January 30 - February 6, 2018


	BULLETIN BOARD	NEWS	EVENTS	FUNDING OPPS	RECENT PUBS	SPOTLIGHT

February 6 - 13, 2018

Listicle of the Week ...

Even if you weren't born here you have earned the right to call Atlanta your home if you:

• Know that there is only one right way to say "Ponce de Leon," "Houston Mill," and "DeKalb," no matter WHAT those people from Spain, Texas, and Chicago say;

• Accept that "Y'all" is a word (Extra points if you also know that "Y'all" is singular and "All Y'all" is plural);

• Have been to a wedding in which the father of the bride was listening to the UGA football game through ear buds during the service;

• Scoff at your non-Georgia relatives and friends when they dare to complain about "pollen season;"

• Have heard (or, for extra points, have participated in) a conversation like this one:
    • "Can I get you a Coke?"
    • "Yes"
    • "What kind?
    • "Either Pepsi or Dr. Pepper is fine"
    • "OK"

• Know where the following grocery stores are or used to be: The Murder Kroger, the Kosher Kroger, the Disco Kroger, the Star Trek Kroger, the Stinky Kroger, and the Zombie Kroger.

Kudos ...

... to the School of Medicine AGAIN.

Hard on the heels of last week's annoncement that a CFARian won the Paul B. Beeson MD Faculty Recognition Award, THIS week we have the distinct pleasure of announcing that Eric Hunter has been awarded the 2018 SOM Dean's Distinguished Faculty Lecture and Award.
See you at the talk on 4/4.

... And to the country of Japan for selecting Max Cooper as a 2018 Japan Prize Laureate for his discovery of the dual nature of adaptive immunity!

This year's Prize was awarded to Dr. Akira Yoshino (left) for his significant contributions to the development of lithium ion batteries, and jointly to Max and Dr. Jacques Miller (right) for the establishment of the basic concepts underlying modern immunology.
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In Other News ...

Happy Birthday

... to Ling Yue (2/6), Alexandra Ricca (2/12), and Jeremy Grey (2/13)

Better stock up on cake and ice cream now, you have 584 million miles around the sun to go before we celebrate your birthday again.

Just as the number of people in rural Appalachia who inject drugs is rising exponentially, so is the concurrent need for HIV/HCV/HBV prevention interventions delivered through Syringe Service Programs (SSP).

What is the current availability of HIV/HCV/HBV prevention services through SSP interventions in Appalachia? Do SSP clients believe they need these services? What barriers and facilitators affect access to HIV/HCV/HBV prevention through SSP programs? Paula Frew has recently received funding from Research Support Services Inc to study this.

Just when you thought that it couldn't get any worse, the long-standing HIV epidemic in South Africa has been overtaken by a concurrent, highly deadly epidemic of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB).

But where is the TB coming from???

Having shown that the majority of new cases can not be traced to close contacts or healthcare provision, Neel Gandhi is using new funding (1R01AI138646-01) to do a geospatial, genomic, and social network study of the role of casual contact and migration in driving the epidemic.

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Government News...

Government News

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) is February 7. Please join the CDC and other partners across the United States in observing this day, celebrating progress in HIV prevention among blacks/African Americans, and taking actions to further expand this progress.

• Read the Network News Special Edition for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018

Focus On... 21st Century Science Communication

Want to publicize your science to a wide audience?
Make a video or a podcast!

Check out Rana Chakraborty's video (53:39), "HIV in the Adolescent Patient: Providing Care from the Cradle to the Rave," in which he discusses the challenges of HIV management in pre-teens and teens.

Colleen Kraft is featured on the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)'s Meet the Microbiologist podcast (49:13). Listen here to learn about her first-hand experience treating Ebola patients AND get updates on her recent efforts to perform fecal transfers.

