Harvard University Center for AIDS Research
The Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (HU CFAR) provides research, education and training opportunities to HU CFAR members across Harvard University and its affiliates through services that are in direct response to member needs.
The goals of the HU CFAR stem from twenty five years of commitment to AIDS research, education, and patient care. Areas of study by NIH-funded HU CFAR investigators include molecular virology, pathogenesis, host immune responses, epidemiology, treatment, vaccines, and prevention. The HU CFAR strives to achieve its goals by:
- Creating synergistic multidisciplinary collaborations among the diverse HU CFAR affiliated HIV/AIDS researchers and their trainees.
- Promoting innovative research capable of more effectively addressing key HIV/AIDS related research questions.
- Attracting, engaging, supporting and mentoring the next generation of early career scientists into HIV/AIDS research.
HU CFAR Organizational Chart
Executive Committee
The HU CFAR Executive Committee is composed of multi-disciplinary HIV researchers representing each of Harvard’s affiliated institutions.
External Scientific Advisory Board
The HU CFAR External Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of internationally renowned HIV experts. They are especially qualified to guide the HU CFAR organization on current and future practice and policy.
Acknowledging the CFAR
If you have received support or services from any of the HU CFAR Cores, Scientific Programs, and Scientific Working Groups (SWGs), please acknowledge the HU CFAR (P30AI060354) in your publications, abstracts, grant proposals, and presentations using the following text:
“This abstract/publication/presentation/grant proposal was made possible with help from the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program (P30 AI060354), which is supported by the following NIH Co-Funding and Participating Institutes and Centers: NIAID, NCI, NICHD, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, NIA, NIDDK, NIMHD, NIDCR, NINR, FIC, and OAR. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”
NIH CFAR Mission
The Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides administrative and shared research support to synergistically enhance and coordinate high quality AIDS research projects.
CFARs accomplish this through core facilities that provide expertise, resources, and services not otherwise readily obtained through more traditional funding mechanisms.
Learn and Connect with the HU CFAR Team
- Cores
- Executive Committee
- External Scientific Advisory Board
- Programs, Committees and Other Groups
- Scientific Working Groups
