Darnell N. Motley, PhD, is committed to examining and challenging how structural factors such as racism, homophobia, and health stigma attempt to limit the experiences of racial, sexual, and gender minorities and individuals living with HIV. Motley, director of Structural Interventions for the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE), uses qualitative research to inform the [...]
Howard Brown Health (HBH) has announced Brandon Hill, PhD as the new executive director of HBH’s Center for Education, Research, and Advocacy. Hill brings vital experience to the role, after serving as CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains and leading NIH-and CFAR-funded research at the University of Chicago.Read the full announcement>>
In the interest of increasing diversity and representation of minority scholars in HIV research, the Third Coast CFAR has identified local HIV-focused grants that appear eligible to apply for diversity supplements from the NIH. Supplement awards enhance the diversity of the research workforce by recruiting and supporting students, post-doctorates, and faculty-level investigators from diverse backgrounds, [...]
In March 2021, Third Coast CFAR member Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH, published When Dogs Heal: Powerful Stories of People Living with HIV and the Dogs That Saved Them with LGBTQ advocate and journalist Zach Stafford, award-winning dog photographer Jesse Freidin, and TV writer and journalist Christina Garofalo. The book uses portraits and interviews about how loving a [...]
The Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC), a program in the NUCATS Institute's Center for Community Health, has developed a new tool from its Online Resource Directory. The document, to be considered a ‘community review’, contains background and questions for reflection for academic researchers to consider when forming and building research partnerships with community members & [...]
On May 26, 2021, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will host a pre-application technical assistance webinar relating to RFA-MD-21-004, Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities. NIH staff will provide an overview of the RFA—including objectives, application instructions, and review criteria—and [...]
Third Coast CFAR Member Elissa Sarno, PhD, has been promoted to a research assistant professor in Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medical Social Sciences and the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH), effective on May 1, 2021. Sarno joined ISGMH in 2018 as a postdoctoral fellow and will now serve as the clinical director of the [...]
Cures Within Reach has announced two new funding opportunities for Chicagoland researchers to support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. At least three clinical repurposing trials will be selected for funding for each RFA: • Clinical repurposing trials led by US-based underrepresented racial/ethnic minority PIs (as defined by the NIH) in any disease; proposal budgets of up to $70,000 accepted; [...]
The laboratory of Dr. Thomas Hope is looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals to contribute to their basic research program on HIV and AIDS. The Research Technologist 2 or 3 will learn and be responsible for performing basic experiments with cells as well as run immunological, virological, molecular biology assays (including, but not limited to [...]
The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is seeking a Behavioral Research Coordinator II for LifeSkills, a national HIV prevention study among young transgender women. View the job posting.