Prevention Core

OVERVIEW

The Prevention Core of Johns Hopkins University’s CFAR aims to establish a supportive culture focused on four key areas: mentoring junior faculty in career development and research opportunities, providing training in cutting-edge prevention technologies and methodologies (particularly for high-risk populations), fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, and supporting local organizations working to end the epidemic. The Core also provides the structural framework necessary to facilitate and sustain this comprehensive approach to HIV prevention research and community engagement.

The Major Goals of the Prevention Core are:

Diversify Research: Enhanced support for the MACC, which serves as a pipeline for early-stage HIV investigators (ESI)
Mentorship: Provide scaled-up and targeted mentoring to ESI to support HIV prevention grant proposal development, with an
emphasis on community-based participatory research
Service: Provide JHU CFAR faculty and ESIs interested in developing CFAR
Scholar or NIH applications in HIV prevention

REQUEST SERVICES

Mentorship
Grant Writing
Funding Opportunities
Community Partnership Microgrant

Leadership & Staff

David D. Celentano, ScD, MHS

Director, CFAR Prevention Core; Professor

Profile Bibliography dcelent1@jh.edu

Carl Latkin, PhD

Co-Director, CFAR Prevention Core; Vice Chair, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society Professor

Profile Bibliography carl_latkin@jhu.edu

Nancy Reynolds, PhD, MS, BSN, RN

Co-Director, CFAR Prevention Core; Professor; Associate Dean, Global Affairs; Director, Center for Global Initiatives; Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Information, Knowledge Management

Profile Bibliography nancy.reynolds@jhu.edu

Erica Sibinga, MD, MHS

Co-Director, CFAR Prevention Core; Professor of Pediatrics

Profile Bibliography esibinga@jhmi.edu

Erin Cooney, PhD, MSPH

Coordinator, CFAR Prevention Core; Assistant Scientist

Profile Bibliography ecooney2@jhmi.edu

Recent Presentations

CFAR Annual Meeting 2025 Scientific Presentations

Grant number: P30A1094189

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