The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) will host the Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH). Applications are being accepted through June 12th. OBSSR, in coordination with a number of NIH Institutes and Centers and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), are hosting [...]
Dr. Thomas Hope, director of viral pathogenesis core, published a piece in News & Views in the April 2018 edition of Nature Medicine. “Inflammation weakens HIV prevention” discusses challenges in developing topical PrEP and encourages exploration of measuring inflammatory cytokines to identify women at greatest risk for HIV infection. Dr. Hope is a Professor of Cell and [...]
Inger E. Burnett-Zeigler, Third Coast CFAR member, was featured in the New York Times for her work on Black women and mental health treatment. Burnett-Zeigler, an assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is interested in mood and anxiety disorders, comorbid substance use disorders, stress management, wellness and interpersonal relationships. She is has training and [...]
Third Coast CFAR member, Robert Murphy, MD, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. He was inducted on Monday, April 9 during AIMBE’s 2018 annual meeting at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. AIMBE’s College of Fellows comprises the top two percent of medical [...]
The Department of Medicine and the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE) announces a post-doctoral position at the University of Chicago (UC), focusing on quantitative data sciences and HIV/STI prevention research, with a joint affiliation at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) The position is under the direct supervision of Jonathan Ozik, Ph.D. (ANL, UC), Aditya Khanna, [...]
Center For Global Health Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Fellowship Opportunities for Pre and Post Graduate Students National Institutes of HealthFogarty Global Health Training Program (Harvard University, Boston University, Northwestern University, and University of New Mexico Consortium) Description: The HBNU Fogarty Global Health Training Program offers opportunities in global health clinical research training for [...]
Brian Feinstein, PhD The Third Coast CFAR congratulates Brian Feinstein, PhD, for his appointment as Research Assistant Professor at Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH). Dr. Feinstein started at ISGMH in 2015 as a postdoctoral research fellow. Dr. Feinstein’s program of research broadly focuses on understanding and [...]
Center For Global Health Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Fellowship Opportunities for Pre and Post Graduate Students National Institutes of HealthFogarty Global Health Training Program (Harvard University, Boston University, Northwestern University, and University of New Mexico Consortium) Description: The HBNU Fogarty Global Health Training Program offers opportunities in global health clinical research training for [...]
On March 15, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director announced a new funding opportunity allowing investigators with active NIH awards to request administrative supplements to expand their existing research on Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM) populations. The deadline to apply for a supplement award is May 8, 2018. Application budgets are [...]
Russell Brewer, DrPH, MPH The Third Coast CFAR congratulates Russell Brewer, DrPH, MPH, for his appointment as Research Associate Professor at the University of Chicago and Director of Community Engagement at the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE). Dr. Brewer was the Director of the HIV/STI Portfolio at the Louisiana Public Health Institute [...]