UAB CFAR Monthly Newsletter - January 2017
Highlights
Mary Bergeron  has been selected as the Department of Medicine Employee of the Month for December 2016!
Mary heads the business operations for CFAR leading a team that manages over $20M in extramural grants and contracts involving multiple agency and international activities.  Mary is known for consistently exceeding expectations in her responsibilities including personnel policy administration, space and facilities planning, grants administration, policy interpretation and enforcement.
CFAR /  RISC celebrated the Holidays with a Holiday Party on December 13, 2016!wa
Everyone from CFAR and RISC came together by bringing items for a potluck lunch and dessert. The party ended with a Santa Swap gift exchange!
Photos taken by Ashutosh Tamhane
Full NVivo Licenses will be sponsored by CFAR Core J- Behavioral & Community Sciences Core
Core J plans to sponsor 5 student licenses and 2 faculty licenses beginning in this year for those interested or engaged in HIV- and STI-related qualitative research. 

Sponsorships will be on a first come, first served basis. 

Email Samantha Whitfield if interested: [email protected]
Attend Our Research Roundtables

Research Round Table

Led by Drs. Ellen Eaton & Laura Timares

CFAR Conference Room 256 Fridays 1-2pm

This meeting includes investigators from all disciplines in a weekly, informal "Research Roundtable" where projects can be discussed from inception to presentation and publication. Both Clinical and Basic Science presentations will be included on alternating weeks.

January 13 - Core J/K: Bio-Behavioral Research Discussion: Utilizing Biomarkers e.g. hair samples for cortisol analysis, blood samples to measure viral load.
Funding Opportunities

Gene Therapy to Cure HIV
amFAR Funding up to $400K available. Request log-in credentials by January 12. LOI due January 18. 

RFA-AI-16-079
Partnerships for Development of Vaccines to Prevent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and/or Tuberculosis Disease (R01) Letter of Intent Due February 2, 2017
    Upcoming Conferences

    CROI Feb. 13-16, 2017!

    The 24th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) will be held in Seattle, WA, from February 13 to 16, 2017.  
    January 23-24, 2017, San Francisco, CA

    This two-day workshop is an intensive and interactive meeting designed to provide mid-level and senior faculty in HIV research with the tools for more effective mentoring

    Click to view Flyer Here.

    The UAB Nathan Shock Center will be hosting its First Annual Symposium on the Basic Biology of Aging on March 15, 2017 at the Hill Student Center in Ballroom A from 9am to 3pm. 

    A call for abstracts focused on research of interest to those in the aging field is now open. Several abstracts will be selected to present ten minute talks and the rest will be welcomed in a poster competition. The link to submit an abstract is http://www.uab.edu/shockcenter/symposium 

    For more information, contact: Jess Eddington at Nathan Shock Center

    Click Flyer below for PDF.
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    Acknowledge the CFAR Grant: P30 AI027767