Johns Hopkins CFAR

Center for AIDS Research

16 May 2013

Monday, May 20th: Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series to feature CFAR’s Chris Beyrer and Deborah Persaud

The Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series (HMDSS) cordially invites you to attend our spring event, “Journeys in Medicine,” on Monday, May 20, from 4:00 – 6:45 pm in the Armstrong Medical Education Building Strauch Auditoria, followed by a reception in the second floor atrium. We will be featuring five short talks from five exceptional Hopkins faculty on the nexus of their personal and professional journeys. Please click here to RSVP. You can find more details here, on our website, or on our Facebook page. (Note: Families who will be in town for commencement are more than welcome to attend! Please indicate the number of guests in your RSVP accordingly.)

The speakers who will be sharing their stories with us are as follows:

Dr. Chris Beyrer, Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights and Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research

Dr. Deborah Persaud, Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and among TIME’s 100 most influential people in 2013

Dr. Peter Pronovost, Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality and Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Professor of Neurological Surgery and Oncology, Director of the Brain Tumor Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview, and Director of the Pituitary Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Dr. Levi Watkins, Associate Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Professor of Cardiac Surgery
With an introduction by the newly named Vice Dean for Education, Dr. Roy Ziegelstein.

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16 May 2013

FDA is announcing a Public Meeting on HIV Patient-Focused Drug Development and HIV Cure Research

Date:
June 14, 2013

Time:
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m

Location:
FDA White Oak Campus
10903 New Hampshire Ave.
Building 31, Room 1503A (Great Room)
Silver Spring, MD 20993

On June 14, 2013, as part of the Patient-Focused Drug Development initiative intended to enhance patient input, FDA will be hosting a public meeting on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Patient-Focused Drug Development and HIV Cure Research. FDA is interested in obtaining patient input on the impact of HIV on daily life and currently available therapies to treat the condition (topic 1), and patients’ views on issues related to HIV cure research (topic 2).

Topic 1 is expected to be discussed from approximately 9:30 AM to noon, and Topic 2 approximately 1:30 – 5:30 PM.

Questions intended to frame discussion on these topics are provided below.

For each topic, a panel of patients and patient representatives/advocates will present comments to begin the dialogue which will be followed by a facilitated discussion inviting comments from other patients and patient representatives in the White Oak audience.

If you are interested in providing comments as part of one of the initial panel discussions, please indicate so during the registration process. Participants selected for the panel discussions will be confirmed prior to the meeting.

There will also be an opportunity for patients, patient representatives and others to provide comments on issues other than topics 1 and 2 during an Open Public Comment session. Sign up for Open Public Comment will take place the day of the meeting. For more information, refer to the FDA Public Meeting on HIV Patient-Focused Drug Development and HIV Cure Research website (http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/ucm348598.htm).

There is no cost for registration, but please register (below) by June 5, 2013.

The meeting will be webcast, however, remote viewers will not be able to directly participate in the discussions.

Registration:

To register for this meeting, visit http://patientfocusedhiv.eventbrite.com.
→ Registration will close on June 5, 2013.

The registration website contains links to background materials, and will be updated as additional meeting materials are developed, including a background document intended to help, along with the questions above, to frame discussion on the day of the meeting.  That backgrounder will also be provided via this list serve prior to the meeting.

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15 May 2013

Announcing the BRACE HIV Program for Clinical and Public Health Researchers

CFARctAre you interested in clinical or public health HIV research?

If the answer is “YES”, please consider joining the BRACE.

What?
BRACE is the Bridging Research and Clinical Experiences in HIV program, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research.  The program will pair a junior-level public health researcher with a junior-level clinical researcher in attempts to initiate a mutually beneficial partnership.  Public health researchers will have the opportunity to observe HIV clinicians in the clinical setting.  Clinical researchers will have the opportunity to receive study design and biostatistics consultation on their research questions of interest.  The mission of the program is to plant the seeds for organic partnerships between junior HIV researchers.

 

Here is how it works…

Step 1:  Meet the qualifications

Participant Qualifications
Public Health Researcher PhD student who has completed at least 2 years of training

OR

Post-doctoral fellow

OR

Research associates, assistant scientists, and assistant professors who consider themselves “junior faculty”
Clinical Researcher General internal medicine or Infectious disease fellow

OR

Instructor or assistant professors who consider themselves “junior faculty”

Step 2:  Check your calendar and talk with your advisor (if you are a student)
You will need to determine if you have time to participate in the program.  Although there are no time commitment obligations specified, you will need to make sure you are available for observation in the clinical setting and/or provide epi/biostat consultations.

Step 3: Make contact
Those affiliated with JHSPH: Keri Althoff (kalthoff@jhsph.edu)
Those affiliated with JHSOM: Lois Eldred (leldred1@jhmi.edu)

Questions? E-mail Keri Althoff (kalthoff@jhsph.edu) or Lois Eldred (leldred1@jhmi.edu)

Download the BRACE Flyer here

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15 May 2013

Register now – CFAR Annual Meeting!

Annual Meeting Agenda

 

Register here.

