Find a CFAR Service
The Third Coast CFAR’s Scientific Cores provide services to enhance ongoing HIV research and to support the development of new grant applications. Visit each core’s page for a detailed description of its services. Initial consultation is offered free of charge. A research navigator will help CFAR users identify funding for core services, when applicable.
Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Sciences (BSIS) Core
- Implementation science training and consultation
- Matchmaking and capacity building for community partnerships
- Research dissemination and engagement at community events
- Participant recruitment strategies
- Selection or development of social, behavioral, and person-reported outcomes measures
- Referrals to biostatical and data management support
Virology and Immunology Technology (VIT) Core
- Custom assays for pro-inflammatory biomarkers
- Access to laboratory infrastructure, including BSL2+ facility and OMX microscopic imaging
- Development of study-specific experimentation methods
- HIV technician services ($70.47 per hour)
- Consultation in referral to specialized facilities for -omics research
- p24 Assays (highly sensitive $13.48 per well; lower sensitivity $7.37 per well)
Clinical Sciences (CS) Core
- Consultation for clinical research operations and project development
- IRB and regulatory consultation and navigation
- Clinic and provider-based study participant recruitment
- Procurement and processing of biological specimens, including mucosal cells and tissue, and access to banked plasma and cryopreserved cells
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data customized for HIV research
- Biostatistical consultation and analysis ($155.36 per hour)
- Data analysis ($132.77 per hour)
- Custom maps with Geographic Information Systems – GIS ($132.77 per hour)
Request a Service
Subsidy awards from the Developmental Core are available to support faculty interested in core services.
Prices listed are available to Third Coast CFAR members and investigators at other institutions in the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC). Please note that federally-negotiated Facilities and Administration (F&A) rates apply to pricing for faculty outside of the CBC.