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.

Now in its third year, the Summer Intensive Program in Intersectional BIPOC SGM-focused HIV Science is running from July 29 – August 9, 2024 on Northwestern University’s Evanston Campus. The Summer Intensive Program is sponsored by the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH), Third Coast Center for AIDS Research, and Southern AIDS Coalition.

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.

The Johns Hopkins University CFAR is accepting applications for its HIV Implementation Science Training Program, with six slots available for a joint fellowship in SDoH and IS, in partnership with ISCI, UA, and UAB. Applications must be submitted by August 30 at 11:59pm ET.

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.

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.

Northwestern's Institute for Sexual and Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH), in collaboration with the TC CFAR, ACTG, and Northwestern University's Out Network Chicago, supported the LGBTQ+ community at the 2024 Chicago Pride Fest on June 22-June 23 in North Halsted.

The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) behavioral health program 2GETHER was added to a compendium of best evidence-based HIV prevention interventions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2024.