Welcome to the Penn Center for AIDS Research
The Penn Center for AIDS Research (Penn CFAR) is one of 18 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 through campus, regional and national leadership; catalyzing collaborative research through working groups, outreach and strategic planning; education through seminars, courses and workshops; developing new HIV/AIDS investigators and research programs through pilot funding, mentorship, and partnership programs; and research support through innovative shared resource Cores that offer unique services, materials, technical education and assistance, and collaborative support.
Penn CFAR Cores include the Clinical Core, Virus & Reservoirs Core, Immunology Core, Biostatistics & Data Science Core; Prevention Science & Community Outreach Core; International Core; and Nonhuman Primate Core.
You can make a donation to the Penn CFAR via the button below!
Announcements
CFAR National Meeting Recordings Now Available!
From November 1-5, 2021 the Penn CFAR hosted the annual CFAR National Meeting, including keynote presentations by Dr. Tony Fauci and Dr. Rochelle Walensky. This was also an exciting opportunity to showcase the cutting-edge research happening here at Penn, CHOP, and Wistar and from our colleagues across the country, as well as the phenomenal work happening in our communities, both locally and nationally. Click here to watch the recorded sessions of the Community Symposium, Scientific Symposium, and the Early Stage Investigator Mentoring Workshop!
CFAR CAB Statement on COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter
The CFAR Community Advisory Board released a statement, in solidarity with the Penn CFAR Administrative Core, reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement and offering support and direction to the people of Philadelphia.
See the full June 29th, 2020 statement here.
CFAR Statement on HIV/AIDS and Social and Health Disparaties
In the wake of the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, and the resulting civil rights movement lead by Black Lives Matter, The Penn Center for AIDS Research released a statement reflecting on the parallels between COVID-19 and the HIV/AIDS crisis and the devastating toll these crises, in combination with systemic racism, have taken on marginalized communities.
See the full June 4th, 2020 statement here.
The Delaney Collaboratory to Cure HIV-1 Infection by Combination Immunotherapy (BEAT-HIV Collaboratory) is a consortium of more than 60 top HIV researchers from leading academic research institutions working with government, nonprofit organizations, and industry partners to test combinations of several novel immunotherapies under new preclinical research and clinical trials.
News
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Anne Teitelman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN received Article of the Year from the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
September 8, 2021
The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) honors research led by Anne Teitelman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, Associate Professor Emerita in Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health, as the 2021 JANAC (Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care) Article of the Year. Teitelman’s research team and their article, Just4Us: Development of a Counselor Navigator and Text Message Intervention to Promote PreP Uptake among Cisgender Women at Elevated Risk for HIV, will be honored during the 34th Annual ANAC Conference in Washington, D.C., November 11-13th, 2021. Read more HERE- Dr. Rinad Beidas, PhD, appointed as Director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit
July 23rd, 2021
We are pleased to learn that Dr. Rinad S. Beidas, PhD, Co-Director of the Penn CFAR ISPHERE SWG, has been appointed as Director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit. See the full announcement HERE- Dr. Ghose receives a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award
April 15th, 2021
Dr. Toorjo Ghose, MSW, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to India. Ghose will be hosted by Presidency University in Kolkata as part of a project to document and teach about the strategies deployed by sex workers to negotiate the COVID-19 pandemic. See the full article HERE- Could the pandemic prompt a huge loss of women in the sciences?
April 13th, 2021
Alisa Stephens Shields, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Core Investigator at the Penn CFAR’s Biostatistics and Data Science Core, was quoted in a New York Times article about the affect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women in the sciences. See the full article HERE - Dr. Rinad Beidas, PhD, appointed as Director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit
Events
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The Seventeenth Annual Red Ribbon Awards - Virtual Event
Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 6:00 - 7:00 PM
The highest recognition for policy makers, researchers, faith leaders, pioneers & youth who have made significant contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS and to the health of citizens in our community. For more information visit the CFAR CAB site at https://www.med.upenn.edu/penncfarcab/ -
HIV Grand Rounds
Every Thursday
12:00- 1:00 pm, Class of '62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building (unless otherwise posted) -
HIV / Pathogenesis CURE Journal Club
Every Other Thursday (See biweekly email for BlueJeans link)
1:30- 3:00 pm, Room 501, Johnson Pavilion or BlueJeans virtual meeting
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