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Thursday, April 16th, 2026 | 12:00 pm ET | VIRTUAL ONLY

“Innovations in HIV PrEP Access: Telehealth to AI

Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Population and Public Health Sciences

University of Southern California

Additional support by HIV Grand Rounds (Jointly Provided by Penn Medicine and ViralEd)

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Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH | April 16th, 2026

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 Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH | April 16th, 2026

Significant NIH Policy Changes

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

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Cores

Penn Center for AIDS Research

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.

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