009 |
| Title: | "HIV and AIDS" MSMNAA Regional CME Conference |
| Conference Dates: | September 25-26, 2009 |
| RSVP Deadline: | August 24, 2009 |
| Early Registration Deadline: | September 4, 2009 |
| Title: | AIDS Vaccine 2009 |
| Latebreaker Abstracts Due: | 11:59 PM PDT August 20 , 2009 |
| Conference Dates: | October 19-22, 2009 |
| Title: | 27th Annual Symposium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS |
| Conference Dates: | October 28-31, 2009 |
| Registration Deadline: | September 4, 2009 |
| Title: | Symposium on Antiviral Drug Resistance |
| Conference Dates: | November 15-18, 2009 |
| Early Registration Deadline: | September 1, 2009 |
| Abstract Deadline: | September 15, 2009 |
UPCOMING EVENTS
Events in the next two weeks are listed below. See the HIV/AIDS Events Calendar for a more complete list of upcoming local, national, and international events.| Title: | 3rd Thursday Presentation (EVC) |
| Date: | August 21, 2009 |
| Title: | CFAR Social & Behavioral Science Core Seminar |
| Date: | August 26, 2009 |
| Title: | Journal Club at Ponce Pediatric/Adolescent HIV |
| Date: | August 26, 2009 |
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