Funding Opps

NIH FUNDING:
Standard AIDS Deadlines

Sponsor: NIMH
Clinical Trials: Optional
Strengthening the HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Care Continuum through Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Science
• R01

Sponsor: NIAAA
Clinical Trials: Optional
Research on Comparative Effectiveness and Implementation of HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Interventions
• R01

Sponsor: NIMH; NINR
Clinical Trials: Optional
Targeted Implementation Science to Achieve 90/90/90 Goals for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
• R01
• R21

NIH FUNDING:
Other Deadlines

March 13 (LOI)
Sponsor: NIDA
Clinical Trials: Required
Improving Implementation of Seek, Test, Treat and Retain Strategies among People Who Inject Drugs in Low to Middle Income Countries
• R01

July 14 (LOI)
Sponsor: NIDA
Clinical Trials: Optional
NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS and Drug Use Research
• DP1

NON-NIH FUNDING

March 5 (App)
Sponsor: SAMHSA
2018 Minority AIDS Initiative: Service Integration Grant Program
• Information

March 26 (App)
Sponsor: HRSA
Evidence-informed approaches to improving health outcomes for PLWH
• Information

See previously advertised Funding Opportunities in Network News archived issues.

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Recent Pubs
that link to the CFAR grant
(P30 AI050409)

29364895
Joseph Davey DL, Wall KM,, Kilembe W, Khu NH, Brill I, Vwalika B, Chomba E, Mulenga J, Tichacek A, Gorbach PM, Allen S. Difficult decisions: Evaluating individual and couple-level fertility intentions and HIV acquisition among HIV serodiscordant couples in Zambia.
PLoS One. 2018 Jan 24;13(1):e0189869.

29248392
Goodreau SM, Hamilton DT, Jenness SM, Sullivan PS, Valencia RK, Wang LY, Dunville RL, Barrios LC, Rosenberg ES. Targeting Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Adolescent Sexual Minority Males in Higher Prevalence Areas of the United States: A Modeling Study.
J Adolesc Health. 2017 Dec 13. pii: S1054-139X(17)30490-1.

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Ono SK, Bassit L, Van Vaisberg V, Avancini Ferreira Alves V, Caldini EG, Herman BD, Shabman R, Fedorova NB, Paranaguá-Vezozzo D, Sampaio CT, Lages RB1, Terrabuio D, Andraus W, Schinazi RF, Carrilho FJ. Acute acalculous cholecystitis during Zika virus infection in an immunocompromised patient.
J Hepatology. 2017 Nov 24.

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Eckard AR, OʼRiordan MA, Rosebush JC, Ruff JH, Chahroudi A, Labbato D, Daniels JE, Uribe-Leitz M, Tangpricha V, McComsey GA. Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Markers in HIV-Infected Youth.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Dec 15;76(5):539-546.

29267399
Gavegnano C, Brehm JH, Dupuy FP, Talla A, Ribeiro SP, Kulpa DA, Cameron C, Santos S, Hurwitz SJ, Marconi VC, Routy JP, Sabbagh L, Schinazi RF, Sékaly RP. Novel mechanisms to inhibit HIV reservoir seeding using Jak inhibitors.
PLoS Pathog. 2017 Dec 21;13(12):e1006740.

Upcoming Events

February 6 8:00am: IMP Seminar
"Comparative Genomics of AIDS-Resistant Primates"
Starring: Steve Bosinger
Location: Whitehead Auditorium

February 6 2:00pm: Working Group
Atlanta WIHS
Location: Grady IDP/Rm 354 & remote viewing
• Remote Viewing

February 7 - 8 - New Listing: CFAR Fundraiser
"All in a Day"
Emory University's 2nd Annual 24-hour Day of Giving
• CFAR Donation Page

February 7: VDC Meeting
Hiding In Plain Sight: Considerations for Improving Vaccine Communication
Starring: Glen Nowak (UGA)
• More Information

February 8 8:00am: ID Seminar
"Trends to the Epidemiology of Chagas Disease In Non-Endemic Countries: New Challenges for ID Doctors"
Starring: Juan C Dib
Universidad del Norte
Barranquilla, Colombia
Location: RSPH/GCR/RAR

