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Steering Committees Overview

The Steering Committees at HU CFAR play a crucial role in advancing the center’s mission to promote and support innovative, multidisciplinary research in HIV/AIDS.

Their primary responsibilities include:

  1. Strategic Guidance and Oversight:
    • They provide strategic direction for the center’s programs and initiatives, ensuring alignment with the broader goals of advancing HIV/AIDS research and public health impact.
    • They assess emerging trends and challenges in the field of HIV/AIDS to guide the center’s focus areas.
  2. Coordination of Research Efforts:
    • Steering committees help coordinate research across Harvard-affiliated institutions, fostering collaboration between researchers, clinicians, and community partners.
    • They ensure that resources, expertise, and infrastructure are effectively shared and leveraged to advance research.
  3. Promoting Interdisciplinary Collaboration:
    • By involving experts from various disciplines (e.g., virology, immunology, social sciences, public health, community partners), steering committees encourage cross-disciplinary research to address complex challenges in HIV prevention, treatment, and care.
    • They support the development of collaborative networks that include community organizations and international research partners.
  4. Capacity Sharing and Mentorship
    • Committees play a key role in supporting junior investigators and early-career researchers by providing mentorship opportunities for professional development via talks, symposia, and grants.

In summary, Steering Committees at Harvard University CFAR are central to the its structure. They provide guidance, ensure collaboration, allocate resources effectively, and foster an environment where cutting-edge HIV/AIDS research can thrive.

Pathway Opportunities Steering Committee

Historically underrepresented groups in the healthcare workforce encounter various barriers to participating in HIV research throughout their educational and professional journeys. These barriers include limited access to research opportunities, insufficient mentorship, lack of support networks, and unconscious bias. Addressing these challenges is essential for fostering inclusivity and creating opportunities in HIV research. The HU CFAR Pathway Opportunities Steering Committee helps tackle these challenges.

Science

Basic & Translational Science (BTS) Steering Committee

The Basic and Translational Science (BTS) Steering Committee guides implementation of activities that engage and support lab-based HIV researchers at Harvard University and its affiliated institutions. The HU CFAR has a long-standing history of highly collaborative and productive basic research science.

STOP HIV

Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Steering Committee

The Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Steering Committee seeks to identify research gaps and facilitate productive collaborations between Harvard University CFAR investigators with diverse expertise and interests, local implementation partners (e.g., city and state health departments, community health centers), and community-based organizations that share a vision of developing and implementing strategies to help achieve the goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US initiative.