Matthew Feinstein Investigates Heart Health for People Living with HIV
His research specific to HIV and heart disease is supported by two R01 grants with initial funding from the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research.
Northwestern’s Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens Program Issues New Funding Opportunities for Infectious Diseases
Northwestern University's Division of Infectious Diseases Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens Program has issued new funding announcements for research and infrastructure proposals and dissemination proposals. The deadline for submissions is August 16 at 5pm CT.
Depression and Anxiety Screening for People with HIV Paper Selected for Directors’ Choice
A recent publication led by corresponding author Neda Laiteerapong exploring the implementation of population-level portal-based depression and anxiety screening for people with HIV was chosen as the second TC CFAR Directors’ Choice for 2024.
Third Coast CFAR Director Brian Mustanski Named Associate Vice President for Research at Northwestern University
Mustanski, professor of medical social sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine, will focus on social and behavioral sciences.
Public Health Boot Camp for Future HIV Community Leaders: Application Deadline April 29
Public Health Boot Camp is an intensive one-week educational program provided by the AIDS Foundation Chicago and the Institute for Public Health and Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
First Third Coast CFAR Directors’ Choice Publication Selected for 2024
The first TC CFAR Directors' Choice publication selected for 2024, “Analysis of the Contribution of 6-mer Seed Toxicity to HIV-1-Induced Cytopathicity,” was recently published in the Journal of Virology.
Jessica Ridgway and Jennifer Jao Announced as New Leaders of Third Coast CFAR’s Clinical Sciences Core
Jessica Ridgway, MD, MS, at the University of Chicago, is now the director of the CS Core, and Jennifer Jao, MD, MPH, at Northwestern University and Lurie Children’s Hospital, is the co-director for pediatrics and metabolism of the CS Core.
Northwestern Spotlights Groundbreaking Pediatric HIV Research Led by Ellen Chadwick and Jennifer Jao
Four children who acquired HIV in utero have remained free of detectable HIV for more than one year, according to new findings that were presented during the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Denver. The study is part of ongoing, multinational research led in part by Drs. Ellen Chadwick and Jennifer Jao.
Elena Martinelli’s New HIV Research Published in Nature Communications
Third Coast CFAR Developmental Core Co-Director, Elena Martinelli, PhD, and her research team have discovered how blocking an immune cell singling pathway in a model of HIV-1 infection may boost immune responses and decrease viral persistence in combination with antiretroviral therapy.
Only Half of People with HIV in the US Are Retained in Medical Care. Jessica Ridgway Looks to Increase This Statistic.
Jessica Ridgway, MD, MS, was recently awarded a research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to utilize clinical phenotyping and better predict which patients living with HIV are most likely to discontinue HIV care.