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On July 1st, 2020, HU CFAR Investigators convened for the first...

Read more about Watch the "Equity and COVID-19 Research 101" webinar from 7.1.20

View the 90-minute discussions about COVID-19 and Black Communities - organized by Multicultural AIDS Coalition in collaboration with Harvard CFAR, Black AIDS Institute, the House of Blahnik and others - visit the links below and subscribe to MAC Boston on YouTube

Conversations on COVID-19 and Black Communities: Organizing Ourselves  ...

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Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Director of the HU CFAR Community Engaged Research Program and Dr Katy Stephenson teamed up on an important op-ed to describe the path that must be taken to include racially and ethnically diverse participants in Covid-19 clinical trials.  Don't miss this article.  Read more about Drs. Ojikutu and Stephenson: Covid-19 vaccine trials must involve Black and Latinx participants and steps needed

On Friday May 29, the NIH issued a Notice of Intent to Publish (NOITP) four Funding Opportunity Announcements as part of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) initiative, a $500 million initiative to reduce COVID-19 associated morbidity and mortality disparities for vulnerable and underserved populations that are disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

The NOITP is here: ...

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Dear CFAR Investigators,

In case you are not already aware, additional opportunities have been posted for SARS-CoV-2 research. NIAID published the emergency R21 and R01 FOAs for COVID-19 research recently. Please share with all who may be interested.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide an expedited funding mechanism for research on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). NIAID is issuing this FOA in response...

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As our country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now more important than ever that we continue to work together to ensure our health and safety, as well as the health and safety of our loved ones and neighbors. Tomorrow is National Transgender...

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"Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article stated that people with compromised immunity are at greater risk of contracting the coronavirus, in addition to developing more serious disease. While this is the case for many infections, there currently are not enough data to say whether immunocompromised people, including those living with HIV, are at greater risk of catching the new virus."

Read the full article at  https://www.poz.com/article/...

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2020 CFAR NIH Administrative Supplement Opportunity

Support for innovative research projects, inter-CFAR meetings, and shared instrumentation that address key gaps in HIV/AIDS and will advance the field. This opportunity should build research capacity and be consistent with the recent NIH HIV/AIDS research priorities (NOT-OD-15-137).

The NIH is interested in supplement applications from CFARs in the following areas:

• Methodology and Data Science of HIV
• Increasing the Integration of Substance Abuse Services and HIV Prevention and Care...

Read more about 2020 CFAR Admin Supplement: General Opportunity - Internal Competition due Monday, March 23

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is being observed this year on Friday, February 7. This year’s NBHAAD theme, “Together for Love: Stop HIV Stigma,” highlights the messages of the CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign. According to CDC, the campaign is designed to raise awareness that we all have a role to play in stopping HIV stigma within the Black community.

CDC’s latest HIV surveillance data:

•             In 2018, Blacks/African...

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The ATN is pleased to announce a new Request for Proposals (RFP) for research aimed at Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America.

View the RFP here or in the attached PDF.

The purpose of...

Read more about EHE related RFP from the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network (ATN)