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Thursday, March 19th, 2026 | 12:00 pm ET | VIRTUAL ONLY“Innovations in HIV PrEP Delivery in the U.S.”Julia Marcus, PhD, MPHAssociate Professor, Harvard Medical School Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute|Dept. of Population Medicine Additional support by HIV Grand Rounds (Jointly Provided by Penn Medicine and ViralEd) |
Please join us as we welcome Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH for the next CFAR Seminar Thursday, March 19th, 2025 | 12:00 pm ET | Virtual Event “Innovations in HIV PrEP Delivery in the U.S.” Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute|Dept. of Population Medicine Additional support by … Continue reading Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH | March 19th, 2026
Penn Implementation Science Certificate Program Request for Applications Applications are now being accepted for the Implementation Science Certificate Program. Through a combination of virtual didactics, experiential learning, and mentorship, the Penn Implementation Science Certificate Program will equip researchers with the knowledge and skills needed to conduct rigorous, contextualized, and meaningful implementation research. This program is … Continue reading Penn Implementation Science Certificate Program
NIH has just announced that the special deadline for AIDS grants is going to be discontinued, and after the May 7, 2026 AIDS due date (Cycle I) deadlines will shift to align with regular deadlines. This includes continuous submission for standing members of HIV panels on June 1. See the announcements below. If you have … Continue reading Change in NIH AIDS Grant Submission Deadlines
The NIH is making many changes in how it will solicit and award funding. One major change is it will markedly reduce the number of topic-specific RFAs (and even Program Announcements) across the board. Instead, they want applications to come in under standard Parent R01, R21 or similar funding mechanisms. However, they have developed a … Continue reading Significant NIH Policy Changes
Congratulations to Florence Momplaisir, who was awarded a Society Citation Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America! The Society Citation Award is a discretionary award given in recognition of exemplary contribution to IDSA, an outstanding discovery in the field of ID or a lifetime of outstanding achievement. Florence Momplaisir, MD, MSHP — associate professor in … Continue reading Florence Momplaisir receives IDSA Citation Award
The Penn Center for AIDS Research (Penn CFAR) is one of 19 NIH-funded CFARs and includes HIV and AIDS investigators at the University of Pennsylvania, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and the Wistar Institute.
Our mission is to support and advance research in all areas of HIV/AIDS on the Penn/CHOP/Wistar campus and in the Philadelphia region by:
- catalyzing innovative collaborative AIDS research through working groups, outreach, partnerships on campus, regionally, and internationally
- providing education through seminars, courses, and workshops
- developing new HIV/AIDS investigators and research programs through pilot funding, mentorship, and partnership programs
- providing cutting-edge research support through innovative shared resource cores that offer unique services, materials, technical education and assistance, and collaborative support
- providing strategic planning on campus with campus, regional, and national HIV/AIDS research leadership
Penn CFAR Cores include the Clinical Core, Virus & Reservoirs Technology Core, Molecular & Translational Immunotechnology Core, Biostatistics & Data Science Core, Community Research & Engagement Core, Implementation Science Core, and International Core.