Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, PhD, is an associate professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding how the host immune system responds to HIV infection.

The Center for Innovative Point of Care Diagnostics in HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University (C-THAN) multidisciplinary grant is led by contact principal investigator Chad Achenbach, MD, MPH.

Since 2020, 46 faculty and affiliate members reviewed applications for Pilot Awards, Community Collaborative Awards and other mechanisms, or participated in a mock review for TC CFAR members preparing applications to the NIH. 

With her first NIH grant, TC CFAR faculty member Allison P. Pack, PhD, MPH, will use electronic health record technology to empower women to make informed decisions about PrEP in primary care. 

With his new grant funded by the NIH, Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD, will conduct innovative research to examine whether giving a smaller initial dose of an HIV vaccine can make it work better in the long run.

The Reunion Project released its comprehensive report on the recent town hall forum for HIV long-term survivors held in Chicago, which the TC CFAR co-sponsored.

The NIH-funded CFAR Adelante Research Capacity Program is now accepting concept proposal submissions for its 2025-2027 funding cycle.

University of Illinois Chicago Professor Geri Donenberg, PhD, will join NIH this October to lead the advancement and coordination of HIV/AIDS research.

The Developmental Core leadership congratulates the investigators recently selected for the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (TC CFAR) Summer 2024 Pilot Awards, which span basic, clinical, and implementation science.

The NIH recently funded the five-year SILOS Project, led by principal investigator Michelle Birkett, PhD, which will conduct innovative observational research in five cities across the United States to better understand the social contexts that drive HIV and substance use.