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.

TC CFAR Featured in the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination Annual Report

A partner of the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (TC CFAR), the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE) at the University of Chicago has released its 2023 Annual Report showcasing CCHE's  innovative research and services.

Congratulations to TC CFAR Members for Presenting at CROI 2024

The best and most consequential original HIV research defined the science at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI).