The Chicago Center of HIV Elimination, embedded within the University of Chicago's main campus in Hyde Park, is located in Chicago's HIV epicenter. Of the 20 neighborhoods in the city with high annual HIV diagnosis rates (greater than 40 per 100,000), 13 of them are no more than eight miles from the University of Chicago. [...]
Prepping Parents for PrEP (P3) is a pilot project created for parents of gay, bisexual, and queer teen guys, funded by the Third Coast CFAR (P30 AI117943). The goal is to learn more about how parents of gay, bi, and queer teen guys feel about PrEP and the kinds of information they need about it. [...]
The Third Coast Center for AIDS Research is pleased to announce that Dr. Lauren B. Beach has been named an inaugural Third Coast HIV-related Cardiovascular and Sleep Disorders Career Development Program K12 (TC-CS K12) Scholar. For her project, “CVD Algorithm Designed to Elucidate Consequences of Cytokines, Environment, SES, and HIV (CADENCES HIV),” Dr. Beach, a [...]
Howard Brown Health (HBH) is seeking a passionate and organized research professional to serve as Research Project Coordinator. HBH exists to eliminate the disparities in healthcare experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people through research, education and the provision of services that promote health and wellness. As part of HBH’s Center for Education, Research [...]
The Department of Medicine and the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination at The University of Chicago announce a post-doctoral scholar position for a computational scientist focusing on public health research. The position is under the direct supervision of Aditya Khanna, Ph.D. and John Schneider MD, MPH and in collaboration with other Center faculty (http://hivelimination.uchicago.edu/people/faculty). A [...]
The Third Coast CFAR is pleased to announce a new Scientific Working Group to be led by Drs. Lisa Hirschhorn, Inger Burnett-Zeigler, and Gregory Phillips II. The Innovation and Implementation for Impact on Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group (EHE SWG) aims to catalyze collaborations that promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions, and [...]
The goal of the Inter-CFAR Women and HIV Symposium is to identify gaps in knowledge in HIV and women’s research and develop strategies that will move the field forward. In order to accomplish this goal, we aim to generate collaborative activity between CFARs and other research networks, highlighting cutting edge science and promoting opportunities for early career investigators. [...]
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is seeking an individual to serve as our Senior Manager of Research and Evaluation. More details, including how to apply, can be found on AFC's website. Job Title: Senior Manager of Research and Evaluation Description The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) mobilizes communities to create equity and justice for [...]
The Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago seeks applications for tenured or tenure-track faculty members at any rank. The candidate will pursue research in HIV epidemiology and related areas, preferably with diverse populations, and teach at the undergraduate and graduate level. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to) the [...]
As part of the NIAID commitment to increase opportunities for post-doctoral fellows, the NIAID New Innovator Award (DP2), PAR-19-296, was published last week. The purpose is to support post-doctoral investigators of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative bold new research with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical research [...]