Applications are open for the AIDS Foundation Chicago and Public Health & Medicine (IPHAM) @NorthwesternU Public Health Boot Camp! This training program is designed to enhance mid-level HIV/AIDS organizational leaders’ professional knowledge of public health concepts.

Learn more and apply by April 29: buff.ly/3VSrGdK

📣 Third Coast CFAR announces new leadership roles on our Clinical Sciences Core! Jessica Ridgway UChicago Medicine is now the Director and Jennifer Jao Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and Lurie Children's is now the Co-Director for Pediatrics and Metabolism.👏

Read more: buff.ly/3TRh3VT

👏 Congratulations to Third Coast CFAR Director Brian Mustanski, PhD for being named the Northwestern Associate Vice President of Research for Social and Behavioral Sciences! Read more about this exciting news⬇️

🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨

Check out this paper from Third Coast CFAR Director Brian Mustanski, PhD and TC CFAR members Dennis H. Li, PhD, MPH, Pablo Zapata, PhD, Artur Queiroz, PhD, alithia zamantakis, Ph.D. (she/her), Nanette Benbow and JD Smith!

#endHIVepidemic

🤔 Ever wondered about the molecular processes underlying the HIV-1 lifecycle? Join us for a deep dive with Gregory A. Voth, PhD, UChicago Chemistry!

📅 Save the Date: May 13 at 12PM CT

Learn more and register for the seminar: buff.ly/3TcLwOZ

🕛 Applications for ISCI’s Visiting Scholars in HIV Implementation Science Program are due Sunday, March 31 at 11:59pm CT! Scholars will apply with a community partner and will work towards goals specific to that partnership.

Learn more and apply: buff.ly/3P7YJ9q

#DYK only half of people with #HIV in the US are retained in medical care? Jessica Ridgway, MD, MS, associate professor UChicago Medicine and one of our Clinical Sciences Core leaders, hopes to increase this statistic with her new research grant.

Learn more: buff.ly/3IApwaZ

.CCHE releases its 2023 Annual Report featuring current #HIV studies led by the center's investigators who received funding from the Third Coast CFAR to support their research.

📄 Read the entire CCHE Annual Report: buff.ly/4a9I90U

Didn’t catch our VP Core workshop last month?
Hear from Principal Investigators RUSH University
and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine discuss current and opportunities for cross-institutional collaborations on #HIV pathogenesis research in Chicago.

👀Watch the event: buff.ly/48holY7

.Third Coast Center for AIDS Research faculty member Randi Singer publishes her op-ed, 'Where are the voices of Black women and girls in #HIV awareness,?' in Visible Magazine. UIC Nursing

📘 Read more: buff.ly/3vf7UOO

📝 Learn about the The OpEd Project's workshops: buff.ly/42wdngk

🎉 Third Coast CFAR congratulates all our members who presented their latest #HIV research at #CROI2024 !

📌 Read more about the presentations: buff.ly/3VeI5cd

Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to hear #HIV Hero Dr. #AnthonyFauci discuss research careers in #HIV -related science! Hosted by DC CFAR on Thurs. March 21, 4-5 pm Eastern. RSVP & submit questions for Dr. Fauci now! ow.ly/v2oX50QKcRV

.Kathryn Macapagal, PhD discussed #LGBTQ adolescents and her digital #HIV prevention and sexual health research, including the #PrEP4Teens campaign, at a recent webinar hosted by the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies in collaboration with the Society for Digital Mental Health.

👩‍💻Watch the webinar: buff.ly/3wYR1rV

#ICYMI : Institute for SGM Health and Wellbeing's Kathryn Macapagal, PhD, Maggie Matson, Christopher Garcia, and Andrés presented strategies for recruitment and retention of sexual and gender minorities in research, including #HIVresearch , at the Trial Innovation Network.

👀 Watch the webinar: buff.ly/3PacowP

👏 🎉 Congratulations to Joshua Schrock, PhD, research assistant professor Institute for SGM Health and Wellbeing and Third Coast CFAR member, for presenting his poster, “CD4 Count Predicts Longitudinal Trajectories of Central Executive Network Connectivity in People Living with HIV (PLWH)” at #CROI2024 .

The HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (ISCI) is now accepting applications for its Visiting Scholars in HIV Implementation Science Program!

Learn more and apply by March 31: buff.ly/3P7YJ9q

The Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Disease Northwestern Engineering (C-THAN) seeks applications for HIV/AIDS research projects focused on #LMICs . Application deadline is March 31 📅.

Learn more and apply: buff.ly/3T7jggS

📅 Join us 5/13 at 12:00pm CT for a seminar on the HIV-1 lifecycle featuring Gregory A. Voth, PhD, UChicago Chemistry! This hybrid event is FREE and open to the public!

✍️ Learn more: buff.ly/3TcLwOZ

🔗 Register here: buff.ly/42Vf2fB

ISCI's Practitioner-Oriented Implementation Science Education (POISE) Training program is designed for #HIV prevention and care practitioners to gain #ImplementationScience training and learn innovative tools to apply to real-world practice.

Apply now: buff.ly/4bUqo7u

Third Coast CFAR member Harita Shah, MD, UChicago Medicine, is committed to leading community-based participatory research to increase #PrEP access for Latina/x/o sexual and gender minorities in Cook County, IL.

Read more about Dr. Shah's research: buff.ly/49qvwPg