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15 May 2013

Seminar: HIV Systems Biology

Thursday, May 16, 2013
11:00am
Mountcastle Auditorium, 1st Floor, Preclinical Teaching Building, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Frederic D. Bushman, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
“HIV Systems Biology”

 

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14 May 2013

Letter of Intent due TOMORROW (5/15) for the FY2013 CFAR Supplements

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CFAR Supplement Announcement in HIV/AIDS –FY2013
 
The CFAR Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites applications from currently funded CFARs that are eligible for administrative supplements in the following areas of scientific interest:

  1. HIV Treatment Cascade
  2. International Research Career Development for International Collaborators not at JHU
  3. HIV-HCV Co-Infection
  4. Sexual Violence and Biomedical HIV Risk

Supplement awards are for one year with maximum funding per application of $100,000 Direct Costs. * The International Research Career Development award is for $50,000.

Please note: The Johns Hopkins CFAR may only submit one application on behalf of the University for each of the four areas of scientific interest. Applicants must submit a Letter of Intent which includes the proposal’s specific aims by 5:00PM ET on Wednesday, May 15th. The Johns Hopkins CFAR will use the Letters of Intent to select one proposal from each of the 4 areas of scientific interest to submit a formal application to the NIH on behalf of the Johns Hopkins CFAR.

Purpose

  • To support a broad range of highly innovative research projects and pilot studies to address key gaps in our understanding of HIV/AIDS.
  • To support early stage  investigators who have not yet received an NIH award in HIV/AIDS research as well as established investigators in non-HIV fields who have never received an NIH research award for HIV/AIDS studies.  This funding will provide support for development of preliminary data to support an NIH research project grant application

Eligibility

  • Project leaders are restricted to early stage investigators (please see NIH definition of new and early stage investigator) and to established investigators in non-HIV fields who have never received an NIH research award for HIV/AIDS studies. Mentorship and collaboration with established AIDS investigators is required.
  • Studies that are a continuation of previously funded CFAR supplements or funded NIH applications that do not address new specific aims are not eligible for funding under this announcement.

Instructions for Application
Letter of Intent with specific aims (1 page) must be submitted to cfar@jhmi.edu by 5:00pm ET Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Selections for formal application will be notified by Friday, May 17, 2013.

Formal applications are due to the Hopkins CFAR (cfar@jhmi.edu) by 5:00pm ET on Friday, May 31, 2013.

Please see the attached Supplement Announcement for full details on the award descriptions and application instructions. The full announcement can also be viewed on the Hopkins CFAR website or downloaded here: 2013 CFAR Administrative Supplement Announcement

Any questions about the awards or the application process can be directed to cfar@jhmi.edu.

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14 May 2013

Today! The Role of Patient Incentives in Improving HIV Outcomes

May 14 Incentives

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13 May 2013
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Trading Safety for Survival: A Conversation about Violence Against Women in the Sex Trade and the Police Who are Asked to Protect Them

Trading Safety for Survival

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13 May 2013
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Today! The Role of Activism in Public Health: HIV Policy Change in the U.S. and Abroad

MARK HARRINGTON‘

Please join us for an Open House with Mark Harrington directly following the seminar. The Open House will take place from 1:30-3pm in Deering Hall, 1809 Ashland Avenue.

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10 May 2013

Reminder: CFAR Supplement Letters of Intent are due Wednesday, May 15th!

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CFAR Supplement Announcement in HIV/AIDS –FY2013
 
The CFAR Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites applications from currently funded CFARs that are eligible for administrative supplements in the following areas of scientific interest:

  1. HIV Treatment Cascade
  2. International Research Career Development for International Collaborators not at JHU
  3. HIV-HCV Co-Infection
  4. Sexual Violence and Biomedical HIV Risk

Supplement awards are for one year with maximum funding per application of $100,000 Direct Costs. * The International Research Career Development award is for $50,000.

Please note: The Johns Hopkins CFAR may only submit one application on behalf of the University for each of the four areas of scientific interest. Applicants must submit a Letter of Intent which includes the proposal’s specific aims by 5:00PM ET on Wednesday, May 15th. The Hopkins CFAR will use the Letters of Intent to select one proposal from each of the 4 areas of scientific interest to submit a formal application to the NIH on behalf of the Johns Hopkins CFAR.

Purpose
To support a broad range of highly innovative research projects and pilot studies to address key gaps in our understanding of HIV/AIDS.
To support early stage  investigators who have not yet received an NIH award in HIV/AIDS research as well as established investigators in non-HIV fields who have never received an NIH research award for HIV/AIDS studies.  This funding will provide support for development of preliminary data to support an NIH research project grant application

Eligibility
Project leaders are restricted to early stage investigators (please see NIH definition of new and early stage investigator) and to established investigators in non-HIV fields who have never received an NIH research award for HIV/AIDS studies. Mentorship and collaboration with established AIDS investigators is required.
Studies that are a continuation of previously funded CFAR supplements or funded NIH applications that do not address new specific aims are not eligible for funding under this announcement.

Instructions for Application
Letter of Intent with specific aims (1 page) must be submitted to cfar@jhmi.edu by 5:00pm ET Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Selections for formal application will be notified by Friday, May 17, 2013.

Formal applications are due to the Hopkins CFAR (cfar@jhmi.edu) by 5:00pm ET on Friday, May 31, 2013.

Please see the attached Supplement Announcement for full details on the award descriptions and application instructions. The full announcement can also be viewed here: 2013 CFAR Administrative Supplement Announcement

Any questions about the awards or the application process can be directed to cfar@jhmi.edu.

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