February 8 4:00 - 5:30: Conversation
Emory Conversation Project: Co-creating a Heightened Sense of Belonging
Starring: You & Your Friends/Colleagues
Moderator: Ed Lee (CEO, Barkley Forum)
Location: RSPH/GCR/RAR
• Flyer
• Registration

February 12 12:00 - 1:00: K-Club
Transitioning from Mentee to Mentor
Location: Egleston, Classrooms 5-7 & remote viewing
• More Information

February 13 10:00 - 11:00: Webinar
Mechanisms and Novel Strategies for Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Patients
Starring: Steven Grinspoon (Harvard)
Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI
• Registration

Farther Down the Road


February 15 5:30 - 7:30: CFAR Network Meeting
Counting Viruses: Estimating the Size of the Latent HIV Reservoir
Starring: Michael Hudgens (UNC)
Sponsor: CFAR Biostatistics Core
• More Information

February 16 (Abstract Deadline) - New Listing August 27 - 30 (Conference): Conference
2018 STD Prevention Conference: Intersecting Epidemics, Integrated Solutions
Sponsor: CDC
Location: Washington, DC
• Abstract Submission
• More Information

February 22 12:00 - 1:00: GROW Seminar
Women and HIV Cohort Study
Location: RSPH/CNR/6001 & remote viewing
Starring: Igho Ofotokun
• More Information

February 26 - New Listing 3:30pm: National CFAR-wide Monthly Webinar
Incorporating Next Gen Sequencing Into the Study of HIV Populations and Drug Resistance
Starring: Ron Swanstrom (UNC CFAR)
Sponsor: UNC CFAR
• Information & Registration

February 26 (Application Deadline) July 10-18 (Workshop): Training Program
Summer Training and Mentored Research Program for Early Career HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Investigators
Location: New York City
Sponsor: Fordham HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute
• More Information

March 16 - New Listing 8:30am - 4:45pm: IAS-USA Workshop
Improving the Management of HIV Disease: An Advanced CME Live Course in HIV Pathogenesis, Antiretrovirals, and Other Selected Issues in HIV Disease Management
Co-Chairs: Jeff Lennox, Mike Saag
Location: GSU/Student Center East
55 Gilmer St SE, Atlanta
Sponsor: IAS-USA
• More Information & Registration

March 26 - New Listing 7:00pm: Movie
And The Band Played Ony
With Commentary by: Jim Curran & Harold Jaffe
Sponsor: Emory Center for the Study of Human Health
Location: White Hall/Rm 101

March 31 10:00 - 1:00: AV200 Fundraiser
Action Cycling Field Day
Location: Emory SAAC, Clairmont Campus
• More Information

April 4 - New Listing 5:30pm: 2018 SOM Dean's Distinguished Faculty Lecture and Award Ceremony
Learning from African Couples About HIV-1 Transmission and Disease Progression
Starring Award Recipient: Eric Hunter
Location: SOM/Rm 120
• More Information

April 13 (Application Deadline) - New Listing July 23 - August 2 (Workshop): Conference
HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P): From Research to Impact
Location: Madrid, Spain
Sponsor: Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
• Abstract Submission
• More Information

April 23 (Abstract Deadline) October 22 - 25 (Workshop): Training Program
26th Annual Principles of STD/HIV Research Course
Location: Seattle, WA
Sponsor: UW CFAR
• More Information

May 21-24: Workshop
Qualitative Research Methods
Sponsor: QUAL-WORKS
• More Information

May 25: Workshop
Mentored Qualitative Methods
Sponsor: QUAL-WORKS
• More Information

May 29-31: Workshop
Qualitative Data Analysis
Sponsor: QUAL-WORKS
• More Information

May 31: Workshop
Mentored Qualitative Analysis
Sponsor: QUAL-WORKS
• More Information

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Footlights | CFAR Network Seminar Series - Thursday, February 15

Host: CFAR Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Core

Click Here to Register

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