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News from the CFAR

Participate in our World AIDS Day photo campaign! Send in a photo by November 18th

December 1^st is World AIDS Day, a day to “unite to help end HIV and remember those lost to AIDS-related illnesses.” As the Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), we are organizing a photo campaign to commemorate World AIDS Day, spread awareness about HIV-related research happening at the Duke CFAR, and showcase researchers, physicians, and activists working in the HIV space here in the Duke community. We will create a page on our website, a World AIDS Day newsletter, and Twitter campaign to help spread the images within Duke and to our Durham community partners. Our intended audience is both Duke community members and the Durham community.

Be a part of our campaign! Take a photo wearing your red ribbon and submit it to our campaign. We'll ask you to share a short description of your research or why you choose to rock the ribbon. Please submit your photo by Friday, November 18th to give us time to prepare in advance of World AIDS Day!

Get some inspiration from the National AIDS Trust's Rock the Ribbon campaign in the UK:

Learn more and submit your photo.

Submit your nomination for the 2022-23 Outstanding Leadership in Scientific Mentoring Award!

In partnership with the Duke School of Medicine and the Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), the long-standing NIH T32 Duke Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in HIV/AIDS (IRTPA) has recognized the outstanding and important leadership role of early career investigators in: generating a scientifically rigorous and inclusive environment to mentor early career scientists and colleagues supporting the innovation of their own research to advance scientific knowledge to improve human health.

Deadline: December 1, 2022.

Submit a nomination.

Today! Social & Behavioral Sciences Core Rocket Talk

Media: Communicating Scientific Research and Findings Through News Media, Social Media, And Other Non-Academic Editorial Sources

Wednesday, November 9th, 2022 | 12-1pm ET

This talk will touch on communicating scientific research and findings through media as part of a series of talks around Science Communication. Michael Penn will present “Going Beyond the Journal,” which makes the case for scientists to engage in public communication channels, and offers some tips for how to communicate science with non-scientific audiences. Karl Bates will present on why we struggle to communicate and what to do about it, specifically focusing on simplifying research down to ‘one bite,’ structure, jargon, the ABT method, as well as communicating with news and social media.

We hope you will join us for this information-packed session!

To join the SBS Core listserv and get updated on events and other news, email cfar-sbs-core-request@duke.edu

Zoom information

Meeting URL:

https://duke.zoom.us/j/93356262130?pwd=MXM2MkVTQk5BTFJUZk9Wa3BKSnZNdz09

Meeting ID: 933 5626 2130

Passcode: 542718

Global Health In Perilous Times: A Conversation with DGHI Director Chris Beyrer and Duke Health Chancellor Gene Washington

Monday, November 14th, 2022 | 5-6pm ET | Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room in Rubenstein Library & Zoom

The past 50 years have seen unprecedented progress toward improving the health and wellbeing of the world’s poorest citizens. Yet many forces — from climate change to growing nationalism to the emergence of new infectious diseases such as COVID-19 – threaten these hard-fought gains. Is the promise of universal access to health in danger? Dr. Gene Washington, Duke’s chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System, will explore the challenges facing global health with Dr. Chris Beyrer, the new director of the Duke Global Health Institute and an internationally recognized epidemiologist who has worked on the frontlines of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 treatment and research.

Register for the Zoom webinar.

Save the Date: CFAR Virtual Seminar with Jeffery Jenks

Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 | 4-5pm ET

Save the date for a conversation with Dr. Jeffery Jenks, Medical Director of the Durham County Department of Public Health. Dr. Jenks will present to the Duke community to help provide an understanding of the context of HIV in Durham and implications for us at the Duke CFAR.

Stay tuned for more information and an opportunity to submit questions!

Deadline Thursday: Call for applications for the fifth cohort of the NIH-funded CFAR Adelante Program

The NIH, in collaboration with the Emory & DC CFARs, is now accepting concept proposals for the 2023-2025 CFAR Adelante Program!

Adelante - meaning forward or onward in Spanish – is funded by the NIH/NIMHD and administered through two NIH-funded Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs): District of Columbia and Emory University. Through this program, the NIH strives to promote the mentored development of early-career investigators who focus on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care in Latina/x/o and/or Hispanic communities.

The Adelante program supports 2-year Adelante Teams consisting of a scholar (Early Stage Investigator), a CFAR-affiliated mentor, and a collaborating partner representative who is from a Community-based Organization that serves Hispanic and/or Latina/x/o populations. Adelante teams should be supportive, diverse, and interdisciplinary. Proposed research should be community-based and reflect local Hispanic and/or Latina/x/o-community needs, as identified by science and the local community.

Research proposal topics may include but are not limited to: 

1. Developing, testing, and implementing strategies to improve HIV testing and entry into prevention services by Hispanic and/or Latina/x/o people.
2. Long-term prevention strategies specific to Hispanic and/or Latina/x/o populations for HIV-relevant coinfections and comorbid conditions across the lifespan
3. Effective socio-behavioral interventions to achieve uptake of HIV prevention and treatment strategies by Hispanic and/or Latina/x/o people and reduce health disparities among the population.
4. Implementation research tailored specifically for Hispanic and/or Latina/x/o populations that are designed to ensure that biomedical and other prevention and treatment strategies are initiated as soon as possible, that retention and engagement in treatment services are increased, and/or that maintenance of optimal prevention and treatment responses are achieved.
5. Research that examines HIV-related health and social issues in Hispanic and/or Latina/x/o populations, such as other infectious or non-infectious conditions and substance use or mental health disorders that are clearly linked with HIV (transmission/acquisition, pathogenesis, morbidity and mortality, stigma) in sub-populations or settings with high HIV prevalence or incidence.

Applicants may request up to $100,000 in direct costs per year ($200,000 over two years) plus applicable indirect costs, not to exceed direct costs per year. This funding may be used for salaries, technical support, laboratory supplies, equipment, and research- or training-related activities including but not limited to enrollment in training classes or workshops, travel to the CFAR Mentor's institution, or travel to the research field site.

You can find the complete RFA and more information about the program on the Adelante website.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Allison O'Rourke (orourkea@gwu.edu) the Pre-award Project Coordinator or Maria Cecilia Zea (zea@gwu.edu) Adelante Science Officer. 

Concept proposals are due Thursday, November 10, 2022.

Resources at Duke

The DOCR Service Center has a core team of 7 clinical research professionals who are bilingual in Spanish and English who offer translation and interpretation services as well as serve as clinical research coordinators. If any prospective applicants for this award would need services to support their project please contact Maria Manson (maria.manson@duke.edu) for an estimate.

Learn more and apply.

A compilation of funding opportunities can be found on the CFAR website.

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